He cried out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, tied hand and foot with burial bands, and his face was wrapped in a cloth. So Jesus said to them, “Untie him and let him go. (Jn 11:43-44) Once again this Sunday we have a very interesting scriptural quotation to …
Live as children of light, for light produces every kind of goodness… Take no part in the fruitless works of darkness; for it is shameful even to mention the things done by them in secret… Awake O Sleeper”! (Eph 5:8-9; 11-12; 14) In one of our recent weekly parish instructions on The Sacraments narrated …
Jesus came to a town of Samaria called Sychar… Jacob’s well was there. Jesus, tired from his journey, sat down there at the well… A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” (Jn 4:5-7) There are some conversations in the biblical narrative that will strike us as …
The LORD said to Abram: “Go forth from the land of your kinsfolk and from your father’s house to a land that I will show you… Abram went as the LORD directed him. (Gen 12:1; 4) Faith is trusting in what another person tells you is true, because that person is trustworthy. Every fruitful act …
Then the devil took him up to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their magnificence, and he said to him, “All these I shall give to you, if you will prostrate yourself and worship me.” At this, Jesus said to him, “Get away, Satan! (Mt 4:8-10) Every …
But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you… if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have? Do not the pagans do the same? So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Mt 5:44, 46, 47-48) One of the most disconcerting instructions given …
“If you choose, you can keep the commandments & they will save you; if you trust in God, you too shall live; … Before man are life and death, good and evil, whichever he chooses shall be given him.” (Sir 15:15; 17) God made man free. This means God gave man the power to act …
“You are the light of the world… Just so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father.” (Mt 5:14; 16) In our regular reading of Sacred Scripture we will come across some passages which appear to contradict each other. For example, today Jesus tells his …
Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted–and you yourself a sword will pierce”. (Lk 2:34-35) Perhaps some of you have attended a baptism where the infant to be anointed was asleep …
As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, [Jesus] saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen. He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.” (Mt 4:18-19) The word fish is most often used …