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Gal 1:11-19 · Matthew 13:54-58 · Colossians 2:1-7 · Luke 10:1-15 — Friday, October 23, 2026

Paul's account of his call in Galatians 1 insists that he did not derive his gospel from any human source. Fr. Paul shows that the three verbs of vv.13-14 form one unit describing Paul's zeal in Judaism, and that this unit is deliberately echoed in v

6 MIN

Colossians 1:24-29 · Luke 9:49-56 — Thursday, October 22, 2026

Paul tells the Colossians that he rejoices in sufferings and, in his flesh, "complete[s] what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church," of which he is a minister according to the divine economy given him. Fr.

5 MIN

Colossians 1:18-23 · Luke 9:44-50 — Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Fr. Paul reads the awkward phrase "in the body of his flesh by (the) death" (1:22) alongside "by the blood of his cross" (1:20) as two statements about the same event: a mere human being, flesh and blood, through whose death God reconciled "the body

4 MIN

Luke 9:23-27 — Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Fr. Paul reads the call to "deny himself, take up his cross" as deliberately open-ended: Luke alone adds "every day," because life in the Roman Empire offers no fixed ground, only the daily teaching one must keep living out. Bearing the cross is meta

3 MIN

Philippians 4:10-23 · Luke 9:18-22 — Monday, October 19, 2026

Fr. Paul reads Paul's claim to have "learned the secret" of abasement and abundance not as stoic indifference but as a deliberate self-humbling modeled on Christ, who likewise emptied himself. The same God whose power raised Christ now empowers Paul

5 MIN