During the morning session of Wednesday, September 1, 2021, the General Chapter elected the consultors who will assist in the government of the Congregation for the next six years. The government team is composed as follows: Prefecture of Apostolate: Fr. Pedro Belderrain CMF Born in: La Felguera, Asturias, España 06/08/1964 First profession: 08/09/1983 Priestly ordination: […]
September 1, Wednesday TWENTY-SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Paul thanks God and the Colossians that the good news of Jesus Christ has taken root among the Colossians and is spreading all over the Roman world. Jesus has preached his message of hope in the lake town of Capernaum and confirmed it by liberating the […]
TWENTY-SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME THE GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM Introduction Paul thanks God and the Colossians that the good news of Jesus Christ has taken root among the Colossians and is spreading all over the Roman world. Jesus has preached his message of hope in the lake town of Capernaum and confirmed […]
Reflection: Luke 4: 38-44 We continue to read from the account of Evangelist Luke about Jesus spending a Sabbath day in Capernaum. After driving out an ugly demon from a person in the Synagogue and refusing even to have any dialogue with the evil powers, Jesus moves to the house of Peter. Fr. Armellini would […]
Nemi, Italy. August 30, 2021. A joyful and singular day. The chapter community continues its journey. A chapter can be understood in many ways. Those participating in this XXVI General Chapter of our Congregation have tried to discover that every moment has its importance, from the most seemingly secondary to the supposedly principal. Today was […]
TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B Introduction The verb “to listen” occurs 1159 times in the Old Testament. It often refers to God who—Isaiah assures—is not deaf (Is 59:1). But unlike people, who often close their ears to the cry of the poor who cries out for help and immediately they pay […]
REFLECTION: Luke 4:31-37 By the time Luke wrote his Gospel, the concern of Luke’s community was no longer to convert Israel but to live faithfully as disciples of Jesus in a Roman world that was largely hostile to them. From his narration of the incident at Nazareth where Jesus was rejected by his own people, […]
TWENTY- SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME August 31, Tuesday Don’t you worry when the end time will come, Paul tell his Thessalonians. There is nothing to fear, just be always ready for the Lord’s coming. The people and Jesus’ own disciples were often struck by the authority of Jesus. Here was someone higher than […]
During the morning session of this Monday, August 30, 2021, the Chapter re-elected Fr. Mathew Vattamattam CMF, as Superior General of the Congregation of the Claretian Missionaries. The election day began at 7:00 a.m. with the celebration of the Eucharist. During the Mass the light of the Holy Spirit was invoked to guide this discernment, […]
Reflection: Luke 4:16-30 Luke was writing for a community of Gentile converts. The arguments among the various groups of Judaism mattered little to them. Pharisees were not actual opponents, merely figures from a distant past. Luke presents Jesus beginning his Mission from his home turf – to people whom he knew and they were amazed […]