Fourth Sunday of Advent 2 Sam 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16, Rm 16:25-27, Luke 1:26-38 It is God who reaches out to us! It is God who wants to save us and offers us salvation. So often we think about what we can do for God without reflecting on his infinite and tender love for [...]
3rd Sunday of Advent Is 61:1-2a, 10-11, 1 Th 5:16-24, Jn 1:6-8, 19-28 Dear Sisters and Brothers, God breaks into our world, seeking to love us and to draw us to Himself. The Prophet Isaiah begins the readings today, telling us that he rejoices because this is the time of salvation. Isaiah proclaims joy [...]
Second Sunday of Advent Is 40:1-5, 9-11, 2 Peter 3:8-14, Mark 1:1-8 Dear Sisters and Brothers, Believing Jews knew that one day the Messiah would come among them. The teachings of the prophets made it clear. Isaiah had spoken of a voice crying, “Prepare the way of the LORD—Every valley shall be lifted [...]
First Sunday of Advent Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7,1 Cor 1:3-9, Mark 13:33-37 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, The Prophet Isaiah tells us in the first reading today: “No ear has ever heard, no eye ever seen, any God but you doing such deeds for those who wait for him. Would that you might meet [...]
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 [...]