TENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME LIGHT IS ITS OWN PROOF: SALT AND LIGHT Introduction During the communist regime in Poland, only a dozen or so Catholic secondary schools for girls remained under the direction of religious sisters. They had to follow the state program without any religion. When asked whether there was still any […]
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TENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME BEATITUDES Introduction “As we have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so do we share in his consolation,” Paul tells us today. What Jesus proposes in the beatitudes is a turning upside-down of values, (attuned with the message of Paul in Year I). But we are not too […]
The Body and Blood of Christ 1. My Body and Blood for You 2. The Blood of the Covenant Greeting (see Second Reading) Christ has come, and in his own blood he took us up in God’s love in a new and lasting covenant. May he keep us united with God and be […]
NINETH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME GIVING OUT OF ONE’S POVERTY Introduction When Tobias thanks the angel Raphael and wants to remunerate him, the angel reveals that all the good things that happened to both the old and the young Tobias and their family came from God. They should thank God himself. Jesus, who […]
NINETH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME GIVING OUT OF ONE’S POVERTY Introduction When Tobias thanks the angel Raphael and wants to remunerate him, the angel reveals that all the good things that happened to both the old and the young Tobias and their family came from God. They should thank God himself. Jesus, […]
NINTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME LOVE IS MORE THAN SACRIFICES Introduction As the setting of Tobias is the time of the exile, marriage according to the Jewish law was very important, so as to avoid syncretism through mixed marriage. Hence, the marriage of young Tobias and his bride is presented as […]
NINTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME GOD OF THE LIVING Introduction God is near to those who trust in him and cry out their anguish to him in their hour of need. This is one of the several lessons that the edifying romance of Tobit tries to convey. With arguments that are a bit difficult […]
May 31, Monday NINTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Luke presents Mary as the Ark of the Covenant coming to Jerusalem to show that God is present among his people to bring them joy. This is why the child leaps (that is, dances for joy) in Elizabeth’s womb. With Christ, God comes to live not […]
May 30, Sunday God Is Love To most of us today’s feast of the Trinity may not be as stirring and touching as Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, yet it sums up all of these. It is simply the feast of one God who shows three loving faces to us. We can call him Father, even “Daddy,” […]