Daily Reflections
In the Gospel reading for this Tuesday of Holy Week, Jesus Christ was deeply troubled and expressed that one of His apostles would betray Him. He said, “I say to you, one of you will betray me.” The apostles were at a loss as to who the betrayer would be.…
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As we enter Holy Week, our hearts turn toward Jesus’ final days—a time marked by rejection, suffering, and impending death. Most people Jesus encountered during this journey responded with suspicion, fear, or outright hostility. Yet, in the Gospel reading today, just six days before Passover, we are given a moment…
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Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, As we raise our palms today shouting “Hosanna to the Son of David!” with joy, we are ushered into the most sacred and intense week of the Christian journey, the Holy Week. Palm Sunday invites us to walk with Jesus on a road that…
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Jesus raised Lazarus and Passover is near. The Jews will seek to kill Lazarus and Jesus. God will fulfill His plan without negating the people’s free will as to their belief or rejection of Christ. The Hour is Coming Today’s Gospel captures a crucial moment foreshadowing Jesus’ Passion and emphasizing…
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Yesterday, the evangelist John told us in the Gospel: “So they picked up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.” (Jn 8:59). Today, we read: “The Jews took up stones to stone Jesus… but he escaped from their hands.” (Jn 10: 31;…
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Every story begins with an unspoken promise. Whether we realize it or not, when we take up any book, we enter into it with a confidence that the beginning will be fulfilled in the end. In the same vein, every story invites the reader into a very special relationship with…
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I have played a few video games in my day. There is a certain mystery about why so many people, old and young, spend an inordinate amount of time on what certainly seems like an unproductive escape from reality. The name, Jane McGonigal, comes up if you research game theory.…
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The readings of today (Numbers 21,4-9; John 8:21-30) put forward the image of the cross and its symbolic role for the restoration of human brokenness. The first reading is an excerpt of the journey of the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land. The Israelites, out of weariness from the…
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Man naturally seeks the truth, but fallen man finds it difficult to know the truth. In philosophy, it is said that man only perceives the accidents, not the substance. In this context, ‘accidents’ means the physical properties of the thing we observe with our senses, e.g., the object’s color, height,…
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In today’s second reading, we encounter St. Paul sharing the effects of his new life in Christ. Moments before, he shares the fact that he is a “Hebrew of Hebrew parentage, in observance of the law a Pharisee, in zeal I persecuted the church, in righteousness based on the law…
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