SUNDAY READINGS REFLECTIONSfrom our Carmelite Friars Image by Sadaharu Ox from Pixabay FERTILE AND FRUITFUL 15TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Reading 1: Isaiah 55:10-11 In the first reading, we are reminded of what receiving the word of God can do in our lives, like water and snow, it makes us fertile and fruitful. God’s words …
SUNDAY READINGS REFLECTIONS from our Carmelite Friars Image by Cheryl Holt from Pixabay GENTLE AND HUMBLE HEART 14TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Reading 1: Zechariah 9:9-10 The gentle and humble heart is the one who has authority and yet comes in gentleness, riding on an ass, on a colt, the foal of an ass. Despite …
SUNDAY READINGS REFLECTIONSfrom our Carmelite Friars Image by Cheryl Holt from Pixabay GENTLE AND HUMBLE HEART 14TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Reading 1: Zechariah 9:9-10 The gentle and humble heart is the one who has authority and yet comes in gentleness, riding on an ass, on a colt, the foal of an ass. Despite His …
SUNDAY READINGS REFLECTIONSfrom our Carmelite Friars GOD MAKES US WORTHY 13TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Reading 1: 2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16A In the First Reading, a woman was barren for many years. But despite the ‘lack’ in her life, she was willing to receive, Elisha the Prophet of God. Hers is not just hospitality but …
SUNDAY READINGS REFLECTIONSfrom our Carmelite Friars Photo by Ervin Gjata | Pixabay.com LOVE PROTECTS 12TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Reading 1: Jeremiah 20:10-13 In this first reading, Jeremiah speaks of the terror that surrounds him. It must cause him to be troubled because enemies are out there watching for missteps and to take vengeance against …
Sunday Readings Reflectionsfrom our Carmelite Friars SOLEMNITY OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST Reading 1: Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14B-16A True to his covenant of being the God for us, He feeds the hunger in our lives, not with the familiar and comfortable food we know but with a food unknown to us. Such satisfies the …