Celebrating the Word of God

MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST – YEAR A THERE IS BREAD FOR TODAY AND FOOD FOR ETERNAL LIFE Download version Introduction When we enter a building, we immediately realize what function is assigned to it. A classroom is decorated differently from an infirmary, a discotheque, or an office. It is easy to recognize […]

SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY – YEAR A IN WHAT GOD DO YOU BELIEVE IN? Download version Introduction https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cCs3yIJ6l8Nrk8ZAIIq10nNnDjjBL2_D/viewIt is not enough to believe in God. It is important to check what you believe about God. The Muslims profess their faith in Allah, the creator of heaven and earth. He is the one who

PENTECOST SUNDAY – YEAR A THE SPIRIT: HOPE FOR A NEW WORLD Download version Introduction​The natural phenomena that most impress the human imagination—fire, lightning, hurricane, earthquake, thunder (Ex 19:16-19)—are used in the Bible to describe manifestations of God. The sacred authors also used images to depict the outpouring of the Spirit of the Lord. They

ASCENSION OF THE LORD – YEAR A A DIFFERENT WAY OF BEING NEAR Download version Introduction With the coming of Jesus in the glory of the Father, did anything on earth change?  Outwardly, nothing. The people’s lives continued to be what they were before: sowing, reaping, trading, building homes, traveling, crying and partying as usual.

SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER – YEAR A WITHOUT THE SPIRIT, THE GOSPEL IS BUT A DOCTRINE Download version Introduction We usually imagine the Spirit as something invisible, intangible, quite the opposite of what we see, hear, smell or touch, but this is not the biblical understanding. The Spirit is real, is breath, strong breath. God

FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER – YEAR A ONLY ONE LIFE BUT SO MANY WAYS TO OFFER IT Download version Introduction One of the primitive community characteristics described in the Apostles Acts is the absence of classes, titles, honorifics, prestige, or any recognized dignity of eminent members. All believers are considered with equality. No one would

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER – YEAR A HE DEFENDS THE FLOCK BUT SAVES ALSO THE BANDITS Download version Introduction The pharaoh questions them about their occupations. Joseph’s brothers say, “Your servants are shepherds as were our fathers before us” (Gen 47:3). The patriarchs were shepherds. Moses was the keeper of flocks, and David was taken

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER – YEAR A WHY DOES A BRIDE CRY? Download version Introduction The loved one experiences an irrepressible need to be on the side of the man she loves. In the silence of the night, she thinks of him. She says his name and dreams of his caresses: “His left hand is

SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER – YEAR A THEY REJOICE IN SEEING THE LORD Download version Introduction   We wear our best outfits go to church. A popular Portuguese saying goes: ‘Dressed to see God.’ This phrase stems from the belief that the celebrating community comes together to ‘see the Lord on Sunday.’ It is a