Joseph Zepeda
September 27, 2022
Gospel: Luke 9:51-56
As the time drew near when Jesus would be taken up to heaven, he made up his
mind to go to Jerusalem. He sent ahead of him some messengers, who entered a
September 26, 2022
Gospel: Luke 9:46-50
One day, the disciples were arguing about which of them was the most important.
But Jesus knew their thoughts, so he took a little child and stood him by his side.
Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name,
welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me, welcomes the one who sent me. And listen: the one
who is found to be the least among you all, is the one who is the greatest.”
Then John spoke up, “Master, we saw someone who drives out demons by calling upon your
name, and we tried to forbid him, because he doesn’t follow you with us.” But Jesus said,
“Don’t forbid him. He who is not against you is for you.”
Reflect:
We can never understand a mystery on this side of life at least; we can only stand under
the mystery and live with it, with an attitude of awe and dynamic surrender. This is essentially
the lesson the book of Job offers us on the vexing problem of human suffering. One of the
classics in world literature and acclaimed by Alfred Lord Tennyson as “the greatest poem of
ancient and modern times,” the book of Job takes us through the deepening of faith of Job. In
today’s reading we find him with a certain equanimity and readymade catechetical answer at
the face of tragedies, an answer which is indicative more of rationalization than faith. (Don’t
we too live with such platitudes in life?) As we will see in the coming days, Job’s defenses
must and will crumble down and leave him utterly naked in soul before God, and he will,
at the end, arrive at the core of faith: wonder, awe, marvel, and
surrender to the Mystery.
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September 25, 2022
Gospel: Luke 16:19-31
Once there was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and feasted every
day. At his gate lay Lazarus, a poor man covered with sores, who longed to eat just
the scraps falling from the rich man’s table. Even dogs used to come and lick his
September 24, 2022
Gospel: Luke 9:43b-45
But while all were amazed at everything Jesus did, he said to his disciples, “Listen,
and remember what I tell you now: The Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of
men.” But the disciples didn’t understand this saying; something prevented them from
September 23, 2022
Gospel: Luke 9:18-22One day, when Jesus was praying alone, not far from
his disciples, he asked them, “What do people say about me?” And they
answered, “Some say, that you are John the Baptist; others say, that you
September 22, 2022
Gospel: Luke 9:7-9
King Herod heard of all this, and did not know what to think, for people said, “This
is John, raised from the dead.” Others believed that Elijah, or one of the ancient
September 21, 2022
Gospel: Matthew 9:9-13
As Jesus moved on from there, he saw a man named Matthew, at his seat in the
custom-house; and he said to him, “Follow me!” And Matthew got up and followed
him. Now it happened, while Jesus was at table in Matthew’s house, many tax
September 20,2022
Gospel: Luke 8:19-21
Then his mother and his relatives came to him; but they could not get to him because
of the crowd. Someone told him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside
September 19, 2022
Gospel: Luke 8:16-18
No one, after lighting a lamp, covers it with a bowl or puts it under the bed; rather,
he puts it on a lamp stand, so that people coming in may see the light. In the same
way, there is nothing hidden that shall not be uncovered; nothing kept secret, that
September 18 , 2022
Gospel: Luke 16:1-13
At another time Jesus told his disciples, “There was a rich man, whose steward was
reported to him because of fraudulent service. He summoned the steward and asked
him,‘What is this I hear about you? I want you to render an account of your service,