Knowing each other up close When conflicts and dissensions among different groups and leaders arose in the early Church, someone felt the need to remember that in Jesus’ community he alone is the good Shepherd. … Read More
Fourth Sunday of Easter (Rosalino Reyes Dizon)
We shall be like him (1 Jn 3, 2) There is no salvation except in the name of Jesus. He saves us by laying down his life for us. His name is synonymous with simplicity, … Read More
Third Sunday of Easter (José Antonio Pagola)
Believing because of our own experience It is not easy to believe in the risen Jesus. In the final analysis it is something that can only be grasped and understood from the faith that Jesus … Read More
Third Sunday of Easter (Rosalino Reyes Dizon)
We have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ (1 Jn 2, 1) The risen Jesus is the invitation to sinners to believe in the God who writes straight with crooked lines. Through Jesus, where … Read More
Second Sunday of Easter (José Antonio Pagola)
Living off his presence The story in John’s Gospel cannot be more suggestive and compelling. Only when they see the risen Jesus in their midst do the gathered disciples get transformed. They recover peace, their … Read More
Second Sunday of Easter (Rosalino Reyes Dizon)
Whoever is begotten by God conquers the world (1 Jn 5, 4) The risen Jesus penetrates our blindness, breaks through our deafness, overcomes our defenses and allays our fears, so that we may believe in … Read More
Easter Sunday (José Antonio Pagola)
Go to Galilee, and there you will see me The Gospel story that is read at the Easter Vigil is of exceptional importance. It does not only announce the great news that the Crucified One … Read More
Easter Sunday (Rosalino Reyes Dizon)
God raised him on the third day (Acts 10, 40) In the risen Jesus is the foolishness of the cross exalted. By the Lord has this been done! By grace Peter and the beloved disciple … Read More
Palm Sunday (José Antonio Pagola)
The supreme gesture Jesus did not discount the possibility of a violent end. He was not naïve. He knew what he was risking as he kept insisting on the project of God’s kingdom. One could … Read More
Palm Sunday (Rosalino Reyes Dizon)
He humbled himself, becoming obedient to death (Phil 2, 8) Jesus does not come down from the cross to save himself. He thus opens for us the way of salvation. The specter of death hovering … Read More