Saturday of 1st Week in Ordinary Time God Calls the Weak Introduction 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 […]
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Acts of the Apostles In the Easter period of the year 58, Paul makes a long journey from Macedonia to Jerusalem; he left immediately after of the Feast of Unleavened Bread celebrated in the city of Philippi and wants to arrive in Jerusalem before the Feast of Pentecost, 50 days later. In this period, […]
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Reflection: Mark 2:1-12 Yesterday we reflected on the healing touch of Jesus – that heals even the dreaded leprosy. With his hands extended towards the untouchable, he taught us the lesson that no one is an untouchable before God. Today we see him back home in Capernaum, probably after the days of quarantine after touching […]
Friday of 1st Week in Ordinary Time Your Sins Are Forgiven You The reading from Samuel is a good example of the strife that results when new times demand new institutions. The tribal structure of Israel had a hard time to defend the people, the territory, and the charismatic religious leadership against better organized […]
Friday of 1st Week in Ordinary Time Your Sins Are Forgiven You Introduction The reading from Samuel is a good example of the strife that results when new times demand new institutions. The tribal structure of Israel had a hard time to defend the people, the territory, and the charismatic religious leadership against better […]
Thursday of 1st Week in Ordinary Time If I Could Only Touch Him Among the Jews, the Ark of the Covenant was the sign of God’s presence. This is why as the people moved, the ark moved with them. God was where his people were. Also in their clashes with the Philistines, they wanted […]