Then the celebration began.ย Luke 15:24 Our three readings for the Fourth Sunday of Lent are about celebrations (Joshua 5:9-12;ย 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11-32). Hence, today too, we shall cast all our anxieties onto the Lord who cares for...
No matter how self-confident and bold we might feel we could all have certain people who intimidate us. We sense a majestic aura around them, weightiness and a penetrating force emanating from them that leaves us with no place for hiding our...
This is the third reflection on Jesus,ย the Bread of Life, as presented to our consideration in the 6th chapter of Johnโs Gospel.ย In it we learn that, at each Eucharistic Celebration, God the Father sends us Jesus from heaven asย Bread of Lifeย by...
Chances are that we, ordinary people, can still list our successes, because they are limited in number.ย But even in their limited number they can give us some reassurance that the future will be better.ย Actually, to be more precise: ordinary people...
Gigantic strides have been made in science and medicine in the last one hundred years.ย Yet, over the same period of time, our sources of fear and apprehension seem to have remained the same or even increasedย ย on account of new scary diseases with no...
Much of Spain, a traditionally Catholic land, had been conquered by Muslims, known as the Moors, in the 7th and 8th centuries; for hundreds of years Catholic rulers tried to drive them outโa process only completed in the 15th century under King...
The scripture readings for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ focus on covenants. In the Book of Exodus (24:3-8), at Mt. Sinai, Moses sprinkled blood upon the Israelites, a symbol of Godโs desire to make them part of His โbloodโ...
Why do people travel long distances; endure discomforts and inconveniences just to be together as a family around the same table like on Thanksgiving Day or on Christmas Day? At times, a meal is much more than a meal; and also, a meal can turn a...
