July 21, 2025

July 21, 2025

Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time  The Responsorial Verse invites us, “Sing to the Lord; he has covered himself in glory” (Exodus 15). What is God’s glory? Where do we see it?  The Hebrew word for glory, unlike ours, does not speak of fame, but of the...
July 20, 2025

July 20, 2025

The Mystery of Ministry Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Entrance Antiphon tells us, first of all, that everything depends on God: “God himself is my help. The Lord upholds my life.” But a lot depends on the attitude we have toward what we do: “I will offer you a...
July 20, 2025

July 19, 2025

Saturday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time  The Responsorial verse tells us: “His love is everlasting” (Psalm 136). And every act of Christian ministry today says the same thing.  In Exodus 12: 37-42 God shows his “steadfast love” by fulfilling his promise to...
July 20, 2025

July 18, 2025

Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time The Responsorial Psalm encourages us to celebrate God’s saving work: “I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the Lord “ (Psalm 116).  Exodus 11: 10-14 presents us with the root source of everything God...
July 20, 2025

July 17, 2025

Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time  The Responsorial Psalm gives us a distinguishing characteristic of God: “The Lord remembers his covenant forever” (Psalm 105). God never rejects us. The word “steadfast” appears 187 times in the Bible.  In Exodus 3:...
July 20, 2025

July 16, 2025

Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time An enlightening comment on the Lord’s choice of Moses is in the Responsorial Psalm: “The Lord is kind and merciful” (Psalm 103). It should help us to accept our own call to minister.  In Exodus 3: 1-12 God appeared to...