Monthly Archives: August 2023

Wednesday of the 13th Week of Matthew Listen to an audio podcast of this commentary at https://www.spreaker.com/user/youngfaithradio/matt13wed_1 In today’s Gospel, we see both the Lord’s friends and His enemies stating that He is possessed. At that time, the multitude cometh … Continue reading →

16 August OS – Afterfeast of the Dormition; Feast of the Icon of the Lord “Not Made by Hands” Today, the sixteenth of August, we honor the Holy Mandylion, the icon “Not Made by Hands.” Here is the account of … Continue reading →

Monday of the Twelfth Week of St. Matthew The reading from the Holy Gospel today is Mark 1: 9-15. And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in … Continue reading →

Wednesday of the Eleventh Week of Matthew You can listen to an audio podcast of this post at https://www.spreaker.com/user/youngfaithradio/matt11wed In the Gospel today, the Lord announces to the unbelieving Jews that God rejects them, because of their unbelief and hardness … Continue reading →

Tuesday of the Eleventh Week of Matthew  You can listen to an audio podcast of this post at https://www.spreaker.com/user/youngfaithradio/matt11tues In today’s Gospel, the Lord reproves the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees, whose entire religion is a calculated method of … Continue reading →

Friday of the Tenth Week of St. Matthew In today’s Gospel, the Sadducees reveal their hypocrisy and spiritual bankruptcy by asking the Lord a non-question, in order to trip Him up: The same day came to him the Sadducees, which … Continue reading →

Thursday of the Tenth Week of St. Matthew You can listen to an audio podcast of this post at https://www.spreaker.com/user/youngfaithradio/matt10th In the Gospel today, we see the chief priests and Pharisees refusing to repent and, instead, hardening their hearts against … Continue reading →

Tuesday of the Tenth Week of Matthew You can listen to an audio podcast of this post at https://www.spreaker.com/user/youngfaithradio/matt10tues-b In the Gospel today, Our Lord confronts the chief priests and elders with their self-serving hypocrisy: And when he was come … Continue reading →

Friday of the Ninth Week of Matthew  You can listen to an audio podcast of this post at https://www.spreaker.com/user/youngfaithradio/matt9fri In today’s Gospel reading, the Lord Jesus Christ shows forth the wrath of God against the ungodly:   At that time, … Continue reading →

Thursday of the Ninth Week of St. Matthew You can listen to an audio podcast of this post at https://www.spreaker.com/user/youngfaithradio/matt9thurs_1 In today’s Gospel, the mother of James and John demonstrates her radically mistaken idea of what the Messianic kingdom is … Continue reading →