The letter of Jude is close to apocalyptic literature and is rather severe toward those who are worldly, unspiritual, and cause divisions. Yet at the same time, he asks that mercy be shown to those who are wavering. The Gospel shows us the Jewish leaders challenging Jesus’ authority over what he teaches and does because
Christians have received God’s saving grace. As good stewards, they must pass it on through mutual love and hospitality. If they endure in trials, they are sharing in Christ’s suffering and should rejoice. There was a feast of Dedication of the Temple, which was in fact a rededication or cleansing of it after its Gentile
Reborn in baptism, we have become living stones of Christ as God’s temple and his holy people, who make God’s name known and offer God a sacrifice acceptable to God. Jesus cures a blind man. Not only is his eyesight restored, but he also begins to see, by faith, who Jesus is. Note that the
Peter reminds his audience that they have the obligation to live up to their baptism. For they have been reborn at the expense of the blood of Christ, who also rose for them. The Gospel tells us that the great God will save people through Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who came as a
The Holy Spirit was already at work in the Old Testament prophets, but the good news of Christ is a clearer revelation. Set all your hope on the grace of Christ. What about those who give up everything for the sake of the kingdom of heaven? They will not only “inherit heaven” but find happiness
St. Philip Neri was a priest of Rome in the 16th century. He founded the Oratorians, a congregation for secular priests. At a time of religious decadence, he did much to revive a true sense of religion and devotion to the Eucharist. He was very original and always of a joyous disposition, often playing practical
On 11 February 2018, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments inscribed a new obligatory Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, into the General Roman Calendar. This memorial will be celebrated annually on the Monday after Pentecost. Latin liturgical texts were also promulgated on the same day.
Greeting (See Second Reading) In the one Spirit we were all baptised, and one Spirit was given to us all to drink. May the Holy Spirit be given to you and be always with you. R/ And also with you. Introduction by the Celebrant The Breath of Fire Who does not dream of a day
The books that have been our main companions throughout the Easter Season end with the committed, enthusiastic witness to the good news of Jesus: Paul in his captivity, and Peter, whose martyrdom is predicted, and John, the beloved apostle, who has given a true testimony of Jesus in his gospel. What is the witness we
Many today refuse to accept the shepherd image which God attributes to himself (for example, Ez 24), which Christ claims for himself and which he gave to the apostles. Are the faithful no more than docile sheep? Are the pope, bishops and priests who “dominate in the name of truth, repress in the name of
