21 Feb _____________________ James 4:1-10 Where do these wars and battles between yourselves first start? Isn’t it precisely in the desires fighting inside your own selves? You want something and you haven’t got it; so you are prepared to kill. You have an ambition that you cannot satisfy; so you fight to get your way [...]
20 Feb _____________________ James 3:13-18 If there are any wise or learned men among you, let them show it by their good lives, with humility and wisdom in their actions. But if at heart you have the bitterness of jealousy, or a self-seeking ambition, never make any claims for yourself or cover up the truth [...]
19 Feb – Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time Christ Forgives Our Sins Today we say Yes to the Lord who comes to forgive us our sins, and we praise him who shows such mercy to the poor and the weak. – The Sunday Missal _____________________ Isaiah 43:18-19.21-22.24-25 Thus says the Lord: No need to recall [...]
18 Feb _____________________ James 3:1-10 Only a few of you, my brothers, should be teachers, bearing in mind that those of us who teach can expect a stricter judgement. After all, every one of us does something wrong, over and over again; the only man who could reach perfection would be someone who never said [...]
17 Feb _____________________ James 2:14-24.26 Take the case, my brothers, of someone who has never done a single good act but claims that he has faith. Will that faith save him? If one of the brothers or one of the sisters is in need of clothes and has not enough food to live on, and [...]
16 Feb _____________________ James 2:1-9 My brothers, do not try to combine faith in Jesus Christ, our glorified Lord, with the making of distinctions between classes of people. Now suppose a man comes into your synagogue, beautifully dressed and with a gold ring on, and at the same time a poor man comes in, in [...]
15 Feb _____________________ James 1:19-27 Remember this, my dear brothers: be quick to listen but slow to speak and slow to rouse your temper; God’s righteousness is never served by man’s anger; so do away with all the impurities and bad habits that are still left in you – accept and submit to the word [...]
14 Feb – Memorial for Ss. Cyril, Monk, and Methodius, Bishop Cyril (827-869) was the brother of St. Methodius. Born of Greek nobility, his family was connected to the senate of Thessalonica, and his mother Maria may have been Slavic. He studied at the University of Constantinople and taught philosophy there. He was ordained a [...]
13 Feb _____________________ James 1:1-11 From James, servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. Greetings to the twelve tribes of the Dispersion. My brothers, you will always have your trials but, when they come, try to treat them as a happy privilege; you understand that your faith is only put to the test [...]
12 Feb – Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time Jesus, Friend Of Outcasts To bring help to outcasts, Jesus himself had to become an outcast and ‘stay outside in places where nobody lived’. – The Sunday Missal _____________________ Leviticus 13:1-2.44-46 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ‘If a swelling or scab or shiny spot appears [...]
