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20 May 2023

  • 07:0007:00, 20 May 2023 diff hist +5,138 N Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year A-2023Created page with ":''Defend Those Who Are Poor and Helpless '''Jesus lives. That is why they see him and live those who believe in him, and love him. The Spirit of truth does not fail to defend them.''' Jesus takes leave of his disciples. For comes the hour for him to give his body up and to shed his blood. Hence, they are sad and in pain. And to lift them up, he says he will ask the Father to give them another Defender, the Spirit of truth. The Defender will be with them always...." current
  • 06:5506:55, 20 May 2023 diff hist +5,685 N Ascension, Year A-2023Created page with ":''Emmanuel, That Is to Say, God-with-Us '''Jesus, [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+22%3A13&version=NRSVCE the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end], is [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mathew+1%3A23&version=NRSVCE Emmanuel, God-with-us]. He is with us always, until the end.''' The first chapter of the Gospel of Matthew proclaims that Jesus is Emmanuel, God-with-us. And the last chapter narrates t..." current
  • 06:4906:49, 20 May 2023 diff hist +95 Reflections rooted in the Sunday Readings→‎Easter

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  • 03:3703:37, 18 March 2023 diff hist +5,659 N Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year A-2023Created page with ":''Open the Eyes of Those Who Cannot See '''Jesus is the light of the world. That is why to open the eyes of the blind is part of the task that his Father has entrusted to him.''' Jesus decides on his own to open the eyes of a man blind from birth. The latter gets to see so clearly that he recognizes him to be a prophet. He later believes in him as the Son of Man. Never mind that he knows not of what the Pharisees claim they know for sure. It is enough for him tha..." current
  • 03:3203:32, 18 March 2023 diff hist +7,321 N Third Sunday of Lent, Year A-2023Created page with ":''Reveal or Conceal God’s True Face '''Jesus’ food is to do the Father’s will and to finish his work. He thus keeps the true religion; he cannot but reveal God’s true face.''' Though we believe in God, we yet can conceal, rather than reveal, the true face of God ([https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html ''GS''] 19). And, of course, we can do so in various ways. We are guilty of..." current
  • 03:2603:26, 18 March 2023 diff hist +6,578 N Second Sunday of Lent, Year A-2023Created page with ":''Visions of a Better Future of Glory '''Jesus is the risen Son of Man. And he is so, for, though the Son of God, he became a servant and obeyed to death on the cross. He makes our visions of glory come true.''' [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+16%3A21-23&version=NRSVCE Peter does not like what Jesus says about his visions of what is to come]. They seem terrible to him. It is clear, then, his visions do not match those of Jesus. It does not m..." current
  • 03:1803:18, 18 March 2023 diff hist +6,984 N First Sunday of Lent, Year A-2023Created page with ":''Tempt Someone Is Not What God Does '''Jesus let the devil tempt him just as we are tempted, though he did not sin. Hence, he can feel for us who are weak, and lift us up.''' James makes clear that [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+1%3A13-14&version=NRSVCE God does not tempt us. We are tempted by our own evil desire]. Today’s first reading and gospel, though, suggest that the devil prowls around and looks for those whom to tempt. And he is Sat..." current
  • 03:1303:13, 18 March 2023 diff hist +5,962 N Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A-2023Created page with ":''Perfect as Our Father in Heaven '''Jesus, who is in the bosom of the Father and knows him up close, shows us the divine face. He wants us to be perfect as our Father.''' It is quite clear what it means to be perfect as our Father in heaven: to go beyond what the law and the prophets command and forbid. Jesus, yes, [https://famvin.org/en/2023/02/08/higher-matthew-538-48/ sets the bar in life ever higher each time]. And he cannot but do so, for [http://www.vincent..." current
  • 03:0803:08, 18 March 2023 diff hist +5,887 N Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A-2023Created page with ":''Fulfill with All Out Heart What God Wants '''Jesus is the most blessed of those who are blessed since they fulfill what God wants. And he is the way that leads to God, and to bliss and peace.''' There is much we yet have to do to fulfill Christ’s wish that [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+17%3A21&version=NRSVCE all Christians be one]. And [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+13%3A35&version=NRSVCE that we let others know by our lo..." current
  • 02:5702:57, 18 March 2023 diff hist +6,932 N Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A-2023Created page with ":''Delight the Earth and Enlighten the World '''Jesus is the great light that shines on those who walk in the dark. He is the delight of those who live in the land of gloom.''' As God’s wisdom, Jesus rejoices in the earth and finds his delight in humans (see [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+8%3A31&version=NRSVCE Prov 8, 31]). And, of course, for him to be with us also means he delights us. And he delights us for this basic reason: [https://w..." current
  • 02:4302:43, 18 March 2023 diff hist +4,949 N Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A-2023Created page with ":''Approach Jesus Christ with All Our Being '''Jesus is the Son through whom God has spoken to us humans in these last days. We Christians are to approach and hear him, and be what he says.''' [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+19&version=RSVCE God wanted the Israelites to prepare for his coming down to Mount Sinai to give them the law]. He told them, through Moses, to show respect. So, they should be clean. Also, they were not to approach the mou..." current
  • 02:3402:34, 18 March 2023 diff hist +5,765 N Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A-2023Created page with ":''Preach the Good News to the Poor '''Jesus is the one the Lord God has anointed with the Holy Spirit and has sent to preach the Good News to the poor.''' [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+2%3A3&version=NRSVCE In Christ are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge]. And the sacred writers and wise holy men and women bring them to light for us to see. We give them thanks since they share and preach what the Holy Spirit lets them know...." current
  • 02:2802:28, 18 March 2023 diff hist +210 Reflections rooted in the Sunday Readings→‎Lent
  • 02:2502:25, 18 March 2023 diff hist +309 Reflections rooted in the Sunday Readings→‎Sundays in Ordinary Time Pre-Easter
  • 02:1602:16, 18 March 2023 diff hist +5,621 N Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A-2023Created page with ":''Give Witness to the Lamb of God '''Jesus is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. We are to fix our gaze on him and give witness to him.''' And we thank God for revealing this to John the Baptist and for sending him to give witness to it. May God give us now the grace to take a long and loving look at the Lamb of God. And to give witness to him, too. Clearly, to give witness to Jesus means that we, in the first place, value highly that he comes..." current
  • 02:0902:09, 18 March 2023 diff hist +62 Reflections rooted in the Sunday Readings→‎Sundays in Ordinary Time Pre-Easter
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