The Solemnity of Christ the King Ez 34:11-12, 15-17, 1 Cor 15:20-26, 28, Mt 25:31-46 Dear sisters and brothers, This last Sunday of the Church year is about judgment. This is not a popular topic in our modern societies. No one wants to believe that God would send anyone to hell. Thus, judgment [...]
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Prv 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31, 1Th 5: 1-6, Mt 25: 14-30 Dear sisters and brothers, Jesus will come again. We don’t know when or how, but he has promised that he will return in glory to establishing a new heaven and a new earth. We who live in the [...]
32nd Sunday in Ordinary time Wis 6:12-16, 1 Th 4:13-18, Mt 25:1-13 My sisters and brothers in Christ, “Wisdom is readily perceived by those who love her, and found by those who seek her.” As we come to the last Sundays of Ordinary Time, we are invited to seek wisdom and to love wisdom. [...]
SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS BE HOLY AS I AM HOLY Rev 7:2-4, 9-14; 1 Jn 3:1-3; Mt 5:1-12 All Saints’ Day is a beautiful feast celebrating the call to holiness open to all the daughters and sons of God — those already wrapped in God’s loving embrace and those of us still on [...]
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Ex 22: 20-26, 1 Th 1: 5-10, Mt 22:34-40 Jesus was asked to name the greatest commandments, and responded by naming two, both found in the Old Testament. Jesus brought them together and made them of equal importance. Hence, we must not separate them. However, in practice we often do. [...]
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Is 45:1, 4-6, 1 Th 1:1-5b, Mt 22:15-21 Today’s readings insist that we must be aware that God is at work even in politicians and in those who govern countries. God is truly almighty and is able to bring about good in every situation—even when we or those who [...]
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Is 26: 6-10, Phil 4: 12-14, 19-20, Mt 22: 1-14 Banquets and parties-and yet the invited don’t show up. Today’s readings are about God’s invitation to you and me. Will we answer his invitation? The prophet Isaiah announced the Lord’s invitation. ‘On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make [...]
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary time Is 5: 1-7, Phil 4: 6-9, Mt 21: 33-43 Dear sisters and brothers, The Old Testament tells us that God cared for his people as a good gardener cares for his vineyard, yet they failed to produce the desired fruits. We are the new people of God, the [...]
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Ez 18: 25-28, Phil 2: 1-11, Mt 28: 28-32 Dear sisters and brothers, How many times have you quickly agreed to do something and then failed to follow through? Or refuse to do something only to rethink your position later and complete the job? Both instant without follow-through and [...]
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Is 55: 6-9, Ph 1:20c-24, 27a, Mt 20: 1-16a Introduction-God’s people were in exile in Babylon, they were desperately depressed because they had lost everything. They were certain that they had also lost God’s love because of their sin. Today in the first reading we hear God’s prophet Isaiah [...]