Thursday of 4th Week in Lent Jesus Mediator From today on and in the Holy Week, the opposition between the Jewish leaders and Jesus is growing. People always tend to adore their own god – a god or gods made in their own image and likeness, rather than accepting in humility, conscious of our […]
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Wednesday of 4th Week in Lent My Father and I are Still Working When Jesus is questioned and blamed for curing a paralyzed man on a Sabbath, Jesus responded to them that how he is like the Father. Yes, after the work of creation, God rested on the seventh day. But the work of […]
Tuesday of 4th Week in Lent The Waters of Paradise Water flows from the Temple and turns the land into a fertile paradise, bringing health and life, says Ezekiel. But this living Temple is Christ, says John. Encountering him means forgiveness, health, and life. These readings on the symbolism of life-giving water and on […]
Monday of 4th Week in Lent Faith in the Future For people who believe, the golden age lies in the future, not in the past, says the third section of the book of Isaiah. Before the exile, the Jews and their prophets looked to the beginnings, to the past, as the golden era from […]
Fourth Sunday Of Lent A Father Prodigal with His Love Can you imagine that, when half-heartedly sorry for the stupidities of your sins, you tell God that you come back to him, he embraces you and prepares a feast for you? It is almost like a hero’s welcome! A God prodigal with his love […]
Saturday of 3rd Week in Lent God Sees What It Is In Us We cannot save ourselves by rites and practices. Sin is forgiven and lasting happiness found in an encounter of love with God. If we recognize that we are sinners, people who have failed at times and who could do better, […]
ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD We celebrate today the solemn feast of the Annunciation. “Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary,” said the old missal. That was correct, in a way, for the angel came to announce glad tidings to Mary. “Annunciation of the Lord,” says the new missal. Yes, this is the day that the […]
Thursday of 3rd Week in Lent Listening to God’s Word “Listen to my voice,” says God through his prophet Jeremiah, and then, he complains that God’s people fails to listen, that they listen to themselves and follow their own ways. Their deeds do not speak the language of God. They do not follow […]
Wednesday of 3rd Week in Lent Commandments: Sign of Freedom and Love What is the meaning of the commandments to us? To some, they are the summary and summit of all morality; to others, narrow and outmoded rules; still to others, obstacles to the freedom of the gospel. To Israel, they […]
Tuesday of 3rd Week in Lent Forgive Us As We Forgive We don’t like too much – or not at all – to acknowledge it, but we have been forgiven a lot. Open, scandalous, upsetting sins… maybe not. Probably not. But scandalous in the sense of totally unexpected on the part of people who […]