TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR A FORGIVENESS: THE FEAST OF GOD AND MAN Download version Introduction ‘Do not break the tenuous link of friendship because, once broken, even if later you fix it, there is always a remnant.’ This was the advice that my elementary school teacher gave me that has remained in […]
TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR A HOW TO HELP GOD FIND HIS TREASURE Download version Introduction The mentality of this world evaluates people against the success they achieve, the qualities they have, and the wealth they accumulate. It influences Christians in a subtle, almost imperceptible way, like a snake creeping between the cracks
TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR A OFFER LIFE IF YOU DON’T WANT TO LOSE IT Download version Introduction “In the days of trouble” (Ps 77:3) we call upon the Lord because we are convinced that “he gives life and breath and everything else to everyone” (Acts 17:25). We appeal to the saints, visit
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR A A DISCOVERY THAT CHANGES YOUR NAME AND YOUR LIFE Download version Introduction A mugshot of Christ on the ‘wanted’ list: long hair, untrimmed beard, a marginalized friend, herald of a revolutionary message, frowned upon by the powers-that-be, circulated at the end of the 60s. It was the
TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR A ‘DOGS’ TURNED INTO ‘LAMBS’ BY FAITH Download version Introduction To the south of the city of Jerusalem, the ‘potter’s field’ is referred to even today. Theland was bought with silver coins returned by Judas to the temple priests (Mt 27:3-10). It was the same place where the
NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR A FAITH MATURES IN MOMENTS OF CRISIS Download version Introduction Church and broader society relationships have always been accompanied by tension, conflict and misunderstanding. These are highlighted even more starkly with the coming of empiricism and rationalism that characterized the thinking of the 17th and 18th centuries. The
EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR A THE SATED ALSO GET HUNGRY Download version Introduction “The Lord gives justice to the oppressed and food to the hungry” (Ps 146:7) are the words with which pious Israelites profess their faith in providence. In her song of praise, Mary echoes this: “He has filled the hungry
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR A THE JOY OF DISCOVERING A TREASURE Download version Introduction The archaeologist, Howard Carter, remained for some moments stunned, shocked,almost paralyzed when he shone the light of a candle through a hole in the untouched tombof Tutankhamun. He saw the richest treasure ever discovered. The three friends who
SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR A THE IMPATIENT PERSON AND THE CALM GOD Download version Introduction The creative work began with the separation of light from darkness (Gen 1:4). The firmament was divided into separate waters above the sky and on earth (Gen 1:6-7); God said, “Let there be lights in the ceiling of
FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR A BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH: THE WORD Download version Introduction How reliable is someone’s word? Not very. Dejected and disappointed, the psalmist kept repeating: “Help us, O Lord, none of the godly are left, the faithful have vanished. Everyone lies; with flattering lips, they speak from a double
