Scripture Reflections for Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

🙶 Through Christ’s passion and death, we learn how God holds back nothing in bringing about our salvation. 🙷

Fr. Robert Gay. "Future Proof." Torch. September 12, 2018

🙶 So if anyone asks you who you are, you can reply, ‘I am a child of the most high God, the brother or sister of Jesus Christ, and I am heir to eternal life’. 🙷

Fr. Malcolm McMahon. "Who Are You?." Torch. September 8, 2015

"'If anyone wants to be a follower of mine….' To me this is one of the most crucial statements in the whole of the Gospels. It forces me to ask myself how much it means to me to be a follower of Jesus. Am I prepared to give what it takes? We have read of Jesus asking his disciples, 'You, who do you say I am?' Peter's replied, 'You are the Christ!' with the title..."

Fr. Peter Clarke. "A Tortured Relationship." Torch. September 13, 2009

"“Put up or shut up.” “Does she walk the talk?” Daily we use these phrases to ask whether people are sincere. Do we follow through with what we say? “What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith but does not have works?” We all are familiar with this question from St. James in the second reading. Is the Judeo-Christian tradition of faith a litany of verbal values that move..."

Fr. Mike Gillgannon. "Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time." Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. September 12, 2021

"Suffering is an inevitable part of human existence. In itself suffering is bad, and God does not desire that man should suffer because it was not in his original plan. But it takes a different dimension when it is lived with faith in God. Jesus suffered not because it is good to suffer but because it is a necessary path to the redemption of man who brought suffering and death upon himself through sin. While..."

Father Lawrence Obilor. "The suffering Servant and the saving power of God." A Catholic Moment. September 12, 2021

"We have been getting a number of rousing challenges from Jesus in the past several weeks, as our readings have followed the progress of his ministry, and Jesus repeatedly makes clear that following him is not going to be easy in any way. This Sunday we get another challenge from Jesus to “fish or cut bait” in our relationship with him. Paradoxically, however, if we think we are going to preserve our lives and comfort..."

John Bergsma. "The Paradox of Discipleship." The Sacred Page. September 11, 2021

🙶 could we not have the resurrection without the suffering and the dying?Evasion is not a way to salvation. 🙷

Fr. Robert Ombres. "By Way of the Cross." Torch. September 6, 2021

"Faith. Do you have it? Do you have complete faith in Christ? What is faith? Can you have faith without good works? I actually had a good discussion about this at work the other day with a group of people. The consensus was that a true faith brings about good works. They go hand in hand. You cannot have good works without faith. And you cannot claim to have a true faith, yet not do..."

Joseph LaCombe. "Faith Brings Works." A Catholic Moment. September 16, 2018

"Most people, I imagine, can think of an occasion when they’ve said one thing but done another – from the trivial “I think I’ve had enough, thank you” as they then go on to take another piece of cake, to the rather more serious “I’m sorry – I promise I won’t do that again” followed by a repeat of whatever harmful words or actions prompted the apology in the first place."

Fr. Gregory Pearson. "Living Faith." Torch. September 16, 2012