“If I speak in human and angelic tongues but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophecy and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if I have all faith so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.”
He Was Moved With Pity
“As he drew near to the gate of the city, a man who died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was with her. When the Lord saw her he was moved with pity for her and said to her, “Do not weep.”
A Wise Man Who Built His House on Rock
Jesus said in today’s gospel that, “Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock.”