Thursday of 2nd Week in Ordinary Time Jesus Christ, Mediator, Healer David’s victory over Goliath and the praise that the people give him become for Saul the reason to become very jealous of David. Saul’s son Jonathan, a close friend of David, pleads for him and can temporarily refrain Saul from harming David. In […]
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Tuesday of 2nd Week in Ordinary Time A CELEBRATION FOR UNITY WEEK – Between January 18 and 25 We Have Divided Christ It is a shame that Christianity is so much divided into churches and sects all claiming Christ as their Savior. This becomes very evident when, for example in one town, sometimes along […]
Monday of 2nd Week in Ordinary Time ANTHONY, Abbot “If you want to be perfect, go and sell what you own… and come, follow me.” Saint Anthony (251-356) heard these words, gave away what he had and withdrew into the desert, as he thought that this was the place where the evangelical way could […]
Second Sunday of Ordinary Time A Marriage Feast When two young people set out together on the adventure of married life, they affirm that they believe in each other, in love, in life, in the future. This is the message God speaks to us today. He has committed himself to us, his people, in […]
Saturday of 1st Week in Ordinary Time God Calls the Weak God has his own plans and standards, which are often at variance with our human wisdom. For example, he calls sinners – limited, deficient people – and they are good enough for him to do God’s work, even to be entrusted with a […]
Friday of 1st Week in Ordinary Time Your Sins Are Forgiven You The reading from Samuel is a good example of the strife that results when new times demand new institutions. The tribal structure of Israel had a hard time to defend the people, the territory, and the charismatic religious leadership against better organized […]
Thursday of 1st Week in Ordinary Time If I Could Only Touch Him Among the Jews, the Ark of the Covenant was the sign of God’s presence. This is why as the people moved, the ark moved with them. God was where his people were. Also in their clashes with the Philistines, they wanted […]
Wednesday of 1st Week in Ordinary Time Hear God and Answer Today’s first reading tells us the beautiful story of Samuel’s vocation. He is the man attentive to the signs of God’s presence, hearing the inaudible, seeing the invisible, where others do not hear or see anything. He is in contact with God, like […]
Tuesday of 1st Week in Ordinary Time GOD’S SAVING POWER 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. Samuel, then […]
Monday of 1st Week in Ordinary Time DISCIPLES TODAY 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, their […]