TWENTY-EIGHTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME ALAS FOR YOU PHARISEES! Introduction Paul warns his Romans that they may not conduct themselves like the pagans, whose scandalous behavior he has just denounced. But all are called to conversion, whether of pagan or Jewish origin. For God shows no partiality. It is surprising that Jesus could cure […]
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TWENTY-EIGHTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME WHAT IS INSIDE YOU Introduction What really matters for us, what makes us what we should be, is faith. “The one who is righteous will live by faith.” Faith will make us live. But for Paul too faith is not just a belief in tenets. Faith expresses itself in […]
TWENTY-EIGHTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME WE BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST Introduction Starting today and for the next four weeks, we shall listen to Paul’s letter to the Romans. Today he presents himself as the Lord’s apostle, especially for the gentiles, and then he goes straight to the heart of the message he has to […]
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time What Do You Lack? The Lord Invites You Greeting (see Second Reading) The Word of God is alive and active; it can judge our secret emotions and thoughts. It is the Lord Jesus who speaks this word to us. May he always be with you. R/ And also with […]
TWENTY-SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME WORDS BECOME DEEDS Introduction The prophets, like Joel today, do not speak of the day of judgment as an unqualified day of vengeance and punishment; hope is there, for the prophecy is a warning to seek conversion. If God’s people change their ways, God will be merciful and restore […]
TWENTY-SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME JESUS, STRONGER THAN EVIL Introduction Judgment. It is an uneasy word. A discomforting possibility. Will it be a discomforting reality? The answer lies in us. The answer lies in our world. Our options are clear. We are facing the evil in ourselves and in the world. In a way […]
TWENTY-SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME INSISTENT PRAYER Introduction To the prophet Malachi and the pious Jews, the apparently happy life of sinners was a scandal. To them, who practiced their faith, God seemed absent and not listening to their prayers. But God will hear them and do justice to each on the day of […]
TWENTY-SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME GOD WANTS ALL TO BE SAVED Introduction God is a saving God. He calls all people to salvation in Jesus Christ, and he does not discriminate or segregate. His kingdom is open to all people, all races, all cultures, all languages, and all walks of life. And those who […]
TWENTY-SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME HOSPITALITY Introduction In Jonah’s experience, God’s word is very powerful if we bring it to people in the name of God and if they are open to it. A hospitable family or person makes guests feel at home and gives them the best available. But if we are truly hospitable […]
TWENTY-SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR? Introduction Jonah is not a prophetic but a humoristic, didactic book. In an ironic way it teaches a surprising universalism: God wants also pagans to be converted. Perhaps it also teaches prophets to accept their mission and not to refuse to seek the conversion even of […]