Dear people of God,

Good morning to you all. The liturgy of Word of God of this Sunday says that God freely gives his spirit to all people. Through God’s free gift, people of all nations can resist evil and manifest His true Spirit in their lives and actions.

In our First Reading, a young man approaches Moses to inform him that Eldad and Medad were prophesying in the camp. Joshua, who is Moses’ aide, encourages Moses to stop these men. Moses responds, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the people of the Lord were prophets! Would that the Lord might bestow his spirit on them all!” Essentially, Moses is telling his men to stop being jealous that others too have the gift of prophecy bestowed on them from the Lord.

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Dear people of God,

Good morning to you all. The readings of 25th Sunday invite us to listen to Christ, who came down from heaven to serve humanity, and to follow his example by living an orderly and peaceful life. Today’s first reading is fulfilled in the life of Christ. First, it points to Christ the Son of God, who was put to death by jealous and wicked people. As a righteous man, Jesus reproached the and condemned the ambitious Pharisees and scribes of his time. They took offense, and so, persecuted and crucified Christ.

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Dear people of God,

Good morning to you all. On this 24th Sunday of ordinary time, we honor and celebrate Christ the son of God who humbly accepted the weakness of our human condition. He demonstrated his solidarity with us by generously renouncing himself and accepting the cross.

In sports, business, politics and even religion, we measure success or failure according to these standards. For example, a business is successful if it generates big profits; or a government is successful if it performs well in the polls.

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