31. X THU of Elijah-Cross-Moses

Mt 25: 14-30: How we live in this world, as well as how we pray in the church, can be apostolic and powerfully evangelistic. This parable of the talents, both used and unused speaks on several levels to us on our life. It can be applied spiritual, intellectual and material opportunities. Gifts unused remain unused and for every gift we received we are responsible. Through the members of the church enormous abundance of gifts for the spread of the Gospel are received. Often a fearful attitude that seeks only to preserve the past and not to launch out into the future has hindered the growth of the Gospel.

30. X WED of Elijah-Cross-Moses

Jn 11: 1-16: Death is an inescapable reality. Consciously or unconsciously we confront death everyday: every minute we die a little – we realize that we are limited. In today’s Gospel Jesus is seen preparing the disciple to that realization so that they may believe in the resurrection and with him of all who believe in him may be resurrected. Jesus is the light and whoever walks with him will not ‘stumble’ to death but will be always be in the light and in the life eternal.

29. X TUE of Elijah-Cross-Moses

Mt 24: 3-14: In this last discourse on the eschatological times, Jesus refers two events that speaks all about the destruction of Jerusalem. Jesus concludes the end of the world also together with. Jesus never entertains the curiosity of the disciples, but warns them that the end of the world cannot be calculated. He instills in them to have a heart that is prepared to face the events at any time.

28 X MON of Elijah-Cross-Moses

Jn 15: 18-25: The community of Jesus loves each other. Hatred is the nature of the world which is controlled by Satan. So the disciples are warned that they will have to face persecution and opposition when the live an authentic life based on love and Christian principles.  

27. X SUN of Elijah-Cross-Moses

Mt 8: 23-34: The presence of Jesus is power. The disciples realized it only in the dire need to calm the storm. But the people of the town failed to convert the power of the presence of Jesus into faith due to fear. Jesus is with us in the very middle of the storm. In the complexity of our lives, we seldom have the date we would like to make a decision. The best way for us is to consult, pray, decide and then go forward. Having done our best, we can be assured that Jesus remains with us in whatever follows. Jesus gives us strength to survive the storm of our life.

26. IX SAT of Elijah-Cross-Moses

Mt 12: 46-50: Passage through the red sea inaugurated the beginning of the people of God. Our baptism is also the beginning of a process of our maturing in the Lord. The truly significant bonds that join people are not biological but spiritual: the shared experiences of school, seminary, political campaigns, joy, sorrow and deliverance. Jesus tells us that those who listen to and keep his word are his brothers and sisters in a new family that knit together by the Holy Spirit. We all have experienced deliverance through baptism.