by Giltus Mathias | Jul 30, 2023 | Daily Reflections
17th Sunday in Ordinary time Readings: Kings 3:5,7-12Romans 8:28-3Matthew 13:44-52 Reflection In today’s first reading, we hear that Solomon was invited to ask for anything that he would like God to give him. Solomon asked for a heart to understand and discern right...
by Giltus Mathias | Jul 29, 2023 | Daily Reflections
Memoria of Martha, Mary and Lazarus Readings: Exodus 24:3-8Luke 10:38-42 Reflection: Pope Francis in 2021 declared that today is the Memorial of Sts. Martha, Mary and Lazarus, the three siblings who were some of Jesus’ dearest friends and who welcomed him to their...
by Giltus Mathias | Jul 28, 2023 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Exodus 20:1-17Matthew 13:18-23 Reflection: The good seed, ‘the word of God,’ is always planted in our hearts. How we nourish this seed determines if it will produce the crop that completes its life cycle. In a more expansive presentation of the parable to...
by Giltus Mathias | Jul 27, 2023 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Exodus 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20bMatthew 13:10-17 Reflection: Today’s readings encourage us to meditate on the holiness of God. The reading from Exodus exhorts the children of Israel to sanctify themselves in order to encounter God, whose creative and liberating...
by Giltus Mathias | Jul 26, 2023 | Daily Reflections
Feast of Joachim and Ann Readings: Ecclesiasticus 44:1,10-15Matthew 13:16-17 Reflection: As I write this, my grownup children have lost their last remaining grandparent, my husband’s Dad, just a few days ago. We are in the sacred and liminal space between death and...
