The Cost of Discipleship On this Sunday, the Third Sunday of the blessed month of Hathor, the Church reads Luke 14:25-35. In this reading, Jesus instructs the crowd that the only way to obtain eternal life is to put God first. He tells the people, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his…
Parable of the SowerAccording to St. Matthew On this Sunday, the second Sunday of Hathor, the Church reads from Matthew 13:1-9 the Parable of the Sower. The Gospel passage begins with Jesus leaving the house, but why is this significant? Origen the Scholar interprets this verse (Mt 13:1) allegorically, explaining that Jesus leaving the house…
Parable of the Sower On this Sunday, the first Sunday of the blessed month of Hathor, the Church reads the Parable of the Sower, found in Luke 8:4-15. In this parable, Christ describes a story of a Sower who sows his seed on four different types of land: the wayside, rocky ground, ground with thorns,…
Jesus Raises the Widow’s Son This Sunday, the 4th Sunday of the blessed month of Paope, the Church Gospel reading is from Luke 7: 11-17. In this passage, our Lord is met at the gates of the town by a funeral procession. The grief of the widowed mother of the young man who had died…
Jesus and Beelzebul On the Third Sunday of the blessed month of Paope, the Church reads Matthew 12:22-28. In this reading, Jesus heals a demon-possessed blind and mute man. Instead of glorifying and thanking God for this miracle, the Pharisees attack Christ and claim that He can only cast out demons through “Beelzebul, the ruler…
Jesus Call to Simon the 1st Disciple On this Sunday the second Sunday of Paope, the Church reads from Luke 5:1-11. This Gospel begins by describing how the crowd was pressing in on Jesus “to hear the word of God” (Lk 5:1). Do we have the same urgency to hear the word of God? More…
Jesus Heals a Paralytic On the 1st. Sunday of the blessed month of Paope the Church reads from the Gospel of Mark 2:1-12, in these verses we read the story of Christ healing the paralyzed man in Capernaum. When the Lord had entered Capernaum and settled in a house and started preaching the word, many…
Jesus Pardons the Sinful Woman On this Sunday, the Fourth Sunday of the blessed month of Thoout, the Church reads from Luke 7:36-50. In this passage, Jesus is invited to dine with Simon, a Pharisee represents the religious elite, characterized by self-righteousness and adherence to the law. During the meal, a woman, known to be…
Zacchaeus Meets the Jesus On this Sunday, the Third Sunday of the blessed month of Thoout, the Church reads Luke 19:1-10. In this reading, we hear about the story of Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a chief tax collector in the city of Jericho, a man of short stature. He was wealthy but despised by the community…
Jesus Rejoices in the Father’s Will On this Sunday, the second Sunday of Thoout, the Church reads from Luke 10:21-28. The Gospel begins with Jesus rejoicing in the Holy Spirit, but what exactly does this mean? St Cyril provides us insight that Jesus is rejoicing “in the works and miracles wrought by means of the…