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(GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY) Acts 2:14,36-41; Psa 22(23); 1 Pet 2:20-25; Jn 10:1-10 Theme: The Voice of the Shepherd and the Ears of the Sheep The picture Jesus creates in the gospel reading of today shows the culture of the Palestinian world of his time which is still obtainable in some parts of the world. At […]
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Acts 6:1-7; Psa 32(33):1-2,4-5,18-19; 1 Pet 2:4-9; Jn 14:1-12 Theme: Discrimination and Favoritism Among the ‘Saints’ The first reading presents us with the first recorded problem in the early Christian community. The problem of discrimination and favoritism. How can we understand the apparent contradiction between the descriptions of the life within the early Christian community
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Theme: WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT, WE ARE ORPHANS Acts 8:5-8,14-17; Psa 65(66):1-7,16,20; 1 Pet 3:15-18; Jn 14:15-21Chapter Fourteen of John’s Gospel is ladened with a farewell and consolatory discourse of Jesus to his disciples. He has been with them throughout his earthly mission, now, he is about to go back to the Father through his
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Acts 1:12-14; Ps. 26(27):1,4,7-8; 1 Pet 4:13-16; Jn 17:1-11 Towards the end of his earthly life, as we see in today’s gospel reading, Jesus evaluates himself before the One who sent him, and based on his fulfilment of his mission, he requests the Father who sent him to now glorify him. He says: “I have
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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 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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