Those who want to be rich are falling into temptation.

25TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Those who want to be rich are falling into temptation. Today seems to be “money day” in our readings! At the end of the first reading, St. Paul warns against falling into harmful desires, especially the desire to be rich (1 Timothy 6:9)....

He said to him, “Follow me.”

SAINT MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST (FEAST) He said to him, “Follow me.” As he traveled from place to place ministering to people, Jesus one day passed by a customs post. There he saw Matthew collecting taxes. But instead of seeing a man most respectable Jews would...

Wisdom is vindicated by all her children.

SAINTS ANDREW KIM TAE-GǑN AND PAUL CHǑNG HA-SANG (MEMORIAL) Wisdom is vindicated by all her children.  Did you notice that there are two sets of children in this passage? First, there are the children who sit “in the marketplace” (Luke 7:32). Jesus uses this image to...

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