Ordinary Time SAINTS TIMOTHY AND TITUS, bishops. “He sends seed, sleeps, and the seed grows without him knowing how” Mk. 4:26-34 Nature reveals to us in each of its species a great diversity of shapes and sizes. Seeds are an example of this, and today Jesus invites us to fix our gaze on the seed …
Ordinary Time THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL, the Apostle. “Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel” Mk. 16:15-18 Conversion of St. Paul In today’s account, we see how Jesus chose and sent out his disciples, after sharing with them and teaching them by his own actions that their Father God is loving and …
Ordinary Time SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES, bishop and doctor of the Church. “The sower went out to sow” Mk. 4:1-20 The seed that Jesus wants to sow in each one of us is love, because this is the only one that can transform the earth. Love is what makes the seed germinate, grow and bear …
Ordinary Time “He that does the will of God is my brother and my sister and my mother” Mk. 3:31-35 Jesus invites us to consider how to be a family. For him there is a second family that is based on latent listening to the Word of God, because it is in this way and …
Ordinary Time St. Vincent, deacon and martyr. “My faithfulness and mercy will be with you” Ps. 88 Our inner self is in a continuous relationship with the outside. The word is a means of entering into a relationship with the outside, it has a power that can build or destroy. God and people live invisibly …
Ordinary Time SAN ANTONIO, abbot. “Walk with God.” 1 Sam. 17:32-51 Our limitations are rational, but we know well that for God nothing is impossible, it is enough to trust and walk with God, because when we walk with Him, we remain in a state of openness and that makes it possible for many things …
Ordinary Time When Jesus heard this, He said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a physician, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Mk. 2:13-17 Jesus is a Master of listening. As we contemplate him in each of the Gospel accounts, we can see that all …
Ordinary Time “Four came, carrying a paralytic” Mk. 2:1-12 Today’s Gospel presents us with a paralytic, next to him four people. We do not know who they are, probably relatives, friends, or neighbors. From experience, we know that the presence of a sick person is unsettling. It forces us to think about how we live, …
Ordinary Time “Speak, O Lord, for your servant hears You” 1 Sam. 3:1-20 Samuel is a young man who serves in the temple, along with Eli, a wise old man. It is at the moment of rest that God manifests himself and calls Samuel, but the young man does not distinguish the voice and confuses …
Tuesday, January 9 Ordinary Time “As she repeated her prayer to the Lord, Eli watched her. Hannah spoke internally; she moved her lips, but her voice was not heard” (1 Sam. 1:9-20). In prayer, several processes are carried out that allow us to internalize the matter to be discerned: silence, listening and dialogue. Hannah constantly …
