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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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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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