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TRUE PROPHETS INSPIRE HOPE Dropping our arms, resigning ourselves to the overwhelming power of sin that dominates us and the world: this is a dangerous temptation. Prophets of doom are those who repeat: ‘It is not worth the effort, nothing will ever change’; ‘there is nothing to be done, evil is too strong’; […]
THIRTY-FOUR SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B “Then Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged. And the soldiers wove a crown out of thorns and placed it on his head, and clothed him in a purple cloak, and they came to him and said, ‘Hail, King of the Jews!‘ And they struck him repeatedly“ (Jn 19:1-3). Why […]
THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B Scientific and technological progress is being made in the world, and sensitivity to higher values is growing. Still, the planetary injustices, wars, political, economic, and social upheavals are causing concern and dismay. Ideologies considered timeless collapse; certainties are lacking, political figures disappear from the scene, athletes […]
NOVEMBER 9 GOSPEL READING IS THE SAME AS 3rd SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR B Introduction The Basilica of St. John Lateran is the cathedral of the Pope as Bishop of Rome. It was built by Constantine and was for centuries the habitual residence of the Popes. Even today, although he lives in the […]
THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B Introduction The Bible frequently exhorts us to give alms: “Give to the hungry some of your food, and to the naked some of your clothing. Whatever you have left over, give away as alms; and do not let your eye begrudge the alms that you give” (Tb […]
TEACH US, O LORD, TO COUNT OUR DAYS Introduction We leave the maternal womb and enter into this world; after childhood we enter adolescence; we leave adolescence for youth; youth to mature age and old age. Finally, the time comes to leave this world to which we have grown fond of perhaps to the […]
November 1 Introduction In the past, the Saints have enjoyed a tremendous popularity: the churches were full of their statues and recourse to them was perhaps more than to God. There was a saint for truck drivers, for students, for lost items, for eye diseases and even for sore throat. They were considered a kind […]
THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B Pharaoh was the beloved of the god Ra. From the earliest times, the god Ra motivated his interventions in favor of the ruler with the formula: “For the love, I have for you.” The God of Israel did not know this sweet and delicate feeling. […]
The Gospel of Mission Sunday & The Ascension of the Lord is the same. Gospel: Mark 16:15-20 15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.16 The one who has believed and has been baptized will be saved; but the one who has not believed will be condemned. 17 These […]
THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B Introduction Homer saw, but he is depicted as blind. He was the symbol of inspired men, of those who, to penetrate profound truths, hidden from ordinary mortals, must close their eyes to the reality of this world. In ancient Greece, even the wise men, the […]