Posts by Patrick D'Souza
Keeping The Faith
Today’s readings have God’s mercy woven throughout, from the night of Passover from slavery into freedom to the Servant Song of Isaiah where God’s beloved is revealed as a servant leader who will cast such a glance into the slavery and bondage of our human lot that all obstacles are swept aside like Pharaoh’s armies…
Read MoreMy Prayer
We are in the midst of two great feasts, having just contemplated the mystery of the Trinity last Sunday and are about to delve into Corpus Christi next weekend. Faith and theology as the science of faith and wisdom are important in that they offer us a foretaste of eternal glory (St. Augustine). As we…
Read MoreTo Have and To Hold
In today’s gospel, Jesus counts the ways we can love Him. It is simultaneously easier and harder than we think. Listen to Him Jesus says: Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me. Whoever loves me will keep my word. John 14:21a, 23 Which of course leads to a crucial…
Read MoreDeath Dealt With
Holy Saturday. A day of watchful waiting. The silence of the tomb. Jesus has descended Into Hell. For His mercy endures forever and wherever. For this holiest of Saturdays, I felt it would be fitting to reflect on Death, ours, and that of Jesus. A tough ask, and a tad overwhelming, so I drew on…
Read MoreSilent Knight
Today’s Saint ranks above all other saints but one, a shade below his bride, the Blessed Virgin Mary. Yet, the gospels have only the briefest of passing references to this great man, deemed worthy to be the foster father of the Son of God, the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Patriarch of…
Read MoreOpening Act
In today’s Gospel, we see how sight is restored to a blind man. The healing is gradual. This is how the disciples of Christ and we their descendants in the faith learn. Gradually. Slowly. Painstakingly. With the passage of time and dint of effort, faith grows, and our spiritual vision is sharpened. But only if…
Read MoreFilled To the Brim
On the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, we’re presented with a banquet of rich offerings. Let us receive these treasures and allow them to sink into the depths of our soul. For Our God delights in us, even though we may struggle to come to terms with a fact so astounding. We are His Beloved,…
Read MoreAmen! Help Our Unbelief!
Today we meet two couples – faithful, upright but sans offspring, and they live in an age where childlessness is a curse. Angelic messengers bring tidings of great joy: the promise of a son which fulfills their fondest dreams. As we look at these paragons of the past, we too seek parallels in our own…
Read MoreTo Seek and To Save
The readings for today exhort us to persevere in striving for holiness, remaining watchful and being faithful. In the gospel, Zacchaeus’s seeking is matched by Jesus’s own quest for wandering souls with the aim of bringing them back to the fold. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was…
Read MoreGreat Heart
In today’s selection from his letter to the Ephesians, St. Paul elaborates on his theme of The Church as Christ’s Body. He prays that the “eyes of our hearts” may be enlightened to grow in knowledge of God and the hope that belongs to His call, to bask in the “riches of glory” that comes…
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