READINGS: Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 103:1,24,29-31,34; Rom 8:8-17; John 14:15-16,23-26 THEME: WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT, THERE IS NO MISSION! A. WHAT IS PENTECOST? In the church’s liturgical calendar, the feast of Pentecost brings the Easter season to an end. But it is good to know that originally, Pentecost had nothing to do with the descent of […]
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READINGS: Acts 15:1-2,22-29; Psalm 67:2-3,5-6,8; Apoc. 21:10-14,22-23; Jon 14:23-29 THEME: NOT WHO YOU ARE BUT WHAT YOU DO! 1. IS SALVATION ONLY FOR THE CIRCUMCISED IN THE FLESH?Today’s first reading presents the first problem of the first converts and the Christian community and the first council – the council of Jerusalem (49-50 A.D.), where the
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Readings: Acts 14:21-27; Psalm 145:8-13a; Apoc 21:1-5; John 13:31-33,34-35Theme: GIVING THAT WHICH I MYSELF RECEIVE!!! The Newness of the Commandment In today’s gospel, Jesus gave his disciples a commandment to love and called it a ‘new commandment’ (Εντολὴν καινὴν). But te question is “What is new about this commandment?” Right from the time of the Old
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Readings: Acts 13:14,43-52; Psalm 100:1-3,5; Apoc 7:9,14-17; John 10:27-30 THEME: BE AMONG THE SHEEP OF CHRIST! The sheep of Jesus In today’s gospel, Jesus speaks of those who belong to him as his sheep. Of all the animals, why did Jesus use the sheep-comparison to speak of people who follow him? Generally, sheep are considered as animals
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READINGS: Isa 50:4-7; Psa 22:8-9,17-20,23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Lk 22:14-23:56 THEME: THE HOUR HAS COME! Throughout the gospel, but most vividly in the gospel according to St. John, the hour of Jesus is spoken mostly in three stages: the/his hour is coming (cf John 2:4, 7:30; 8:20); the hour has not come (cf John 4:23; 5:25; 16:2,4,25,32); the
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READINGS: Deut 26:4-10; Psalm 91:1-2,10-15; Rom 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13 THEME: FORTY DAYS OF SPIRITUAL EMPOWERMENT FROM THE WATER OF BAPTISM TO THE WILDERNESS OF TRIAL Today’s gospel reading calls us to reflect on the Temptation of Jesus in the wilderness. According to the three synoptic gospels, there is a big jump from the birth and early childhood
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READINGS: Ecclesiasticus 27:5-8; Psalm 92:2-3,13-16; 1 Cor 15:54-58; Luke 6:39-45 THEME: INTEGRITY NOT HYPOCRISY After this Sunday, we take a break from Ordinary Time of the Year and begin Lenten season which the Ash Wednesday this week ushers us in. As we prepare to enter Lenten season, the readings today offer us some guides to being real
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