SIXTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME USE YOUR EYES AND EARS! Introduction The memory of big inundations was strong in the lands and cultures of Asia Minor. The Bible ascribes them to God’s punishment of the growing evil in the world. Yet at the same time he spares the innocent. The theme of yesterday […]
SIXTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME DEMANDING SIGNS FROM HEAVEN Introduction Sin, even murder, shows its ugly head right after the loss of paradise. Or does the story express the conflict between two cultures, the sedentary life based on the land (Cain) and the nomadic life of the shepherd Abel? Yet for his punishment […]
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Some People to Be Shunned? Open Communities Greeting (See Second Reading) Whatever you do, do it for the glory of God. Try to be helpful to anyone for the advantage of others. Take Christ for your model. The Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. R/ And also with you. […]
FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME BREAD FOR THE HUNGRY Introduction Genesis tells us that sin upsets the world in which people live, our relations with God, our relations with one another. Familiarity with God makes place for fear and distrust. Then the author(s) try to give a popular answer to the causes of evil, […]
FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME ABLE TO HEAR Introduction Why do people sin? According to the author of Genesis, sinning is not the nature of humans: they were created good. But as far as the memory of people goes, they have sort of rebelled against God, they wanted to be their own masters, […]
FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME MORE THAN CRUMBS Introduction Why are men and women attracted to one another? Love is stronger than death and stronger than the bonds with parents. They become one chair, most in the chair of the child. Human beings are social, and need and equal partner, created from […]
FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME PURE AND SINCERE HEARTS Introduction After the creation poem of Gen 1, we get a second version of the creation, especially of the Earth Man (Adam, drawn from adamah, earth) in a down-to-earth story. The human person breathes with the same life-giving breath (spirit, ruah) as God, at […]
FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME THE TEMPLE IS FOR PEOPLE Introduction After the creation of inanimate beings comes the creation of living beings: fish, birds, land animals, and the crowning achievement, man and woman, made in God’s image and likeness. They are special, for they are also put in charge of the whole […]
FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME And it Was Good Introduction God the Creator. God the Maker. God the Poet. When with him you look at his work, you have to say: yes, it is good, it is beautiful, it is imaginative, it is inventive, and it is creative. In Greek, a poet is […]
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Healing for the Brokenhearted Crying Out Our Pain Greeting (see Responsorial Psalm) In this Eucharist let us praise the Lord, for he is good; he heals the brokenhearted and binds up all their wounds. May this Lord Jesus be with you all. R/ And also with you. Introduction […]