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...
FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME–B (Job 7: 1-4, 6-7 1Corinthians 9: 16-19, 22-23 Mark 1: 29-39) By nature, we are all religious; we believe in something as an Object of Worship. Religion comes in to give us a sort of direction to understand our nature and being. Since creation, we have all made many...
THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL, APOSTLE (Acts 22: 3-16 1 Corinthians 7: 29-31 Mark 16: 15-18) The story about the miracle of Paulʼs conversion is known to many of us. Paul, on his way to Damascus to kill the Christians, encountered Jesus Christ. From this time onward, Paul, who used to be called Saul,...
THE DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN CHURCH IN ROME (Ezekiel 47: 1-2, 8-9, 1 1st Corinthians 3: 9-11, 16-17 John 2: 13-22) Today’s feast is in honor of the Cathedral of Rome. This Cathedral was consecrated by Pope Sylvester I in the year 324. The Cathedral or Basilica of Rome is also called the mother...
THE SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (Deuteronomy 8: 2-3, 14-16 1 Corinthians 10: 16-17 John 6: 51-58) The Church is the mystical body of Christ yearning to be in full communion with the head, Jesus Christ. Christ came to give us a new creation that was not made of Adam, but that which...
PENTECOST SUNDAY—A ( Acts 2:1-11 1 Corinthians 12: 3-7, 12-13 John 20: 19-23) Today’s solemnity is not just so much about the day and the manifestation of the descent of the Holy Spirit, but more importantly about the gift of the promise given to the Church by Jesus. The descent of the Holy...