Reflection: John 2: 1-12 It is embarrassing for a host to run out of food or drink in the middle of a banquet. In the episode of Jesus changing water into wine, there is not only no wine in the house, but also there is not even water there! Only after Jesus ordered it, the […]
Second Sunday of Ordinary Time From Water into Wine A Marriage Feast Greeting (See Second Reading) One and the same Holy Spirit distributes different gifts to different people just as the Spirit chooses. Through the Holy Spirit may the Lord Jesus give us the gifts we need to build up his Church. May he […]
On Monday 10 January 2022 in Sigvounsé (Burkina-Faso), we celebrated the opening of the 2021-2022 community year for pre-postulants. This opening took place in our new pre-postulancy house, which we will inaugurate at a later date after the total completion of some works in progress. At the Eucharistic celebration for this occasion, we had some […]
Reflection: Mark 2:13-17 The vocation of Levi, which we read in the gospel today, speaks to us about an unlikely vocation. Levi is a tax collector, although considered anti-national and public sinner by patriotic Jews, but he is economically well off, and wields power in the government. Being in the job, he could claim a […]
Saturday of 1st Week in Ordinary Time God Calls the Weak God has his own plans and standards, which are often at variance with our human wisdom. For example, he calls sinners – limited, deficient people – and they are good enough for him to do God’s work, even to be entrusted with a […]