Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Is 55:6-9, Phil 1:20c-24, 27a, Mt 20:1-16a
09-18-2026Weekly ReflectionThe Faithful DiscipleGrow as a Disciple: Pray, Study, Engage, Serve
Writing to the Philippians while in prison, St. Paul feels complete peace about his fate. To stay on this earth means fruitful labor for him; to die means entering eternal life with God. Having lived apart from God in the past, he finds immense joy at being able to labor for the Lord, despite the suffering it entails.
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Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Sir 27:30-28:7, Rom 14:7-9, Mt 18:21-35
09-11-2026Weekly ReflectionThe Faithful DiscipleGrow as a Disciple: Pray, Study, Engage, Serve
It strikes me that the real issue in the Gospel is that the first man whose debt the king forgives fails to see that his fellow servant who owes him a smaller debt is just like himself. “Could anyone refuse mercy to another like himself, can he seek pardon for his own sins?” Sirach asks.
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Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Ez 33:7-9, Rom 13:8-10, Mt 18:15-20
09-04-2026Weekly ReflectionThe Faithful DiscipleGrow as a Disciple: Pray, Study, Engage, Serve
St. Teresa of Calcutta once wrote, “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” Community, when lived according to Christ’s command to love one another, fills us with joy and companionship. In the Gospel, Jesus tells the disciples that living as a Church also means holding one another accountable when a member of the community has gone astray.
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