Newness that Is Amazing and Shocking Jesus embodies newness. This newness amazes and shocks. The newness that is Jesus shows up undoubtedly as he feeds about five thousand. Like sheep in green pastures. Due to … Read More
3rd Sunday of Lent (Ross Reyes Dizon)
Thirst and hunger for God, justice and love Meeting his thirst and hunger, Jesus gives us a model to follow, so that we may truly have our fill of water and food. Like us humans, … Read More
2nd Sunday of Lent (Ross Reyes Dizon)
Promise of greatness, blessing and glory Jesus is the perfect, awesome and amazing fulfillment of the promise God has made through the patriarchs and the prophets. From the perspective of human wisdom, the good news … Read More
Holy Family (Rosalino Reyes Dizon)
Family of an unusual love God wants us, who belong to his family now, to love to the end. Interestingly, bêt’āb in Hebrew, literally “the father’s house,” is translated too as “family,” which indicates the … Read More
Thirty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (José Antonio Pagola)
Examining ourselves before the Witness to the Truth Within the process in which the execution of Jesus is going to be decided, the Gospel of John offers a surprising private dialogue between Pilate, the Empire’s … Read More
Thirty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (Rosalino Reyes Dizon)
He has made us into a kingdom (Rev 1, 6) Christ is King because he serves and gives his life for all in a perfect and unsurpassable way; he is first by being the last … Read More
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (José Antonio Pagola)
Christian convictions Little by little the disciples who had known Jesus were dying off. Those who were left believed in him without having seen him. They celebrated his invisible presence in the Eucharist. But when … Read More
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Rosalino Reyes Dizon)
He took his seat at the right hand of God (Heb 10, 12) Jesus is our hope. In difficult, painful and failed times, we are tempted to despair even of humanity’s future. But sometimes, joyful … Read More
Thirty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (José Antonio Pagola)
Contrast There is complete contrast between the two scenes. In the first, Jesus alerts people about the temple Scribes. Their religion is false: they use it to seek their own glory and to exploit the … Read More
Thirty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Rosalino Reyes Dizon)
Not a sanctuary made by hands but heaven itself (Heb 9, 24) Jesus urges us to see to it that our surrender be like his. He wishes us divine fullness. Everything has been given to … Read More