This Sunday (10/8/2023) is the 4th Sunday of Thoout, and the Holy Gospel for this week is from Luke 7:36-50. This passage talks about the woman who washed Jesus’ feet with her tears and anointed His feet with fragrant oil. After this, sharing a metaphor with a nearby Pharisee, Jesus says to the woman “Your…
On this Sunday (10/01/23), 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 due to his…
On this Sunday (09/24/23), 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 Holy Spirit.” He goes further,…
On this Sunday (08/20/23), the First Sunday of the blessed month of Thoout, the Church reads Luke 7:28-35. In this reading, Christ gives testimony to the crowds in response to a question posed by John the Baptist earlier in (Luke 7:20) “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another”. …