THE SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST—B (Exodus 24: 3-8 Hebrews 9: 11-15 Mark 14: 12 -16, 22-26) Today, we celebrate the Sacramental Presence of Christ in His Church. It is the celebration of the memorial of Christ’s everlasting love for us, as we commemorate and reenact...
HOLY THURSDAY (Exodus 12: 1-8, 11-14 1 Corinthians 11: 23-26 John 13: 1-15) This evening begins the Easter Triduum of the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus. This Triduum is the core and the most important point in the course of the Liturgical year, just as Sunday is the most significant day in the course...
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THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT–B (Exodus 20: 1-17 1 Corinthians 1: 22-25 John 2 13-25) Holiness is about the sense of God, since God is the source of all holiness. Each of us is called to be holy as the Heavenly Father is holy. Holiness, therefore, becomes the ultimate way of life for each one of us. We...
THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME—A (Exodus 22: 20-26 1Thessalonians 1: 5-10 Matthew 22: 34-40) The redemptive act of Christ on the cross has brought us to the shores of salvation. We carry with us this good news of salvation wherever we may find ourselves by our words and deeds without any cost...
ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME—A (Exodus 19: 2-6 Romans 5: 6-11 Matthew 9: 36—10: 8) God chose the Israelites not because they were the most important people on the planet; rather He chose them as a beacon of His presence in our world. In a similar way, Christians are not the most important...
THE SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY—A (Exodus 34: 4-9 2 Corinthians 13: 11-13 John 3: 16-18) Up until last week we have been celebrating the various revelations of the being of God to humankind as we are privileged to grasp at the love of God in our lives. Today we pause and celebrate the very...
THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT—A (Exodus 17: 3-7 Romans 5: 1-2, 5-8 John 4: 5-15, 19-26, 39-42) The tone of the second theme of Lent is set. The first theme of Lent is about compunction. It is about deflating our inflated egos as we cooperate with grace to master our sinfulness and conquer our pride. The...
THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT—C (Exodus 3: 1-8, 13-15 1 st Corinthians 10: 1-6, 10-12 Luke 13: 1-9 Human as we are, we have the tendency to do whatever we deem suitable and comfortable to handle without first considering the obvious consequences. More often than not, most of the things we do have already...