1 Sam 16:1,6-7, 10-13; Psa 22; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41 Theme: God’s Ways Are Not Our Ways The first reading of today presents us with the famous story of God’s choosing of David instead of his elder brothers. In the house of Jesse, Samuel demonstrated the general human way of seeing things. Upon seeing the eldest […]
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Ez 37:12-14; Ps 129(130); Rom 8:8-11; Jn 11:1-45 A. CATECHETICAL APPROACH The three readings today speak on God’s gift of life beyond death. But the readings show that this restoration to life occurs to those who have an established link with God. In the first reading, the link is ‘My people’; in the second reading, it is
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Is 35:1-6,10; Jas 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11 In the gospel reading today (Matt 11:2-11) we are presented with the message of John the Baptist to Jesus. It seems that John had doubt if Jesus was actually the man he prophesied about and prepared the people for his coming. In Matt 3:11-12, John the Baptist presented
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THEME: ALLOW THE LORD TO FEED YOU Deut 8:2-3, 14-16; 1 Cor 10:16-17; Jn 6:51-58 I consider the feast we celebrate today, the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, as one of the most important feasts for every Christian. The first thing man struggles in life for, is to have something to eat.
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Rom 6:3-11; Matt 28:1-10 THEME: THE RESURRECTION OF MAN’S HOPE What is Man’s greatest Fear? Many people have considered death as man’s greatest fear. However, Psychology has proven this to be a half truth. Deep inside every man, is this fear, not so much of death, but of what happens to man in death. It
The coming back of the people of Israel from Babylonian exile was not all that very easy. After 70 years outside one’s own land, coming back to it, the people seemed like foreigners in their own land. Hence, they came back without knowing again whom they were and what made them a people. They had no king, nor
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Acts 6:8-10,7:54-59; Matt 10:17-22 Theme: Martyrdom As Christian Share in Christ’s Joy St. Stephen, who is one of the first deacons of the Church, is presented as the first martyr of the Church. Is it per chance that this feast is celebrated just immediately after the feast of the birth of Christ? After the birth
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Is 52:7-10; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 Theme: The Power Given to Those Who Accept Him After God has delivered the people of Israel from Egypt, in order to take them to the land promised to their ancestors, he led them through the desert. For forty years, the people were heading towards this Promise land through
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Be awake, even in the Nights We begin today the season of advent. Advent is from Latin word, “Adventus” meaning “Coming”. In the course of the church’s years, it has assumed also the sense of “Expectation”.These two words: “Coming” and “Expectation” put us into the very meaning of not just the Church’s liturgical season, but
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Isa 9:1-6; Titus 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Theme: The Birth of Christ is the Good News of a Great Joy To All of Us. Today, we celebrate the birth of Christ. The angel that came to the shepherds said to them: I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the
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