Daily Catholic Reflection: August 10, 2020, Feast of Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr, Year A.

2 Corinthians 9:6b-10,

Psalm 112:1b-2.5-6.7-8.9,

John 12:24-26 Full Readings

Saint Lawrence

Dying to Oneself For Christ

Today's readings talk about the fruits of dying to oneself,  self denial and self giving. In the first Reading Paul tells us that thin sowing means thin reaping, the one who sows more will reap more and the one who sows less will reap less. You reap what you sowed. The central message here is that one who denies and gives up oneself to sow much, he or she will reap much and one who one who does nothing or little will get nothing or the  little he did.

Let us see O Lord your mercy and grant us your salvation, 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Psalm

Daily Catholic Reflection: August 9, 2020, Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A.

1 Kings 19:9a.11-13a,

Psalm 85:8ab and 9.10-11.12-13, (Watch it here)

Romans 9:1 - 5,

Matthew 14:22-33 Full Readings

Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross 

 Fighting Fear with Faith.

The first reading and the gospel have the similar message, the revelation of the face of God. In the first reading God manifests himself to Elijah in a completely new way, different from the pagan gods and from the way to which Israel was accustomed as they knew these gods would come in overwhelming appearance. Elijah experienced God only silence and so we also need some time in silence in order to experience God in our lives.

Daily Catholic Reflection: August 8, 2020, Memorial of Saint Dominic, Priest, Year A.

Habakkuk 1: 12-2:4,
Psalm 9:8-9.10-11. 12-13,
Matthew 17:14-20 Full Readings

Saint Dominic

 How Big is Your Faith?

Today's Gospel gives us a challenge to reflect on how big our faith is. We see disciples failing to cast out the devil from a boy. And when they asked Jesus why they could not cast the devil away, Jesus responded calling them faithless and perverse generation and that it is because of their little faith that they could not cast out the devil, if they had faith big as the mustard seed they would even move mountains.

Daily Catholic Reflection: August 7, 2020, Friday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time, Year A.

Nahum 1:15; 2:2; 3: 1 -3.6-7,

PSALM Dt 32:35cd-36ab.39abcd.41,

Matthew 16:24-28 Full Readings

Saint Cajetan, Saint Sixtus II, Pope and Companions, Martyrs

 The Greatest Investment

In today's Gospel Jesus tells us that whoever wants to follow Him should renounce him or herself and take up his or her cross and follow Him. He again tells us that whoever wants to save his or her  life at the expense of Jesus will lose it and whoever loses his or her life for the sake of Jesus will gain it, for what good is it for one to gain the whole world and lose his or her life? This encourages us to put our investment in Jesus. Where is your greatest investment?

Daily Catholic Reflection: August 6, 2020, Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Year A.

(Daniel 7:9-10.13-14,
Psalm 97: 1-2..5-6.9,
2 Peter 1:16-19,
Matthew 17: 1b-9 Full Readings


Transfiguration of the Lord

Listen and Learn

Today, we celebrate the feast of transfiguration of Jesus. Peter, James and John are privileged to go with Jesus atop the mountain where he is transfigured before them. What a splendid sight it was: Jesus conversing with Moses and Elijah before their very eyes. They are beside themselves and are in awe at what unfolds. This is the way Christ is with each of us. When we least expect it, he gives us a wonderful dose of his grace to strengthen us in our walk with him. This privilege, however, isn’t simply for us to look at and admire; it is a call to respond to his invitation of love. Jesus was calling these three apostles to a deeper level of love and trust in him; he is doing so with us, too.

Daily Catholic Reflection: August 5, 2020, Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time, Year A.

Jeremiah 31:1-7,

PSALM Jeremiah 31:10.11-l2ab.13,

Matthew 15:21-28 Full Readings

Dedication of saint Mary Major Basilica

 Persistence in prayer

Today's Gospel presents to us the discussion between Jesus and the Canaanite woman who was begging Jesus to have mercy on her and heal her daughter who was tormented by the devil. Jesus' reply to this woman may be taken in a literary sense to be too harsh but it was to test her faith. Jesus said that he came only for the people of Israel not strangers and that you cannot give baby's food to the dogs. However the woman could not give up though she was called a dog and replied saying, even dogs eat the scraps from the master's table and at this Jesus saw the woman's faith and healed her daughter.