DO NOT SEPARATE ANYONE FROM JESUS According to Luke’s account, a Pharisee named Simon is very interested to invite Jesus to dine with him. He probably wants to use a meal as an opportunity to … Read More
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Rosalino Dizon Reyes)
Shocking without any doubt Jesus, the embodiment of God’s shocking forgiveness, provides us with the opportunity to love with abandon. It is shocking to Simon the Pharisee that his guest lets a notorious sinful woman … Read More
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (José Antonio Pagola)
SUFFERING MUST BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY Jesus arrives in Nain when the village is experiencing great sadness because of what has occurred. Jesus is journeying accompanied by his disciples and a large crowd. Out of the … Read More
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Rosalino Reyes Dizon)
Troubled unto a troubling death Human misery leaves Jesus troubled, and he seeks that other people’s miseries leave us likewise troubled. The disciples and a large crowd accompany Jesus to Nain. A large crowd from … Read More
Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (José Antonio Pagola)
REMEMBERING JESUS In recounting the story of Jesus’ Last Supper with his disciples, the first Christian generations were remembering their Teacher’s solemn wish. He expressed that wish when said, Do this in memory of me. … Read More
Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Rosalino Reyes Dizon)
Generosity that is Eucharistic and priestly Dying on the cross, Jesus consummates his generosity. He thus stands out as the most compassionate of all, and the one and only supreme mediator between God and us. … Read More
Pentecost Sunday (José Antonio Pagola)
OPENING OURSELVES TO GOD’S MYSTERY Throughout the centuries, theologians have made a great effort to approach God’s mystery by formulating in different conceptual constructs the relationships that bind and distinguish the divine persons in the … Read More
Pentecost Sunday (Rosalino Reyes Dizon)
Revelation in its fullness, love that is limitless Jesus is the fullness of God’s revelation, and we Christians are to make Jesus known. We sometimes try so hard to explain Christian revelation that we end … Read More
Pentecost Sunday (José Antonio Pagola)
INVOCATION Come, Creator Spirit. Imbue us with Jesus’ strength and breath. Without your inspiration and your grace, we will not believe in him in the right way and we will not dare follow his footsteps. … Read More
Pentecost Sunday (Rosalino Reyes Dizon)
Surprises and more surprises Jesus does not cease to surprise. He uses surprises to teach us everything, through the Holy Spirit, and to guide us to all truth. What a surprise of surprises surely for … Read More