Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. (Jeremiah 33:3)
Homily
Hearing and Healing - Tuesday, September 9, 2025
A great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and even those who were tormented by unclean spirits were cured.
The Birth of the Mother of God - Monday, September 8, 2025
“Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people. Matthew 1:20–21
“Hating” So As To Love - Sunday, September 7, 2025
Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them, “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.” Luke 14:25–26
The Divine Law of Our Lord - Saturday, September 6, 2025
“The Son of Man is lord of the sabbath.” Luke 6:5
Courage to Change - Friday, September 5, 2025
“Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined. Rather, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins. Luke 5:37–39
A Personal Encounter - Thursday, September 4, 2025
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.” Luke 5:8
Laying the Foundation - Wednesday, September 3, 2025
After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon. Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever, and they interceded with him about her. He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. Luke 4:38–39
Authority and Power - Tuesday, September 2, 2025
They were all amazed and said to one another, “What is there about his word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.” And news of him spread everywhere in the surrounding region. Luke 4:36–37
An Emotional Reaction to Jesus - Monday, September 1, 2025
When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury. They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong. Luke 4:28–30