Author Archives: Father Steven Allen

You can listen to an audio podcast of this post at https://www.spreaker.com/user/youngfaithradio/lk2tues Tuesday of the 2nd Week of St. Luke In today’s Gospel, the Lord works an astonishing miracle – the healing of a leper – and then immediately withdraws … Continue reading →

Wednesday of the 1st Week of Luke In the Gospel reading appointed for the daily cycle today, we read of the Lord’s temptation by Satan: At that time, Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led … Continue reading →

Tuesday of the Fifteenth Week of Matthew In today’s Gospel, the Lord’s fellow townsmen are offended because of His teaching them in the synagogue: At that time, Jesus came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. And when … Continue reading →

Wednesday of the 13th Week of Matthew  Listen to an audio podcast of this commentary at https://www.spreaker.com/user/youngfaithradio/matt13wed In today’s Gospel, we see both the Lord’s friends and His enemies stating that He is possessed.       And the multitude … Continue reading →

20 August OS 2022 – Friday of the 12th Week of Matthew; Holy Prophet Samuel You can listen to an audio podcast of this blog post at https://www.spreaker.com/user/youngfaithradio/matt12mon This past Monday we began reading from the Gospel According to St. … Continue reading →

Wednesday of the Eleventh Week of Matthew In the Gospel today, the Lord announces to the unbelieving Jews that God rejects them, because of their unbelief and hardness of heart despite all of His mercies to them: The Lord said, … Continue reading →

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

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

Monday of the Ninth Week of St. Matthew Listen to an audio podcast of this post at https://www.spreaker.com/user/youngfaithradio/matt9mon In today’s reading from the Holy Gospel, the Lord states the penalty for defiling the innocence of children:  At the same time … Continue reading →