Friday After Epiphany LIFE THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS Introduction What John says in his letter about faith in Jesus is exemplified in the gospel. Faith consists in believing in Jesus Christ, “who came by water and blood”; when he was baptized in the waters of the Jordan, he was proclaimed Son of God; […]
Thursday After Epiphany GOD’S WORD FULFILLED TODAY Introduction Speaking in the synagogue of Nazareth, Jesus says that God’s word is fulfilled today, that he proclaims and is the good news of joy to everyone. Similarly, Jesus proclaims to us today in our Eucharistic assemblies the good news of God’s liberating love, and he […]
Wednesday After Epiphany LOVE AND FEAR Introduction The weekdays of the Christmas-Epiphany season continue day after day to confront us with the person of Jesus. This child and our brother is God, and yet, this Son of God is fully human. This man Jesus manifests his divine power – in today’s gospel, by […]
Tuesday After Epiphany GOD IS LOVE Introduction Here comes the great theme of the apostle John, almost like an obsession, both in his letter and in the gospel: God is the origin of all love. For he is love: a love that is giving, a love, as the gospel shows, that is compassionate. […]
Monday After Epiphany THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS NEAR Introduction The gospel of today speaks of the beginnings of Jesus’ ministry. He preaches his gospel of repentance-conversion first to the semi-pagan Jews of Galilee: he becomes their light. The signs that the kingdom of God has begun with him are that the sick […]
Epiphany of the Lord Light Revealed to the Nations A Savior for All the World The Guiding Star for All Nations 1. Light Revealed to the Nations Greeting May the star of Jesus our Lord shine on you and on all the nations of the earth. May you live in his light and may […]
Saturday Before Epiphany THE MESSIAH IN OUR MIDST Introduction In his first letter, John, probably reacting against the Gnostics, strongly asserts that Jesus is the Messiah, the Christ in our midst. Like John the Baptist in the Gospel, we, and the whole Church, have to assert strongly that we are not the Christ, […]
Mary Mother of God 1. Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God 2. A Blessed Year 3. World Day of Peace 1. Mary, Mother of God Greeting (See Second Reading) God sent his Son, born of a woman, to enable us to become God’s children. Through the Spirit of the Son we can cry out to God: “Father, […]
Second Sunday of Lent Cross and Glory On the Mountain… For a Moment Greeting (see Second Reading) “God did not spare his own Son but gave him up to benefit us all.” He preferred his Son to die rather than to give up his love for people. This Jesus is with us now […]
FIRST WEEK OF LENT Gratuitous Covenant Love Introduction The life of a pious Jew could be summed up as a response to God’s covenant of love with a covenant loyalty. This is also the life of a Christian, even more so: as God takes the initiative of offering his gratuitous love to his […]