2nd Sunday of Lent Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18, Rm 8:31b-34, Mk 9:2-10 Dear Sisters and Brothers, Let us give all to the Lord and receive from the Lord whatever He sends us. That is the invitation of the readings today. Give all and receive whatever is given back. Although we want to [...]
First Sunday of Lent Gn 9:8-15, 1 Pt 3:18-22, Mk 1:12-15 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Part of Lent is deepening our awareness that we are people who have a Covenant with the Living God. We are not just people who believe in God. We are a people sought out by God, [...]
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lv 13: 1-2, 44-46; 1 Cor 10:31-11: 1, Mk 1: 40-45 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Leprosy is a terrible disease, though it is almost unknown in the western world. But it is still concerning us for it is a symbol of sin. We are all tainted with the [...]
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time February 7, 2021 Job 7:1-4, 6-7, 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23, Mk 1:29-39 My Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Job asks us today: “Is not man’s life on earth a drudgery?” Yes, we know that in the end, Job received so many gifts from God because his faith did [...]
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 01/31/2021 Dt 18: 15-20, 1 Cor 7:32-35, Mk 1: 21-28 Dear brothers and sisters, The Authority of Jesus Today’s gospel reading makes a clear distinction between the teaching of Jesus and that of the Scribes, the official interpreters of the Torah or Law of the Jews. Scribes never [...]
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time January 24, 2021 Jonah 3: 1-5, 10; 1 Cor 7: 29-31, Mk 1L14-20 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Whenever we think of Jonah, we think of Jonah being swallowed whole by a whale. Actually, the bible does not speak of a whale but of a great fish. [...]
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 Sam 3:3b-10, 19, 1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20, Jn 1:35-42 Dear sisters and brothers, We are all called to follow the Lord Jesus. Just as all peoples of the Old Covenant, the Old Testament, were called to be faithful to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, so [...]
Baptism of the Lord Jan 10, 2021 Is 55:1-11, I Jn 5: 1-9, Mk 1: 7-11 Dear Sisters and Brothers, We celebrate birthdays with a lot of excitement. But never our baptism. Yet this is our birthday as Christians. In today’s liturgy we celebrate the baptism of Jesus. In celebrating his baptism, we [...]
Solemnity of the Epiphany Is 60:1-6, Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6, Mt 2:1-12 My sisters and brothers in Christ Jesus, Years before Christ, Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians. Fifty years later, the Persian (people living in modern day Iran) conquered the Babylonians, and they allowed the Jews to return home. It was difficult time for [...]
Feast of the Holy Family Gen 15:1-6; 21:1-3, Heb 11:8, 11-12, 17-19, Luke 2:22-40 Dear sisters and brothers, God calls us as family. We begin our life in family. We form families, either biological or in other ways. This basic relationship of the biological family with mother, father and children is given to us [...]