“Everyone who is angry with his brother deserves to be condemned,” is the central message of today’s Holy Gospel, Wednesday, and reflection with today’s Readings, June 13, 2024. Gospel of the day explained according to Saint Matthew 5:20-26 , with the daily Word for today, Wednesday of week 10 of Ordinary Time.
“You can have so much faith, but, as the Apostle James says, if you do not do works, that faith is dead.” (Pope Francis’ reflection on today’s Gospel)
Reading index.
Saint of the day:
Saint Anthony of Padua was a Franciscan priest and Doctor of the Church: he is invoked to find lost objects and to find a husband or wife
Gospel Message:
Anyone who is angry with his brother deserves to be condemned (Cf. Gospel according to Saint Matthew 5,20-26)
Readings for today Wednesday.
1 Kings 18:41-46: Elijah prayed and the sky gave rain (Cf. James 5:18)
Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up and eat and drink, because the sound of the rain can already be heard.” Ahab went up to eat and drink, while Elijah went up to the top of Carmel. There he prostrated himself on the ground, with his face between his knees. And he said to his servant, “Go up and look toward the sea.” He went up and looked and said, “There’s nothing.” Elias added: “Do it again seven times.” The seventh time, the servant said: “A cloud rises from the sea, as small as the palm of a hand.” Elijah said, “Go tell Ahab, Hitch up the chariot and get down, so that the rain will not prevent you.” The sky became increasingly dark with clouds and wind, and it began to rain heavily. Ahab got into his chariot and set out for Izreel. The hand of the Lord rested on Elijah; He tied his belt and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Izreel. God’s word.
Today’s psalm.
Psalm 65(64): “It is right to praise you in Zion, O God.” (R)
You have visited the earth and watered it; You have greatly enriched it. God’s waterways are full; you have prepared the grain. /R.
This is how you have prepared the earth: soaking its furrows, breaking up its clods, softening it with rains, blessing its yield. /R.
You have crowned the year with your generosity, and your paths overflow with rich harvest; The uncultivated meadows overflow with it, and joy covers the hills. /R.
Today’s Gospel.
Matthew 5:20-26: “Everyone who is angry with his brother deserves to be condemned.”
At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: “I assure you that if your justice is not superior to that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven. You have heard that it was said to the ancestors: “You shall not kill,” and whoever kills must be brought before the court. But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother deserves to be condemned by a court. And anyone who insults him deserves to be punished by the Sanhedrin. And whoever curses him deserves Gehenna of fire. Therefore, if when you present your offering at the altar, you remember that your brother has a complaint against you, leave your offering before the altar, go and be reconciled to your brother, and only then present your offering again. Try to immediately reach an agreement with your adversary, while you are walking with him, lest the adversary hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and they take you prisoner. I assure you that you will not get out of there until you have paid the last cent.” Word of the Lord. Glory to you, Lord Jesus.
Reflection Pope Francis.
About what today’s Gospel tells us, I cannot say: “But no, I fulfill the first three commandments, and the others more or less.” No, if you don’t do these, you can’t do that and if you do these, you must do this. They are united: love of God and love of neighbor are a unity and if you want to do penance, real, not formal, you must do it before God and also with your brother, with your neighbor. You can have so much faith, but, as the Apostle James says, if you do not do works, that faith is dead, what is it for? (Homily of Pope Francis on today’s Gospel, February 20, 2015)
Gospel of the day (video).
What message does God have for me today? Listen to the audio meditation of today’s Gospel, Wednesday, according to Saint Matthew 5:20-26: “Everyone who is angry with his brother deserves to be condemned”, with Father Pedro Brassesco.
Let us ask the Holy Spirit for help, to help us meditate on the reflection of today’s readings, Wednesday.
Today’s Chaplet.
Join the teachings of the Gospel to the prayer of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy today, Wednesday, for all your intentions, for the Pope, the Church and all our needs.
Intentions of the day.
In today’s Gospel, Wednesday, according to Saint Matthew 5:20-26, we read: “Everyone who is angry with his brother deserves to be condemned.” What does today’s Gospel tell us? The daily Word calls us to a life of fidelity and obedience, to the Word of God, to a justice that transcends the mere observance of the law and focuses on the transformation of the heart. What does this text from the Gospel of the day tell me? How would I apply today’s readings to my life? Write in the comments your prayer requests that today’s Gospel may have raised in you, or all those things that you have stored inside. Remember today’s message from the Gospel of the day, according to Saint Matthew 5:20-26: “He who is angry with his brother deserves to be condemned.” We will be praying for your intentions.
