In this week’s Gospel reading, Jesus asks the disciples who people are saying He is, and then He asks them who they say that He is. Peter answers that He is the Christ of God. Curiously, Jesus then “rebuked them and directed them not to tell this to anyone.” One…
Our whole religious life is anchored on the belief and conviction that God takes deep interested in us, and in our affairs. Without such belief, human life would become a matter of survival of the fittest. The conviction that God cares for us gives us courage and hope to continue…
A Mission of Hope: Ezra and the remnant of God’s people who returned from exile to Jerusalem to rebuild were people of hope, in the midst of disappointment. They had been exiled for a lifetime, and they returned to ruins. They were called to rebuild not only the temple, but…
It is a known fact that familiarity breeds contempt and Jesus suffered the same in his own family and country. The people of Nazareth knew him very well as the son of a mere carpenter and Mary and refused to listen to neither his divinely endowed wisdom nor recognize his…
Recently I got to take an intensive course on poetry and prayer. The friar teaching my course expressed how meaningful the psalms can be when we take on the lens of poetry or storytelling. The psalms can tell and portray many things and in a like manner, there are many…
Luke 8:17 ‘17 For nothing is hidden that will not be disclosed, nor is anything secret that will not become known and come to light.’ Every act and move in a believer’s life is divinely driven. There is no chance or it so happened. There is the perfect will and…
True Riches: My dear brother, let me explain what I have done. I long to share this gift with you and be reconciled with you and we will love and care for each other and learn together as we did when we were children. It came about when I met…
In today’s Gospel Reading, we hear the parable of the Sower. “God’s word is the seed,” as Jesus teaches us in today’s Gospel (Luke 8:11), and yet his word will definitely bear more good fruit when it is planted on fertile ground, i.e., in someone who has first experienced God’s…
The readings today touch on subjects that are key to the serious Christian disciple: the use of resources, true religion and the surpassing wisdom of Christ that leads to eternal and even temporal happiness. The Beatitudes beget beatitude. Sound Teaching In his letter to Timothy, St. Paul has strong words…
I love this gospel reading from Luke. “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.” I pray those are the words I will hear when I enter eternity. This gospel reading is filled with hope for all sinners. While I believe God is very much a just God and reprimands…