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Year C – Palm Sunday
The King on a Pony en route to Die Lk 19:28-40 (Before the Procession) Today we begin the week of weeks in the liturgical calendar: the Holy Week. Today we begin the commemoration of the high points in the history … Continue reading
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Year C – Fifth Sunday of Lent
The Man Caught In Adultery! Jesus was teaching in the temple in the midst of his disciples, when some Pharisees and the Scribes brought to him a man who was caught in the very act of adultery. “Master, this man … Continue reading
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Year C – Fourth Sunday of Lent
The Good Boy and the Bad Boy (Lk 15:1-3, 11-32) SToday is one of those days, when I feel, a homily might steal the gospel reading of its depth. The parable that we heard read is a much-quoted story and … Continue reading
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Year C – Third Sunday of Lent
The God Who Offers Me A Second Chance (Lk 13:1-9) Is the God you believe in, a coach or a referee? What does a coach do, for instance, in the context of football? He trains his team before the match. … Continue reading
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Year C – Second Sunday of Lent
Our Families and Transfiguration Climbing the mountain, we normally have those who pitch their tents at the base and enjoy what life gives them; campers as we would call them. The others are like the hikers who climb the mountain; … Continue reading
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Year C – First Sunday of Lent
The Journey through the Wilderness Pleasure, Possessions, Power It is this journey that the Season of Lent reminds us of! It is the nature of this journey that the gospel reading of today narrates to us from the life of … Continue reading
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Year C – Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
When it Comes to Conversion, it is I First! In one of his daily sermons (on 19 May 2017), Pope Francis said, some people “use rigidness to cover weaknesses, sins, personality flaws, and they use rigidness to rank themselves above … Continue reading
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Year C – Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Compassion is Christian Perfection We continue to listen to the Sermon on the Plains from the Gospel of Luke (6:12-49). Last Sunday we reflected on the Lukan version of the Beatitudes. What we come across in Luke is a briefer … Continue reading
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Year C – Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
People of the Beatitudes! Readings: Jer 17: 5-8; 1 Cor 15: 12, 16-20; Luke 6: 17, 20-26; If anyone said to us, “You are blest because you are poor, hungry, sad and rejected”, we would think that person was crazy. … Continue reading
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Year C – Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
I say, “Leave me, Lord!” God says, “Do not be afraid!” Lk 5 There is this musical called, ‘The Witness’ by Jimmy & Carol Owens. It is a musical which narrates the life and ministry of Jesus as witnessed by … Continue reading
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