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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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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Ex 12:1-8,11-14; Ps 115(116):12-13,15-18; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15 THEME: No Service Without Self Emptying and Denial. From chapter 12:44 to chapter 18 where Jesus is betrayed and arrested, St. John shows Jesus approaching his last earthly days with his disciples. Hence, Jesus, now alone with the disciples, tries to give them the summary and
Isa 52:13-53:12; Ps 30(31):2,6,12-13,15-17,25; Heb 4:14-16,5:7-9; Jn 18:1-19:42 Theme: Who are you looking for? At this end of Jesus’ life, it is important to see him asking the same question with which he started his earthly encounter as recorded by John. In Jn 1:38, when the two disciples of John were following Jesus, he turned
Isa 50:4-7; Psa 21(22):8-9,17-20,23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Matt 26:14-27:66 The Passion Sunday launches us into the holiest and most important week of Church’s life. It begins the deepest moment of reflection, commemoration and the celebration of God who suffered for humankind. It gives us the particular opportunity to reflect on what God did for humankind and
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