The Lifting Up of the Son of Man
The first Sunday of Lent gave us a picture of the kind of struggle we are having with the principalities and powers of this world. The second Sunday gave us consolation: the Transfiguration is a...
View ArticleEaster VI: I Call You Friends
“I call you friends”. Jesus had just shown his disciples how he regards them. In John 10, he calls them “his own”, a phrase that means “those at the top of one’s value system.” Then, at the Last...
View Article(29th Sunday OT B) To Serve Not To Be Served
The 29th Sunday is Mission Sunday. Pope Benedict integrates the message of the day’s Gospel to Revelation 21:24 “The nations will walk in his light.” This verse from John’s revelation echoes passages...
View Article(Easter V — C) “Love One Another”
“Love one another as I have loved you.” The love that the Lord commands is nothing else but the response to the love He himself has shown and continues to show to his community of friends. “Agape” is...
View Article(XI Sunday — C) She Was Forgiven Much (Luke 5:36-50)
For the eleventh Sunday, we are presented with the Lucan story about Jesus’ gives a lesson on generous love to a Pharisee who had invited him to dinner. The lesson is derived on the actions of a woman...
View Article(XV Sunday — C) Being Neighbor to Someone (Luke 10:25-37)
The Lucan theme of "Being on the way with Jesus" continues with the narration about a scribe whom Jesus challenged to practise the commandment "Love your neighbor as yourself." To be on the way with...
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