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The Holy Gospel according to John (15:12-16). Jesus said to his disciples: “”This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.  You are my friends if you do what I command you.  I no longer call you slaves,Continue reading “A Daily Gospel Reflection by Dn. Mike Hidalgo for August 14th, 2026”

The Holy Gospel according to Matthew 16:24-28. Jesus said to his disciples, “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 will find it.  What profit would there be for one toContinue reading “A Daily Gospel Reflection by Dn. Mike Hidalgo for August 7th, 2026”

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke (14:25-33). Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them,“If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.Whoever does not carry his own crossContinue reading “A Daily Gospel Reflection by Dn. Mike Hidalgo for July 31st, 2026”

The Holy Gospel according to Matthew (13:18-23). Jesus said to his disciples: “Hear the parable of the sower.  The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the Kingdom without understanding it, and the Evil One comes and steals away what was sown in his heart.  The seed sown onContinue reading “A Daily Gospel Reflection by Dn. Mike Hidalgo for July 24th, 2026”

The Holy Gospel according to Matthew (12:1-8). Jesus was going through a field of grain on the sabbath.  His disciples were hungryand began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.  When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “See, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the sabbath.”He saidContinue reading “A Daily Gospel Reflection by Dn. Mike Hidalgo for July 17th, 2026”