Easter Sunday My dear parishioners, Happy Easter!!! In this scene, Peter proclaims the Gospel to the household of a gentile, the Roman centurion, Cornelius. The initiative for this breakthrough moment came from God and not the apostle. Three days earlier, Peter learned from a vision that he should not regard any person un-clean and [...]
Palm Sunday of the Lord My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! The oracles in this second half of the Book of Isaiah, attest to the “well-trained tongue” of this prophet. With lofty images and repeated words of comfort, the prophet rouses a people [...]
5th Sunday of Lent My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! During Ezekiel’s service to God, the city of Jerusalem fell into ruins and the kingdom of Judah collapsed. For too long, God’s people resisted every effort on God’s part to steer them back to [...]
4th Sunday of Lent My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! The primary task of kingship in Israel was service to God. Saul failed at this, serving his own interests instead. For this reason, God rejected him as king. In this reading, God sends [...]
3rd Sunday of Lent My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! The departure from Egypt was just the beginning of Israel’s journey of faith. As they make their way, there are challenges to face that provide them with opportunities to display trust in God. [...]
2nd Sunday of Lent My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! The call of Abraham sets in motion one of the most celebrated faith journeys in the Bible. Unlike so many before him, for example, those who built the tower of Babel, this man is [...]
1st Sunday of Lent My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! The reading begins on the theme of God’s love for humanity. We first see God shaping man out of the clay of the ground as a potter shapes a mound of clay into a [...]
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! This reading is drawn from the many lessons contained in Sirach’s book. This wise teacher is thought to have served God in the early decades of the second century before the birth of Jesus. [...]
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! Service to God. The opening lines of the reading echo the moral standards required by the divine king in the parable of the sheep and the goats (Mt 25:31-46). People who serve the [...]
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time My dear parishioners, God is Good!!! All the time!!! And all the time!!! God is Good!!! Like so many of God’s agents in the Bible, Zephaniah had to confront the proud and the complacent of his day, a few generations before the destruction of Jerusalem in 587 BC. To [...]