July 21 - Monday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Ex.14:5-18; Ex.15:1-6; Mt.12:38-42) “The Lord Himself will fight for you; you have only to keep still.” But the scribes and the Pharisees cannot keep still, cannot hold faith firmly in their hearts, but are anxious for a sign. But it is “an evil and unfaithful age” that is “eager for a sign,” and so no sign will bring it salvation. Jesus indeed will die and rise again, but it will be of no avail to those whose hearts are closed, to those who blindly fight by their own power. Indeed, a sign was not needed by either the queen of the South or by Ninevah; the wisdom and the preaching that come…
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