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Year A – Second Sunday of Lent
Transfiguration: Towards an Experience of God in Jesus Mountains are perceived to be locations of God-experience in many traditional cultures and in many world religions. This is true also in the Judeo-Christian tradition. It is not by chance then that … Continue reading
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Year A – First Sunday of Lent
Temptations: The Journey through the Wilderness ‘Forty’ is symbolic of a generation, a lifetime. The people of Israel walked in the wilderness for forty years (Dt 8:2). Practically, it was a new generation that entered ‘the Promised Land’ (Num 32:13). … Continue reading
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Year C – Good Friday
WE CONTEMPLATED A LOVE STRONGER THAN DEATH The dramatic agony on the cross has often led the preachers of the past to insist excessively on the gory aspects of Jesus’ passion. From this preaching, images, popular representations, and some devotions, … Continue reading
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Year C – Maundy Thursday
JESUS: BROKEN BREAD, OFFERED AS NOURISHMENT Among the many names by which the Eucharist was called, the one that best expresses the meaning and richness of the sacrament is the breaking of the bread. The disciples of Emmaus recognized the … Continue reading
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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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