Dec
Reflection: Matthew 2:13-18 Today the Church commemorates the killing of the children of Bethlehem ordered by Herod, who wanted to get rid of the ‘new-born King’. Herod the king of Judea, was so insecure and scared of threat to his throne. A master politician and tyrant who cared the least for extreme brutality, he had […]
December 28, Tuesday Today’s celebration shocks us into the realization that the birth of Christ was not all peace and joy. The coming of Jesus was the beginning of a struggle-to-death between the powers of evil and the kingdom of light, a struggle that would have its climax in the passion […]
HOLY INNOCENTS, Feast Introduction Today’s celebration shocks us into the realization that the birth of Christ was not all peace and joy. The coming of Jesus was the beginning of a struggle-to-death between the powers of evil and the kingdom of light, a struggle that would have its climax in the passion […]
December 27, Monday Close to our Lord, obsessed by love. This may well be the marks of John the Evangelist. He had experienced in his person what it means to be loved by Jesus and to love in return. And Jesus was the Lord, God’s Son! In later life he was driven by this love, […]
Dec
Reflection: John 20:2-8 Today the Church celebrates the feast of St. John the Evangelist, Jesus’ beloved disciple. Immediately after Christmas, liturgically the feast of St. John leads us closer to the crib of Jesus he teaches us lessons that help us enter deeply into the mystery of the Incarnation and the birth of the Son […]