Today’s Readings – Sunday of Week 13 of Ordinary Time (Year A)

Commentary on 2 Kings 4:8-11,13-16; Romans 6:3-4,8-11; Matthew 10:37-42

In today’s Gospel, Jesus says:

Whoever loves father or mother...son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me...


Jesus seems to be making an attack on family life, telling us to turn our backs on our own flesh and blood. These seem to be scandalous words and a hard saying which many would find difficulty in accepting.

No matter what the Gospel may say, for a large number of people their family comes first before everything else. Yet we need to remember that Jesus himself belonged to a people which has as strong a sense of family as any culture anywhere.

Centrality of family
Others might find Jesus’ words disturbing for other reasons. They feel that there is already to … Continue

Yesterday’s Readings – Saturday of Week 12 of Ordinary Time - First Reading

Commentary on Lamentations 2:2,10-14,18-19

Today’s reading is from the Book of Lamentations. We have come to the end of our readings about the history of the Kings, contained in the two books of Samuel, the two books of Kings and the books of Chronicles. We began with Saul and fin … Continue