Coaches challenge their teams with the statement: “No pain, no gain.” Wonder of wonders this very truth is used by God in the very preparation for the coming of the Babe of Bethlehem. Today tribulation is exposed and its value is embraced by none other than the “Lamb of God”. Two of John’s disciples come […]
1st Sunday of Advent – Reflections on the General Judgment
No one can escape the general judgment. Death knows no exceptions and once that moment comes to us we will undergo the particular judgment. Judgment means that justice will be done and there is no escape. So the Church focuses our meditation this Sunday on the General Judgment which will reveal to the whole of […]
Last Sunday after Pentecost – Blessing or Blasphemy?
Blessing or Blasphemy? What will it be for you or for me? Do we run out of the house and head for the hills? Do we fly to the roof and hide from the world below? We have come to a point in the message of our Lord that tells us that all things are coming to […]
Are You “Good” Enough To Attain Heaven?
Are you “good” enough for the kingdom of God? So many think that if you are “good” naturally you willgo to heaven. But there are many who put on the mask of “goodness” without the substance. Our Lordexposes this in his parable of the wheat and the tares. The sower sowed good seed but the […]
Humility Leads To Kingship
“We must have a king as all other nations!” The Israelites demanded a king from the prophet, Samuel, who told them what a human king would do to their economy, the family and their faith. It did not matter and God told Samuel that it was not the prophet who was being rejected but it […]
