LET’S KNOW THE BIBLE In Cana of Galilee Jesus performed the archetype of the signs. We have seen how the narration of that episode is symbolic, that is, significant in communicating an important message. Jesus brings to fulfillment the covenant. Now, in the first part of the Gospel according to John, the one usually called […]
June 18, Friday Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time In defending his ministry, Paul boasts of all he has done and suffered in the service of the Gospel of the young Christian communities. These sufferings affect and hurt him, for they bring out his human frailty. But he goes on single-mindedly because God is […]
June 17, Thursday Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time Paul pleads to the Corinthians to remain faithful to Christ, who had chosen him to be his apostle and had sent him to Corinth. In the words of Jesus, Matthew gives us today a catechesis on prayer. The reason and basis of our prayer should […]
June 16, Wednesday Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time Both Jesus and Paul in Year I speak to us today on sincere and generous sharing. To Paul, the generous, spontaneous givers are ministers of God’s goodness; by giving thanks to God for what they themselves have received they are further enriching themselves by sharing. Giving – […]
The Storm Rages and Jesus Sleeps Introduction What word is a Christian entitled to who experiences personal and family dramas in chains? Epidemics, earthquakes, tornadoes that hit parts of the world already ravaged by hunger and poverty pose serious questions to the believer. Wars, violence, injustices, betrayals, it is true, must be attributed to man, […]
June 15, Tuesday Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time Paul tells us today that churches that are better off must help those that are poorer. Here he applies this when he asks the Church of Corinth, a church of pagan origin, to help the impoverished poorer church of Jerusalem. Jesus concludes part of […]
