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
EASTER SUNDAY WITNESS IS ONE WHO ‘SAW’ THE LORD Download version Introduction The words with which John begins his letter are moving: “What we have heard and what we have seen with our own eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, I mean the Word who is Life … we proclaim
EASTER VIGIL – YEAR A DO NOT LOOK FOR THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD Download version Introduction We Christian are convinced we are custodians of an excellent project of humanity and society. We are proud if the noble and elevated moral proposal that we preach is recognized. We are pleased to be referred to as
GOOD FRIDAY WE CONTEMPLATED A LOVE STRONGER THAN DEATH Download version Introduction The dramatic agony on the cross has often led the preachers of the past to dwell excessively on the gory aspects of Jesus’ passion. From this preaching, images, popular representations, and devotions that aggravate the violence of the blows, the scourging, the falling
HOLY THURSDAY JESUS: BROKEN BREAD, OFFERED AS NOURISHMENT Download version Introduction Among the many names by which the Eucharist was called, the one that best expresses the meaning and richness of the sacrament is the breaking of the bread. The disciples of Emmaus recognized the Lord “in the breaking of the bread” (Lk 24:35); the
PASSION SUNDAY – YEAR A HIS CRIME: TO HAVE LOVED AND TAUGHT TO LOVE Download version Introduction Jesus is at the table with the Twelve and, while they are having dinner, he turns to them, saying, “One of you will betray me.” Then they, deeply saddened, begin to ask him, one by one, “Surely not
FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT – YEAR A THE TOMB: A WOMB, NO LONGER A GRAVE Download version Introduction ‘When the gods formed mankind, they attributed death to humanity and withhold life in their hands.’ In the famous Mesopotamian epic, these are the words that the tavern-keeper, Siduri, addressed Gilgamesh, who is in desperate search of
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT – YEAR A THERE’S A LIGHT THAT NEVER SETS Download version Introduction We can see some things; others elude us. The scientific knowledge that allows us to examine, monitor, and quantify everything that is material is growing at a breakneck pace. It makes us curious, thrilled and feel proud to the
