Joy Comes From Being Rescued
Dear Brothers and Sisters, It is a wonderful word the Lord gives us on this Gaudete Sunday which has this name since it speaks to us of joy. All the readings reflect this gift. The first reading begins with: ‘Shout for joy, O daughter Zion! Sing joyfully… be glad with all your heart.’ The responsorial…
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John The Baptist Is Advent
Dear Brothers and Sisters, The second part of Advent, which starts on December 17th always helps me, especially the carols: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. I hope that He comes quickly. I yearn for him to come now without delay. Come, Lord, to my life because without you I am nothing and my life makes…
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The Lord Comes To Set Us Free
Dear Brothers and Sisters, It is a wonderful word to begin this new liturgical year on this First Sunday of Advent. It is a precious word and an invitation to live the three theological virtues. We know that the three theological virtues are faith, hope and charity and the greatest of these is love or…
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His Kingdom Does Not Resist Evil
Dear Brothers and Sisters, This feast of Christ the King is wonderful and very popular but resist turning it into something sweet and melancholic. We can become addicted to these sweetened feast days like the Sacred Heart of Jesus and then we spend the whole day in a little room with an image of the…
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The Love Of God Does Not Pass Away
Dear Brothers and Sisters, This Sunday is the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time which is one week away from the Solemnity of Christ the King, the final Sunday of the liturgical year. The Word already gives us a momentum to realize that Jesus Christ ought to be the only one for us. That is to…
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We Have Only Two Pennies
Dear Brothers and Sisters, This word is wonderful, and there are several small things that helped me this week. First, is seeing that Jesus is watching those who are pouring money into the treasure. Jesus is looking at you today because to look is to love. You look at what you love. If you love…
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You Are Not Far From The Kingdom
Dear Brothers and Sisters, It is wonderful how the last part of the gospel has Jesus saying, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” He does not tell them that you are already in the kingdom, but you are not far from it. He can say this because he knows that the kingdom…
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Lord, That I May See
Dear Brothers and Sisters, The gospel for this 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time is a wonderful catechesis about the life of a Christian and what it means to be a disciple of Christ and experience the amazing gift of conversion. Notice that everything starts from Jesus who is walking as he was leaving Jericho with…
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They Want To Be In His Glory!
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Perhaps we never really understood this word because you thought James and John had a bad intention. Maybe we thought that those who are at the Lord’s side are the ones with power. However, if we make a slightly more detailed look not only at the question that James and John…
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Jesus Plays A Trick On Him
Dear Brothers and Sisters, This Word of God helped me a lot and supports me personally. So, I would like to explain a bit how this word gives me hope and helps me to celebrate this Eucharist, since I am who I am. Ultimately, I am a man called to conversion, like you and like…
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