This Sunday, the readings have images derived from the natural world to teach us eternal truths. Using images from nature, we are encouraged to draw from the wisdom of God as expressed in the natural world. Recently, I took…
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Friends, In the Roman Catholic Church, we celebrate the feast of food today. As we know too well, to grow physically strong, we eat good and healthy food, lift weight, exercise our bodies, and get enough sleep. Likewise, to grow…
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On this Sunday, when we celebrate one of the most favorite feasts in the liturgical calendar, the Most Holy Trinity, Christians throughout the centuries have professed their belief in One God. A God who is transcendent (Far from us), and…
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As we celebrate the culmination of the Eastertide with the receiving of the Holy Spirit, and the beginning of the Church’s mission to the world, let us be mindful of the ways we can grow and work together despite our…
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Friends, We have now come to this Sunday of the ascension of the Lord. And as we look to the culmination of Eastertide with Pentecost Sunday next week, Jesus invites us to enter another dimension of seeing our Christian calling…
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As Eastertide draws close to its culmination at Pentecost, we have now come to the sixth Sunday. And on this Sunday, the readings show the two deeper senses of God’s love: profoundly faithful and fully overwhelming. So, let us focus…
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As we continue to journey through Easter, and this Sunday, as we respond to the Lord’s invitation to bear fruits, we can also join the Singer of today’s psalm in thanking God for His saving justice upon us. Again, our…
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As we continue to journey through Easter, towards Pentecost, this Sunday, the invitation is to deepen our awareness of the protective and caring love surrounding us, holding us, and sustaining us. This love was made incarnate in Jesus the Good…
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Amidst the vaccine myths, fear, and uncertainty, and still confused and doubtful because of all that is going on in our world, our Easter journey has come to the third week. Nonetheless, the joy of Easter cannot be dimmed and…
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On this second Sunday of Easter, let us consider the value of faith as it is expressed in today’s readings. Also, this day is celebrated as the Divine mercy Sunday, established by St. John Paul II of happy memory, inspired…
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