WE BRING A GREAT TREASURE IN EARTHEN VESSEL Introduction Today’s readings present some characters who are called to carry out a mission of proclaiming the Word of God. They all have the same reaction: they feel unworthy, incapable, and inadequate. Isaiah declares himself to be a man of unclean lips. Peter asks Jesus to […]
Tuesday of 4th Week in Ordinary Time Power Went Out From Him Introduction Absalom is defeated and killed. The victory of the king’s army turns into a party of mourning, for notwithstanding Absalom’s rebellion, David still loved him very much. Jesus uses his power to do good and to give an object lesson on […]
Tuesday of 4th Week in Ordinary Time Power Went Out From Him Absalom is defeated and killed. The victory of the king’s army turns into a party of mourning, for notwithstanding Absalom’s rebellion, David still loved him very much. Jesus uses his power to do good and to give an object lesson on faith […]
Reflection: [Gospel for the Chinese New Year is John 1:1-12] To touch the image of God Mark 5:21-43 For the Chinese people and for those in the South East Asia, today is the Chinese New Year of the Tiger according to the Lunar Calendar. The Lunar New Year reminds us of our culture, traditions and […]
Monday of 4th Week in Ordinary Time DON BOSCO: MAN OF HIS TIME In the beginning of the 19th Century, social concern was almost inexistent and poverty considered an insoluble problem, with children as the great victims. Especially in cities they grew up in alleys and slums and roamed the streets. Turin had thousands of them. […]
Reflection: Mark 5:1-20 The herd of about 2000 swine could not stand the number of evil spirits that had possessed one man of the territory of Gerasenes. When Jesus drove out the legion from this possessed man, they went into the herd of swine, but those animals opted to die than to be possessed by […]
Monday of 4th Week in Ordinary Time DON BOSCO: MAN OF HIS TIME Introduction In the beginning of the 19th Century, social concern was almost inexistent and poverty considered an insoluble problem, with children as the great victims. Especially in cities they grew up in alleys and slums and roamed the streets. Turin […]