Saturday AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY Re-creating Encounter Jesus came to call sinners. It is they that need him, not so much the just, the righteous. It is the sinners who need healing. We are among them, and so we need healing. The Pharisees considered themselves just, but there was little mercy in them; their […]
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Saturday AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY Re-creating Encounter Introduction Jesus came to call sinners. It is they that need him, not so much the just, the righteous. It is the sinners who need healing. We are among them, and so we need healing. The Pharisees considered themselves just, but there was little mercy in them; their […]
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LET’S KNOW THE BIBLE Because of Adam’s sin, all are sinners, but by the righteousness of Jesus Christ, all are made righteous to a right relationship with God, all are given this opportunity. This is the gospel of Paul that we are considering in the letter to the Romans. In the first part, […]
Friday AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY Why Fast? People in the Old Testament ask: What is the use of fasting? God seems not to be near when they fast. The prophet tells them because real fasting consists in justice and love. Since God has made a covenant with his people, that covenant comprises also justice […]
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Reflection: Matthew 9:14-15 John the Baptist had an ascetic life and perhaps followed the austere lifestyle of the Qumran community, which had its life in the desert, away from the contaminations of the outside world. They spent their time studying the scriptures, preparing for the coming of the Messiah through rigorously disciplining body and spirit […]