July 2, Friday THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME In line with the promise made by God to give the “Promised Land,” to his descendants, Abraham seeks a wife for his son Isaac from his own relatives, but without letting Isaac live in their pagan environment. For to keep his religion pure Isaac cannot take […]
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In Cana of Galilee, Jesus performed the archetype of the signs. In Cana of Galilee, Jesus performed the second sign. The beginning of signs is water that becomes wine, a sign of the new covenant inaugurated by Christ. The second sign of Cana is the son who lives. An official of the king who lived […]
July 1, Thursday THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME The incident of the sacrifice of Isaac was certainly a warning against the Canaanite practice of children’s sacrifices and a call for spiritual sacrifices. On the deepest level it may very well be a test of the faith of Abraham, that God’s covenant and promise […]
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FOURTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME – B Introduction The skillful politician always manages relations with the religious structure with care: he does not fight it, but he flatters it, he tries to make it his ally because he knows that the religious subject is more reliable and also more devout if he can be convinced […]
June 30, Wednesday THIRTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME God fulfilled at least a bit of his promise to Abraham, that in him, the families of the earth would be blessed. Ishmael, the son of the slave girl, would not inherit the promises made to Abraham, but God took pity on this outcast and […]
June 29, Tuesday Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Today we celebrate with joy the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul. They are the two pillars on whom our Lord built his Church and to whom he entrusted the faith. Their own faith had been tested, when Peter denied Christ and Paul persecuted Christ in his […]