YOUR WEEPING SHALL COME TO AN END It is natural to see people grieve and weep as a result of the demise of a loved one. The thoughts of how lovable...
Category - Weekday Homilies/ Reflections
On Easter Octave, we experience the same joy that took over our hearts on the Sunday of the Lord’s Resurrection. For this reason, the Liturgy...
Dear friends in the risen Christ, the resurrection of Jesus attests to his divinity, as St. Paul tells us: “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is...
Holy Saturday is the day of the “great silence”. It begins on the night of Good Friday, with the stone that rolls to seal the tomb of the...
Catholic Article, Catholicism, Weekday Homilies/ Reflections
GOOD FRIDAY SERMON: HIS DEATH – OUR REDEMPTION
It is common to hear the expression “Christ died on the cross for us”, but what does it mean? How did the redemption of the sins of humanity through...
Feasts/Memorials of Saints, Mass Reflections, Weekday Homilies/ Reflections
PASCHAL TRIDUUM: REFLECTION FOR MAUNDY THURSDAY/HOLY THURSDAY (EVENING MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER)
Dear friends in Christ, with today being Holy Thursday (or Maundy Thursday as it is traditionally called), we have successfully stepped into the most...
SPY WEDNESDAY First Reading: Isaiah 50:4-9 Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 68(69):8-10,21-22,31,33-34 Gospel Reading: Matthew 26:14-25...
THE ANGUISH & GLORY OF THE SUFFERING SERVANT OF YAHWEH First Reading: Isaiah 49:1-6 Responsorial Psalm: 70(71):1-6,15,17 Gospel Reading: John...
GREAT AND HOLY MONDAY: The Anointing Of Jesus’ feet At Bethany Over these past few days (before the holy week), the Johannine community (Gospel...
Catholic Article, Catholicism, Weekday Homilies/ Reflections
THE CROWD OF PALM SUNDAY ≠ THE CROWD OF GOOD FRIDAY
I grew up with the understanding that the crowd who cheered Jesus with shouts of “Hosanna” on Palm Sunday was the same crowd who shouted: “Crucify...
