Category Archives: Lenten Season

READINGS: Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion TRUST JESUS AND THE CROSS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE END… Don’t hang the Cross but Hang on the Cross. This requires a lot of Faith, Hope and Love. This can be summed … Continue reading →

READINGS: Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper LOVE MANDATE, EUCHARIST, PRIESTHOOD INTRODUCTION. Today the church commemorates a triple celebration: the institution of the Eucharist, the institution of the sacramental priesthood and the New Commandment of love as seen in Jesus’ … Continue reading →

Readings: Is 50:4–7; Ps 22:8–9, 17–20, 23–24; Phil 2:6–11; Mk 14:1–15:47 The King on a Pony en route to Die (Before the Procession) Today we begin the week of weeks in the liturgical calendar: the Holy Week. Today we begin … Continue reading →

Readings: Jer 31:31–34; Ps 51:3–4, 12–13, 14–15; Heb 5:7–9; Jn 12:20–33 “We want to see Jesus lifted high.” When I read the gospel text of the 5th Sunday in Lent (Year B), I was reminded of a popular song, written … Continue reading →

Readings: 2 Chr 36:14–16, 19–23; Ps 137:1–6; Eph 2:4–10; Jn 3:14–21 “God loved the world so much….” The Gospel of John is often considered the most difficult of the Gospels – highly symbolic in its expression and deeply theological in … Continue reading →

Readings: Ex 20:1–17; Ps 19:8–11; 1 Cor 1:22–25; Jn 2:13–25 “Zeal for your house will consume me” (John 2:17). Reflection 1. Every believer would proudly profess that he or she believes in God. Perhaps the question that needs to be … Continue reading →

Readings: Gn 22:1–2, 9–13, 15–18; Ps 116:10, 15–19; Rom 8:31–34; Mk 9:2–10 Going up the mountain: Learning to Pray The liturgy of the word of God for Sundays in Lent is very well thought-out and appropriately laid out. On the … Continue reading →

Readings: Gn 9:8–15; Ps 25:4–9; 1 Pt 3:18–22; Mk 1:12–15 “God does not provide us with a roadmap, but only a compass.” We say the Season of Lent lasts forty days, as the Latin word, ‘Quadragesima” suggests.　 When I was … Continue reading →