One moment Jesus rose from the Jordan River and the sky opened, the Spirit descended and a voice from heaven stated: “This is my Beloved Son, listen to Him.” The baptism of everyone born of woman began the public life of Jesus, our Lord. Strange that from that point the Spirit moved Jesus to purify […]
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Fourth Sunday in Lent, Laetare Sunday 2020
“Gather up the fragments that remain.” Broken things can be mighty precious. Broken hearts need to be mended; broken bones need to be set; broken promises call for repentance. We live in a broken world which lives in fear of a simple virus that can break the bank; break the churches; break free speech and […]
Third Sunday in Lent 2020
Tested by Satan and transfigured in glory, Jesus enters a battle with the mind of the Jews who sought only an earthly kingdom. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Hence after Jesus cast out a demon of deafness, dumbness and blindness, the Jews thought negatively. They could not recognize the hand […]
Second Sunday in Lent 2020
“Man does not live in bread alone, but in every word that come forth from the mouth of God.” The apostolic band is on the move to Jerusalem and on the way they encountered the Scribes and Pharisees and Christ exposes the hypocrites for their failure to live in the Word of God, Little later […]
First Sunday in Lent 2020
Where do temptations originate? Clearly the Mystical Body has pointed out that the flesh, the world and the devil are the sources of temptation. Is anyone exempt from temptation? If our Lord was tempted then His Mystical Body will be tempted as well. Temptation begins the spiritual journey of our Lord Jesus and it will […]