Third Sunday of Lent 2022
God’s Burning Love
When thousands are killed or made homeless by terrible natural disasters, say, an earthquake or a cyclone, or wildfires, or by war like the present crisis … Continue Reading
Love Your Enemies / Golden Rule
1 Sam 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23; Ps 103; 1 Cor 15:45-49; Luke 6:27-38
When President Abraham Lincoln was once asked why he tried to make friends of his enemies rather than destroy them, he … Continue Reading
Rejection: setback or setup
Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19; Psalm 70; 1Corinthians 12:31-13:13; Luke 4:21-30
It is said that as a student, the young Mahatma Gandhi (who incidentally was killed on this day in 1948) began to read the Gospels and even … Continue Reading
Nehemiah 8: 2-4,5-6,8-10. 1 Cor. 12: 12-30. Luke 1: 1-4, 4:14-21
St. Luke in writing his Gospel is saying to all of us this morning “Here is my experience of Jesus and I want you to know what He means … Continue Reading
Is 62:1-5; Ps 96; 1 Cor 12:4-11; Jn 2:1-11
Grace in Needfulness
“Mother knows best,” so the popular adage goes. Mary in our Gospel Reading today is presented as a dutiful mother, feeling for both the newlyweds and her son … Continue Reading
Christmas Dawn
Isaiah 62,11-12; Psalm 96; Titus 3,4-7; Luke 2,15-20
It’s Christmas. Aside from one’s own birthday, this is perhaps a child’s most anticipated day of the year for it is a day of receiving gifts. The joy of receiving … Continue Reading
Christmas Eve
Isaiah 9:1-6; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-14
Merry Christmas everyone!
We celebrate Christmas with delight, with joy, with solemnity, with song, with gifts, year after year because Jesus’s birth is the way forward into God’s very life. God with … Continue Reading
Second Sunday of Advent
Baruch 5: 1- 9. Phil. 1: 4-6, 8-11. Luke 3: 1 – 6
John the Baptist’s words echo the End Time Prophesy of last week’s gospel. This reminds us that we are in process – one … Continue Reading
28Nov21.SunWk1Advent Jesus Comes
Jeremiah 33:14-16; 1 Thessalonians 3:12-4:2; Luke 21:25-28,34-36
Happy New Year! Yes, as Fr Joe mentioned last night at Vespers, we now begin a new Liturgical Year. As we concluded the previous year reflecting on the Second Coming … Continue Reading
31st Week in Ordinary Time
Deut 6:2-6; Heb 7:23-28; Mark 12:28b-34
The Greatest Commandment / live to love & love to live
Maybe for the first time, we hear in the Gospel reading today, that the Lord Jesus … Continue Reading