Daily Gospel Reading and Reflection

Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time

Luke 12:49-53
Jesus said to his disciples:
“I have come to set the earth on fire,
and how I wish it were already blazing!
There is a baptism with which I must be baptized,
and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!
Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth?"

Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time

Luke 12:39-48
"Much will be required of the person entrusted with much,
and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more.”

Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time

Luke 12:35-38
Jesus said to his disciples: 
“Gird your loins and light your lamps
and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding,
ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks."

Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs

Matthew 28:16-20
Then Jesus approached and said to them,
"All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you."

Friday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time

Luke 12:1-7
"I tell you, my friends,
do not be afraid of those who kill the body
but after that can do no more.
I shall show you whom to fear.
Be afraid of the one who after killing
has the power to cast into Gehenna;
yes, I tell you, be afraid of that one."