Third Week In Ordinary Time LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL Introduction Followers of Christ are sure, confident people, for we have Christ, our mediator. His blood opens the door of heaven to us. The sacraments of initiation, received in faith, actualize in us the sacrifice of Christ. In the gospel, the parable presents Jesus’ […]
Third Week In Ordinary Time THE SEED OF THE KINGDOM Introduction Through Jesus God succeeded implanting his law into the hearts of people through the obedience of Jesus. The new covenant is one that affects people in the deepest of themselves and disposes them to seek God’s will. Why has the kingdom of God […]
Third Week In Ordinary Time TITUS AND TIMOTHY Introduction Today, we celebrate two close associates of the apostle Paul. Paul put them in charge of Christian communities and wrote letters to them to tell them what is expected of leaders of Christian communities, especially how they should be servants and models of the people […]
Third Week In Ordinary Time CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL Introduction Paul’s conversion must have been a tremendous change of mentality for him, a real conversion. Not only did a Jew who became a Christian at the same time become an outcast to his people, as he was considered a renegade, a traitor, but Paul […]
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Time Is Running Out Greeting (see the gospel) Our Lord is here in our midst and tells us: “The time has come, and the kingdom of God is close at hand. Repent and believe the Good News.” May you heed his words and may the Lord be always […]
Second Week In Ordinary Time Hungry for the Message Introduction The Temple worship of the Old covenant could not save because it did not demand personal commitment of the one who sacrificed. But the sacrifice of Jesus was deep and total. He sacrificed himself. His blood brought us salvation. The few verses of […]
Second Week In Ordinary Time Jesus Chose His Apostles Introduction The worship of the old regime of the Law was insufficient, for it had to be replaced. It had only led on the part of the people to legalistic observance. But now comes the new covenant, written in peoples’ hearts, with Jesus as […]
Second Week In Ordinary Time JESUS CHRIST, Mediator, Healer Introduction Christ Jesus is the mediator, perfect, unique, who offered himself once for all. All who believe in him get access to God through him. He intercedes for us. That is his ministry now. In the gospel Mark gives a summary of Jesus’ ministry in […]
Second Week In Ordinary Time DOING GOOD ON THE LORD’S DAY Introduction Hebrews gives us an example of rabbinical reasoning that compares the absence about data of the origin of Melchizedek with the divine origin of Jesus. The priest Melchizedek comes as if from nowhere, without any levitical, human genealogy mentioned. Likewise, Jesus […]
Second Week In Ordinary Time LAWS ARE SERVANTS OF PEOPLE Introduction Our firm hope, the anchor of our faith, is that God made Jesus our high priest according to the order of Melchizedek, a statement rather obscure for us, which Paul will explain further. In any case, our faith is based on the […]