Tuesday of 1st Week in Ordinary Time GOD’S SAVING POWER Introduction Extraordinary vocations are, at times, described in the bible in terms of barrenness, which, through prayer and faith in God’s power, produces life. It underlines God’s gratuitous grace, God’s power and also the difficulty, the struggle of faith, to lead to redemption. […]
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Monday of 1st Week in Ordinary Time DISCIPLES TODAY Introduction A word about the books of Samuel. After the confused times of the settlement in Palestine comes a more stable era with the kings. This period is important because the very vague “salvation” described earlier, – a land of their own for the Hebrews, […]
Feast of the Lord’s Baptism You Are My Beloved Son Note. We use the full new set of readings for year B for this feast, as provided in the new edition of the Lectionary (1981). The old readings may still be used. Greeting (see Rom 6:3-4) We have been baptized in Christ Jesus […]
Saturday After Epiphany Belonging to God in Jesus Christ Introduction In a sort of profession of faith, the apostle John sums up his letter. We belong to God on account of Jesus Christ. He has brought us eternal life; this life does not tolerate sin; because we live in him, he hears our […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]