19 Jul 2025
3 CommentsThe Power of Nonviolence
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For 19 July 2025, Saturday of week 15 in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 12:14-21
The Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.
Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill. He warned them not to tell others about him. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
“Here is my servant whom I have chosen,
the one I love, in whom I delight;
I will put my Spirit on him,
and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
He will not quarrel or cry out;
no one will hear his voice in the streets.
A bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out,
till he has brought justice through to victory.
In his name the nations will put their hope.”
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
19 July 2025 @ 2:22 pm
Thank you, Mary Ellen, for a beautiful summary of the third luminous mystery of the rosary.
20 July 2025 @ 12:40 am
Challenging and needed reflection for our times.
20 July 2025 @ 9:32 am
Hello and Thanks Mary Ellen for your “thoughtful” preaching!
Yes! In Jesus’ Name we all will Hope!