I Have Come to Set the Earth on Fire – 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
The Parable of the Faithful Servant – Luke 12:32—48 Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom. Sell your belongings and give alms. Provide money bags for yourselves that do not wear out, an inexhaustible
The Parable of the Rich Fool – Luke 12:13—21 Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.” He replied to him, “Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?” Then he said to the crowd, “Take care to guard against
The Lord’s Prayer – Luke 11:1—13 Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your
Martha and Mary – Luke 10:38—42 Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, “Lord, do you
The Parable of the Good Samaritan – Luke 10:25—37 There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test him and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” He said
Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two – Luke 10:1—12, 17—20 At that time the Lord appointed seventy–two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the
Devotion and piety inspire the Catholic faithful to go on pilgrimage to churches and sacred places. A shrine, for example, is visited by thousands of pilgrims to practice their devotion. The Philippines has been home to numerous shrines with some approved by its Episcopal Conference to be a national shrine.
The Cost of Following Jesus – Luke 9:51—62 When the days for Jesus’ being taken up were fulfilled, he resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem, and he sent messengers ahead of him. On the way they entered a Samaritan village to prepare for his reception there, but they would not
The World Meeting of Families (WMOF) was created by His Holiness, Pope John Paul II in 1994, coinciding with the United Nations’ declaration of that same year as the “International Year of the Family”. The 1st World Meeting of Families held in Rome on October 8 and 9 that year
