TWENTY – SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME August 30, Monday In today’s first reading Paul calms the fears of the Christian community of Thessalonica. They are expecting the return of Christ soon, in their very lifetime. Now, what about the Christians who have died before the Parousia, are they lost? No, says Paul, this […]
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TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME August 29, Sunday How do you experience laws, especially God’s commandments? Many people consider them as something coming from outside themselves, as burdens imposed on them. Of course, if they are outside you, you cannot love them, you feel like rejecting them or observe only the absolute minimum required. […]
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Reflection: Mark 7:1-8; 14-15; 21-23 The evangelist Mark, who writes for an audience in Rome that did not know the customs of the Jews, now feels the need to explain to his readers this obsession of the Jews with the ritual purifications. The Jews paid great attention to the meticulous execution of the ritual washings, […]
TWENTY- FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME August 28, Saturday Paul gives his Thessalonians two recommendation to promote mutual love: work for your livelihood and do not over depend on others. Then, remain calm, wait for the Lord’s coming in faith and hope, without fear. In today’s parable of the talents, Jesus speaks of what […]
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Reflection: Matthew 25: 14-30 Pope Francis compares this parable with the life of every individual. He says, this parable has a beginning, a middle and an end, which shed light on the beginning, the middle and the end of our lives. The beginning. Everything begins with a great good. The master does not keep his […]
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“Now in the place where he had been crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had yet been buried.” The narration of the passion, according to John, ends in a garden as it began in a garden where Jesus was handed over. Joseph of Arimathea, […]
TWENTY- FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME August 27, Friday In the first reading Paul admonishes the Thessalonians to journey to God in right moral living. In this passage he stresses purity, as impurity was typically a pagan vice. Christianity is not in the first place a morality, but moral living in accordance with the […]
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Reflection: Matthew 25:1-13 The parable of the ten virgins is a bit confusing: the foolish virgins could have joined the wedding with the little oil they still have! At midnight, when the markets are closed, where would they buy the oil from? The wise virgins are so selfish that they refuse to share the oil […]
TWENTY – FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME August 26, Thursday In the first reading, Paul congratulates the Christians of Thessalonica for their loyalty to the Lord and asks them to hold on to the faith and to have world-wide charity, so as to be prepared for the Lord’s coming. Especially to the leaders of […]