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
THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT – YEAR A THERE’S A PRICELESS WATER Download version Introduction For many years, the Jews in the Sinai experienced thirst and the lure of mirages. They dug wells and dreamed of a land where water falls from the sky in the form of rain and dew, where springs gush and flow
SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT – YEAR A ELECTED TO SERVE Download version Introduction “The Lord has chosen you—Moses says to Israel—from among all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his very own people” (Deut 14:2). “It was on your fathers that the Lord set his heart. He loved them and after
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT – YEAR A THE TEMPTATION OF AN ILLUSORY HAPPINESS Download version Introduction In common parlance, to be tempted means to feel attracted to the forbidden. It is little wonder that the great characters of the Bible, the patriarchs and Job have been tempted. A certain embarrassment is felt in front of
ASH WEDNESDAY – YEARS A B C LENT: A TIME OF FASTING TO NOURISH US WITH THE WORD Download version Introduction “Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Deut 8:3). With these words from Deuteronomy, Jesus rejects the evil one’s suggestionto expend all his
SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR A THEY KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS BUT DO NOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN Download version Introduction The Jews call the first five books of the Bible the Law. A surprising way to call a collection that contains rules, precepts, and commands but is not a code of law
FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR A HOW COULD ONE BECOME SALT AND LIGHT? Download version Introduction ‘Today, there is no more faith. Once there was so much.’ How do you measure faith? Referring to statistics, do you simply count the number of those who participate in Sunday Mass, receive the sacraments, marry in
FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR A WHAT DOES THE HUMAN PERSON SEEK BUT JOY? Download version Introduction Do you want to be happy for a few hours? Get drunk. Do you want to be satisfied for some years? Grab the pleasures that life gives you. Qohelet himself suggests: “Go, eat your bread with
