September 11, Saturday TWENTY-THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Christ came to call sinners, and of this fact Paul himself is the perfect example. Persecutor as he had been, God in his patience showed mercy to Paul, who had been a persecutor of Christians. Luke makes two main points today. Christians will be recognized for […]
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September 10, Friday TWENTY-THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Paul pours out his gratitude for what the grace and mercy of God has made him. God’s grace has perhaps not appeared to us in a way as dramatic as in Paul’s life, but, even though we have not been thrown off a horse by God’s […]
September 9, Thursday TWENTY-THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Paul asks his Colossians to express in deeds the life they have received in baptism. The most precious gift they have received is love. Love binds into one in perfect harmony all the virtues they have received and also binds together all Christians as one people […]
September 8, Wednesday TWENTY-THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME The Bible, including today’s readings, sees Mary in function of her Son; nothing more is said about her in the gospel than what illustrates and serves Christ’s mission. Her inconspicuous and self-effacing service is very telling about her character and role – and at the same time about […]
TWENTY-THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME LIVING IN CHRIST THE LORD The community of the Christians of Colossae was threatened with deviations from pagan philosophies and Jewish practices. In the very dense and rich passage of today, Paul insists that all that counts is Christ; we live in him through baptism, and die and rise with […]
TWENTY-THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME PREACHING CHRIST In the first reading of today we hear Paul speak with conviction and enthusiasm about his mission of preaching the gospel. It is a glorious task. We can feel how the gospel fills him and has become the sole meaning of his life. Let Christ also be the […]
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Lord, Open Our Ears and Lips! We live in era of communication explosion: fax, E-mail, internet or web, and so on. And at the same time, it is an age of isolation and loneliness of people. What people have is information, and what they have lost is personal relations. […]
TWENTY-SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME THE LAW HAS TO SERVE PEOPLE Paul reminds his Colossians that before their conversion they were estranged from God. Now that they have been reconciled with God and one another, they should remain A frequent sign of their own insecurity is that people seek security in laws and traditions. The […]
TWENTY-SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME CREATED ANEW IN CHRIST In today’s first reading, Paul makes, or more probably uses, a liturgical hymn that describes the primacy of Christ as the Lord of all. This is precisely the core of our faith, that Christ is the first-born of creation, and, as the risen Lord, the head […]
TWENTY-SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME September 2, Thursday The background of today’s message to the Colossians is that gnostical tendencies are creeping in, promising a superior human knowledge even of divine mysteries. Hence the prayer of Paul that his Colossians may be filled with the full knowledge of God’s will, with wisdom and understanding coming […]