Dan 7:9-10,13-14; Ps 96(97):1-2,5-6,9; 2 Pet 1:16-19; Matt 17:1-9 Theme: It is Good For Us to Stay Here 1. THE FEAST WE CELEBRATEa. The Trinitarian Presence in the Transfiguration Scene. Today, the Church celebrates the feast of the Transfiguration. This feast commemorates the changing of form of Jesus in the presence of three of his […]
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Dan 7:9-10,13-14; Ps 96(97):1-2,5-6,9; 2 Pet 1:16-19; Matt 17:1-9 Theme: It is Good For Us to Stay Here. Today the Church celebrates the feast of the Transfiguration. It is important we know that the feast does not just celebrate the revelation of Jesus’ glory to his three disciples, but also the presentation of the Trinitarian
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Baptism: An Entrance that Restores and Calls for Newness of Life. Isa 42:1-4,6-7; Acts 10:34-38; Matt 3:13-17 As we celebrate today, the Baptism of the Lord, it is important that we ask: What is the function of baptism? What does baptism do for a person who receives it? Why is baptism important? Baptism transfers us
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Eze 34:11-12,15-17; Psa 23:1-31,5-6; 1 Cor 15:20-26,28; Matt 25:31-46 THEME: Allow Christ to be the King of Your Life Dearest in Christ, with the feast of Christ the King, the Church concludes her liturgical year. Hence, next Sunday, we begin a new liturgical year. The first question we have to ask is: why is this
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Isa 40:1-5,9-11; Psa 84:9-14; 2 Pet 3:8-14; Mk 1:1-8 Isaiah 40-55, the so-called Deutero-Isaiah, is taken to be an exilic prophesy, that is, written during the Babylonian exile. We know that Judah is said to have been conquered by the Babylonians with Nebuchadnezzar as the Babylonian king (586/7 BCE) because of their many sins against
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2 Sam 7:1-5,8-12,14,16; Psa 88:2-5,27,29; Rom 16:25-27; Lk 1:26-38 Theme: From the Tent to the Virgin’s Womb (God’s Dwelling Place). Beloved in Christ, we celebrate today the last Sunday before Christmas. The readings focus on where God has chosen as his dwelling place. Right from the creation of humankind, God shows his desire to have
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Is 11:1-10; Rom 15:4-9; Matt 3:1-12 The Desert Preparation for the Arrival of the Era of the New David. Jesse is the father of David, the king of Israel. David is taken to be the ideal king of Israel, and the reign of Israel (especially Judah) is Davidic. However, some other kings who come from
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Gen 2:7-9, 3:1-7; Rom 5:12.17-19; Matt 4:1-11 Theme: Every Temptation is an Opportunity to Choose either Angelic Ministration or Feeling of Emptiness/Nothingness. The readings of today present us with the general theme of Temptation and Sin. Temptation and sin are always inseparable such that before one falls, there is always an instigation. Sin is only
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Gen 12: 1-4; Ps. 32(33):4-5, 18-20, 22; 2 Tim 1:8-10; Matt 17:1-9 THEME: THE BLESSING THAT AWAITS THE ‘LEAVING BEHIND’ AND THE ‘GOING TO’ After the marriage ceremony of my sister in 1997, and it was time to join the family of her husband and go home, my sister started crying with us because we
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Ex 17:3-7; Ps 94(95):1-2, 6-9; Rom 5:1-2, 5-8; Jn 4:5-42 THEME: ONLY GOD CAN QUENCH OUR THIRST The first set of complaints by the people of Israel immediately God liberated them from slavery was about water and food. In Ex 15:22-25, they complained about ‘what to drink’ (15:24) and God made a bitter water drinkable
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