July 9, 2025

July 9, 2025

Wednesday of the Fourteenth week in Ordinary Time  The Responsorial Psalm calls us to trust God to provide for our needs: “Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you” (Psalm 33). God answers this prayer. But he does it through human ministers. ...
July 9, 2025

July 8, 2025

Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time The Responsorial Psalm gives us the fruit of engaging in ministry: “In my justice, I shall see your face, O Lord” (Psalm 17). In trying to give Christ to others we grow in knowledge and love of him — and of ourselves. ...
July 9, 2025

July 7, 2025

Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time   The Responsorial Psalm gives us the source of all boldness in ministry: “In you, my God, I place my trust” (Psalm 91).   In Genesis 28: 10-22 God renews with Jacob his promise to Abraham: “The land on which you are...
July 9, 2025

July 6, 2025

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Serving God in Freedom  The Opening Prayer(s) speak of “new life,” the Prayer Over the Gifts of “eternal life,” and the Prayer After Communion of “the fullness of life.” This is the “loving kindness” the Entrance Antiphon celebrates...
July 5, 2025

July 5, 2025

Saturday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time The Responsorial Psalm shows us the bias we should consciously adopt when reading Scripture and when evaluating everything in life: “Praise the Lord, for he is good” (Psalm 135). This is the bias that lets us see...
July 5, 2025

July 4, 2025

Friday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time  The Responsorial Psalm calls us to communal celebration: “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good” (Psalm 106).   In Genesis 23:1 to 24:67, Abraham tells his servant not to let his son Isaac marry a Canaanite woman from...