In a world full of suffering and illnesses, Jesus was the most powerful total Healer. His presence brought hope and salvation to all the afflicted, even as it meant defeat for the Evil One.
Read moreBE READY AND EXPECTANT
As we proceed in the month of November, we continue to remember our departed brothers and sisters. We commend them all to the Lord’s mercy with prayerful love.
Read morePENTECOST SUNDAY
We are One and Holy in the Spirit, and yet, we live in a world torn by conflicting interests, jealousy, aggressiveness, and so many forms of enslavement.
Read moreTHE ASCENSION OF THE LORD
Today we recall the Lord’s Ascension into heaven and the beginning of the Church’s mission to create a Civilization of Love through the spread of the Gospel of Life.
Read moreCOMPARING THE ISRAELITES AND US
We do read of the wonderful things God did for the Israelites, and we see the return they made him: ingratitude, forgetfulness, and betrayal. We naturally conclude that they deserve all the punishment he gave them. But who are we to pass judgment...
Read moreFIGHTING TEMPTATION WITH GOD’S WORD
In this First Sunday of Lent, we are reminded that TEMPTATION is inevitable in our Christian life, and the Church invites us to reflect on Jesus, the new Adam, and the New Israel.
Read moreA CALL TO LOVE WITHOUT BORDERS AND PRECONDITIONS
We continue to be inspired and challenged by the teaching of Jesus reproduced in the Sermon on the Mount. Today’s theme is LOVE –loving without borders.
Read moreTHE CALL TO LIVE OUT THE VALUES OF THE COMMANDMENTS
ay, Jesus poses radical demands to all of us individually and as a community. If we want to be his disciples, our priorities must be arranged (or re-arranged) accordingly.
Read moreTHE CALL TO BE SALT AND LIGHT IN THE WORLD
Jesus challenges us today to be “the light of the world.” To be “a light to the nations” was an essential aspect of the mission of the Messiah.
Read moreTHE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD: A LIFE VOWED TO GOD
Today, the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by a series of happy coincidences is replaced by the Feast of the Presentation of the Baby Jesus in the Temple, which is also the “World Day for Consecrated Life.”
Read moreTHE CALL TO FOLLOW THE GREAT LEADER
Today, we are called to begin to follow Jesus as he starts his apostolic life in Northern Palestine. He comes as the fulfillment of God’s promises to be the light of the world and the liberator of mankind.
Read moreJESUS, THE LAMB OF GOD THAT TAKES AWAY OUR SINS
Today, John the Baptist reminds us of who Jesus is. He is the Lamb of God that takes away our sins.
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