WEDNESDAY OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Gospel Lk 7:31-35 ‘’To what then will I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?  They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not weep.’ For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon’; the Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Nevertheless, wisdom is vindicated by all her children.” The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to You Lord Jesus Christ The Word of God for Everyone Dear people of God, In today's Word of God, God the Father invites His children: to unite and love one another, to worship and praise God the Father together; to unite and fight against Satan, because Satan always seeks to divide God the Father's children. To be united and love one another as God the Father invites, He wants each person to abandon their selfish ego and worship God together in their thoughts and actions. By doing so, everyone will avoid the sins that Satan brings. God the Father also invites His children: to live in the wisdom of God the Father, that is, to have charity, love, humility, self-abasement, simplicity, so that God's spirit can work in them.  Otherwise, Satan will come and act in our own souls and bodies. They will control us according to their instructions and will lead us to evil actions, making us far from the mercy of God the Father. God the Father continues to call on His children: while living in this world, let us love and forgive; let us abandon our selfish egos, to serve others as God the Father has commanded. God the Father wants people to worship only Him as the only One, to love Him with all their souls, with all their minds, and to love their fellow human beings as themselves. In today's Word of God, God the Father also mentions the great prophet of God the Father, Saint John the Baptist. God the Father sent him to the world to call on everyone to repent, to abandon the path of sin and return to Him. But people used human wisdom to justify and kill Saint John. For this reason, today, once again God the Father calls upon His children: to be alert to the temptations of Satan, do not listen to his instigation; practice charity, love, and above all, unite with one another, so that Satan will be defeated. God the Father is not pleased when His children are jealous, envious and proud. Because these things will pull the souls of His children away from His loving embrace and will lose the happiness of the Kingdom of Heaven that God the Father has prepared for His children. Thanks be to God. Amen.

TUESDAY OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Gospel (Luke 7:11-17) Jesus journeyed to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd accompanied him. As he drew near to the gate of the city, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was with her. When the Lord saw her, he was moved with pity for her and said to her, "Do not weep." He stepped forward and touched the coffin; at this the bearers halted, and he said, "Young man, I tell you, arise!" The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, exclaiming, "A great prophet has arisen in our midst," and "God has visited his people." This report about him spread through the whole of Judea and in all the surrounding region. The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ. The Word of God for Everyone Dear People of God, The Word of God in today's Gospel, God shows humanity the great power of God and the immense mercy God has towards His mankind. It is because of God's deep mercy that He sees and feels the pain of humans when we encounter extreme suffering. He never abandons humanity, as in the image of the widow in the Gospel: She had an only son, and death took away her son's life. There is nothing more painful than losing the person you love, the person you consider the most precious in your life. Faced with the suffering of the widow, God showed His power and mercy by bringing her dead son back to life. Through this, God wants to tell all humankind that God has full authority over human life. Whoever wants to have life must run to God. For no one in this world has the power to restore the dead and come back to life like God. It is the power to bring the dead back to life that makes humanity fearful, praising and glorifying God that Jesus is a great prophet who appears in the world, and God has visited His people. From the beginning of time to the present, no one has the power to bring the dead back to life like He can. That is why humans hail Him as king, the God who comes to the world to save mankind. Therefore, the Word of God today calls for humanity whoever wants to have eternal life, must run to God, make peace with Him, live, and follow His teachings. Do not follow the temptations of the world, then we will have eternal happy lives in the Kingdom of God. Thanks be to God. Amen.

TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Gospel (Mk 8:27–35) Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?" They said in reply, "John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others one of the prophets." And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter said to him in reply, "You are the Christ." Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him. He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and rise after three days. He spoke this openly. Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. At this he turned around and, looking at his disciples, rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do." He summoned the crowd with his disciples and said to them, "Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it." The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ. The Word of God for Everyone Dear People of God, The Word of God today, God the Father informs humanity of the death of Jesus Christ. God the Father sacrificed His only Son in exchange for all mankind, because of His boundless love for humanity. A profound love that surpasses human understanding, causing mankind to wonder: "Is the sacrifice of the only Son of God the Father a loss under the yoke of death? Is it a shame, a suffering without any value to those who believe? No, it isn't! What God the Father wants to say here, through His death, He teaches humans that: The value of that sacrifice is because of "Obedience", because of Love. It is love that will conquer death. It is love that drives out Satan and brings humanity closer to God. Through that, God the Father wishes to give humanity more grace of faith in the God of Love. Therefore, today's word of God teaches humans to know the plan of the love of Jesus Christ: He sacrificed Himself to die to save humankind. God's plan of salvation will take place gradually according to the plan of the Holy Trinity. The words that Jesus Christ taught today are the words that God foretold to those who want to have eternal life in the Kingdom of Heaven. They must go through difficulties, challenges, and persecution and will be condemned and eliminated. Because God Himself has set a shining example for humanity about love, about that great sacrifice. God the Father wants people to know that: to defeat death, to have victory over death, the sin that Satan brings, humans must sacrifice themselves, they must give up their human nature completely to obey the will of God the Father. Only God's will, only His Word can bring eternal life to humanity. Because Jesus is the perfect example for human beings. His life is the light that guides humans to His Kingdom - the place that humankind must seek and reach. God is Love. He always brings the best things to mankind, but we must go through suffering, and challenges like the Only Son of God experienced. We must dare to give up the temporary happiness that this world brings because those are only temptations of Satan. As in today's Gospel, Saint Peter displeased Jesus when he "took Him aside and began to rebuke Him" because His teachings were not in accordance with his own will because he only sought glory, honor, and happiness in this world. That is also the warning words of God the Father to His children today: to stay away from Satan's temptations of lust, physical passions, pleasures, and the false peace that Satan spreads to deceive us. The teachings of Jesus Christ are words of truth, words of love for those who believe in Him, the One who died and was resurrected for humanity, for those who live according to His teachings, courageously proclaim their faith; courageously carry the cross with Him up to Calvary, ready to die with Him, then He will fulfill His promise to give them eternal life in His Kingdom. That is also God's earnest call to humanity today. Take on your shoulders the sufferings of others; nail your flesh to the Cross and courageously sacrifice yourself to die along with Him. That is also the meaning of giving up bad habits, abandoning Satan's sinful path to obey the will of God the Father, to complete what God the Father teaches us in our daily life on this earth. That is the meaning of obedience according to the command of God the Father so that Satan must fear, submit, and prostrate before the Almighty name of God the Supreme Father. Thanks be to God. Amen.

MONDAY OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Gospel (Luke 7:1-10) After Jesus had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. A centurion there had a slave whom he valued highly, and who was ill and close to death. When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave. When they came to Jesus, they appealed to him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy of having you do this for him, for he loves our people, and it is he who built our synagogue for us.” And Jesus went with them, but when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; therefore I did not presume to come to you. But only speak the word, and let my servant be healed. For I also am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and the slave does it.” When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd that followed him, he said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.” When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health. The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ. The Word of God for Everyone Dear people of God, In today's Word of God, God the Father invites His children all over the world: to believe in God the Father who is almighty, present and accompanies people. Live and practice that faith by proclaiming Jesus Christ as the Supreme God. God the Father does not want people to live a hypocritical faith, because He knows the human heart, so people should live honestly with God the Father. If our mouths proclaim Jesus Christ as the One of love, the One of power, then our hearts must also have absolute trust in the strength, power and mercy of God. God the Father will not abandon people in suffering. Therefore, believe, trust completely in God the Father and practice what He teaches, then you will have eternal life. Those who live like this, their prayers to God will be heard by Him. Look at the example of faith of the centurion in today's Gospel. He had a strong faith in God. He believed that: just one word from Jesus Christ from afar, his servant would be healed. Today, very few people have such strong faith in Almighty God as this centurion. Therefore, the Word of God today calls on all mankind, children of God the Father created in His image: to return to God the Father, abandon the path of sin, reconcile with Him, live in His love and mercy; practice justice, charity and have a heart of love for your fellow human beings; do as the centurion did who loved his servant. Because of love, he tried every way to meet Jesus Christ, begging Him to heal his servant. His faith was praised by Jesus and He healed his servant. Today's Word of God invites everyone living in this world to have mercy on their brothers and sisters. When they see their brothers and sisters sick in soul and body, they should run to Jesus Christ and call on Him: "Please heal their bodies, and especially please free their souls from Satan's captivity." When God the Father sees your love and strong faith, He will graciously accept your prayers and heal those you pray for. Thanks be to God. Amen.

FEAST OF THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS Gospel (JN 3:13-17) Jesus said to Nicodemus: “No one has gone up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.” For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ. The Word of God for Everyone Dear People of God, Today the Church celebrates the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The Word of God in today's Gospel wants to tell all humanity: Jesus Christ is God, He is a God of love. God's love is expressed through the sign of the cross of Jesus Christ. The image of Jesus Christ being crucified, and dying on the cross, shows humanity: that God loves humanity immensely. He sacrificed Himself and died to redeem the sins of all people. He took the sins of all people on Himself and was nailed to the cross. As many sins of humanity as there are nails nailed to the body of Jesus Christ. The sign of Jesus Christ's love for humanity is expressed from the Old Testament to the New Testament. That sign was expressed through the words of God to Moses: You make a bronze snake and hang it on a tree. Whoever looks at the tree with the bronze snake hanging on it will be saved. The reason is that the people blamed God and Moses. They had sinned and displeased God, and He allowed evil to happen, by letting poisonous snakes bite and kill many people. After the people sinned and were bitten to death by snakes, the people realized that they had sinned against God and Moses; so they ran to ask God to forgive their sins, and their prayers were answered by God. He showed mercy and saved the people by giving Moses the instruction to hang the bronze snake on a tree so that whoever believed in God's words spoken through Moses and looked at the bronze snake would live. God's saving love has been shown since the Old Testament and continues to this day, that is the image of Jesus Christ lovingly dying and hanging on the cross. Today, God also invites His sinful children: to look up at the cross of love, sincerely recognize how their sins have offended God and others, repent and return to God; ask Him to forgive, ask Him to cleanse all sins, and grant healing to have eternal life. God said that in this world, everyone is a sinner. Therefore, He died hanging on the cross so that anyone who looks up at that cross, believes in God's love, asks Him to forgive, and asks Him to grant conversion will have eternal life and happiness with God. The cross of God's saving love will endure until the end of the world. God came to the world to save humanity. He never condemned or brought evil to people, but He sacrificed His life to die just because He loved people. Therefore, He calls all His children: to sincerely repent of their sins when looking up at the cross where God Himself is present, crucified, and died to redeem humanity. Whoever wants to have a resurrection life with Jesus Christ, should look up at the cross of love, and follow God's teachings. He will save that person's soul. Thanks be to God. Amen.

FRIDAY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME (Luke 6:39-42) Gospel Lk 6:39-42 Jesus told his disciples a parable: "Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit? No disciple is superior to the teacher; but when fully trained, every disciple will be like his teacher. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own? How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove that splinter in your eye,' when you do not even notice the wooden beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! Remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter in your brother's eye." The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ. The Word of God for Everyone Dear People of God, Today's Word of God wants to tell everyone that God is the One who knows everything. Only He is the One who sets the law and judges people. Between people, no one has the right to judge others, because everyone is a sinner before God, no one is holy and pure before Him. God always wants people to live pure, clean, and holy; but they cannot. He gives people the power to support and help each other. However, people today are greedy for fame and power and want to use power to dominate others. The desire to dominate others leads people to arrogance and pride, and from arrogance will lead to contempt and judgment of their brothers and sisters; while they themselves are also full of sin before God. But God is always patient and merciful to them. He desires and waits for them to repent, recognize their mistakes, and return to God. In the Word of God in today's Gospel, Jesus warns everyone: whoever wants to remove the splinter in another person's eye, must first remove the wooden beam in his own eye. You must change and convert your soul first so that you can see clearly in order to remove the splinter from the other person's eye and help them to convert, abandon sin, and begin living a fresh, pure, innocent life. But people today do not see their own sins to correct them, but instead condemn and judge their brothers and sisters; that is a serious sin before God, and He is not pleased with those who judge and criticize their brothers and sisters. The Word of God today wants to tell everyone: - To Live in humility and humble yourself before God. - Do not judge or condemn your brothers and sisters. - Do not forbid your brothers and sisters from living according to God's way of love; because those things do not come from God but from Satan. God knows that people are facing difficulties, suffering, and challenges. He loves and does not abandon anyone. Therefore, He calls each person: - Try to live a good life. Live in purity and clearly before God - Strive to eliminate all bad thoughts, words, and actions; eliminate sin from our souls. - Run to God and reconcile with Him so that He can remove the "beams" and "garbage" from our souls. Living like that, we will live together in harmony, unity, and love; more than that, we will be reconciled and live in close union with God, we will have Him reign in our souls, and put on Jesus Christ as our new self. Thanks be to God. Amen

The Word of God for Everyone Dear People of God, Today's Word of God teaches people three basic conditions: love your enemies, be merciful to others, and do not judge anyone. The first condition: "Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you." Jesus' teaching today is a wonderful lesson in charity: love your enemies. No commandment has caused more controversy than this one. - He teaches us how to live and behave towards everyone. - He teaches us to love others as ourselves. Others can be those who love us but also include enemies who do not love us, hate us, and even those who harm us. It is the law of loving one's enemies. This is a transcendental law. Before we can obey this law, we must understand its meaning. Greek has three words for love: First is Eros, which is a desire, a craving, a physical love between a man and a woman. The nature of Eros is a possessive force, wanting to reach and possess what is lacking. Second is Philo, which is natural love between relatives. Third is Agape, which is sacrifice, a love that does not come naturally but through effort, guided by the will. The power of agape does not lie in "possessing", but in "giving". Therefore, this love does not discriminate, does not measure, and does not require conditions. It is charity, it is brotherhood, it is love of giving everything, it is the love of God who "so loved the world that he gave his only Son" for the world. The second condition: You must be merciful, "as your Father is merciful." When we talk about mercy, we are reminded of the story of the Good Samaritan. Jesus used this parable as a teaching story. He asked His listeners: "Who showed himself to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?" Jesus reversed the question of the scholar of the law. Instead of answering the question "Who was the neighbor?" He asked, "Who showed himself to be a neighbor, showing mercy to the man in distress?" Actually, the question "Who was the neighbor?" is not as important as the question "To whom did I show mercy?" Knowing how to be merciful to others, especially to one's enemies, does not consist in words, but in deeds, in a truly compassionate heart, and in an attitude of brotherhood towards others, which is the attitude of the highest level of love: Agape love, which is the love that God wants people to attain, in order to be close to God and to be with Him in the Kingdom of Heaven. The third condition: "Do not judge, so that you will not be judged by God." Today's Gospel, God teaches people that: Whoever knows how to be merciful with a great Agape love does not know how to judge others, because judging is the work of the devil, and only God has the right to judge. In the work of the Holy Spirit's sanctification, this third condition is the condition that the Realistic Word of God always reminds those who want to live and practice His words and is the necessary condition for the devil to be defeated: "God the Father wants that when entering into the work of God the Father, one must recognize one's status as a sinner, having received mercy from God the Father so as not to judge others; remember that only God the Father has the right to judge and that we are nothing, we are just a sinful person so as never to condemn, judge, or scrutinize our brothers and sisters." (The Realistic Word of God 01/24/2023) - "God the Father wants that when you see a brother or sister of yours or anyone else behaving badly, you must pray to God the Father that you may not judge or think badly of that person, but only be silent, accept the weakness of that brother or sister and pray, asking God the Father to transform, so that that brother or sister can live what God the Father teaches." Thanks be to God. Amen

WEDNESDAY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Gospel (Luke 6:20-26) Then he looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. “Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great in heaven; for that is what their ancestors did to the prophets. “But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep. “Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets. The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to You Lord Jesus Christ. The Word of God for Everyone Dear people of God, In the Word of God in today's Gospel, God wants to tell everyone about the blessings and woes, and He gives instructions for people to know and choose to follow the good path or the bad path. God is a merciful Father, He gives the blessings which are good things for people to practice. He points out the woes which are the woes so that everyone must know and avoid them; whoever has fallen into that bad path, please return to God, do not continue to follow the woes. God says that only God is the only supreme Being that people need to seek. All material things and worldly wealth are only temporary, fleeting, and will no longer exist when God calls each person out of this world. It is just a means for us to use to help share with others, they are the provisions to help people enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Today's Word of God invites people: to run to God, obey and carry out His commands, love, support and share with each other. Look at the example of Jesus Christ, God, the richest One who dared to give up everything, accepting to become poor to sympathize, share and help the poor, the sick, and to free those who are imprisoned by Satan. God never puts material things above all things, but He needs people to live according to the image of the good people that God created, that is a good, holy person, and who has a heart that knows how to love everyone. Through the blessings and woes in today's Gospel, God calls all of His children: -Return to God, live in love, charity, share with your fellow human beings, especially help the poor and miserable in society. -Be like Christ in all places, at all times and in all circumstances, because only He is the perfect example for everyone to learn and follow. -Do not exalt the material things of the world but exalt the love for God and others; because only God's commandment of love can bring true happiness to people, and is the path that leads people to the Kingdom of Heaven. Today, God calls everyone: to follow God's commandments, not to stray from His teachings, to walk on the path of the cross that Jesus Christ has gone through. That is the path of love, full of thorns, obstacles and suffering, but that is the most pleasing thing to God that He calls everyone, every day: to walk the narrow path to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, because the wide and spacious path will lead people to destruction and separation from God. Thanks be to God. Amen