True Rest
DAILY GRACE October 30, 2020, Friday of the 30th Week of Ordinary Time Scripture: Luke 14:1-6 On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. Just then, in front of him, there...
A New Heart, a New Start
DAILY GRACE October 29, 2020, Thursday of the 30th Week of Ordinary Time Scripture: Luke 13:31-35 At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, ‘Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.’ He said to them, ‘Go and tell that fox for me, “Listen, I am...
The Narrow Door
DAILY GRACE October 28, 2020, Wednesday of the 30th Week of Ordinary Time Scripture: Luke 13:22-30 Jesus went through one town and village after another, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, ‘Lord, will only a few be saved?’ He said to...
Small Things
DAILY GRACE October 27, 2020, Tuesday of the 30th Week of Ordinary Time Scripture: Luke 13:18-21 He said therefore, ‘What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in the garden; it grew and...
For Freedom
DAILY GRACE October 26, 2020, Monday of the 30th Week of Ordinary Time Scripture: Luke 13:10-17 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over...
Discerning the Time
DAILY GRACE October 23, 2020, Friday of the 29th Week of Ordinary Time Scripture: Luke 12:54-56 He also said to the crowds, ‘When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, “It is going to rain”; and so it happens. And when you see the south wind...
Cast Your Fire
DAILY GRACE October 22, 2020, Thursday of the 29th Week of Ordinary Time Scripture: Luke 12:49-53 ‘I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is...
Ready and Prepared
DAILY GRACE October 21, 2020, Wednesday of the 29th Week of Ordinary Time Scripture: Luke 12:39-48 ‘But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, for the...
The Knock at the Door
DAILY GRACE October 20, 2020, Tuesday of the 29th Week of Ordinary Time Scripture: Luke 12:35-38 ‘Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit; be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they may open the door for him...
Letting Go
DAILY GRACE October 19, 2020, Monday of the 29th Week of Ordinary Time Well, friends, I'm back! It was certainly good to get away for a spell (I hadn’t taken a Sunday off since June of 2019), but it is good to be back in the saddle. Today’s “daily grace,” as always,...