Today’s message is an extension/complement of yesterday’s Scriptural lesson. As we reflected yesterday, ‘salvation is both absolutely free and yet it...
Scholars have attributed the “Eye of the Needle” to a narrow gate in Jerusalem at the time of Jesus, which was usually open in the evening after the...
In biblical language, the heart is the center of our thoughts, desires and feelings; it is the source of our good or bad works and thirst for our...
The dream for many people is to marry their best friend for a successful and happy home. In fact, the advice is very common today: “marry your best...
The reoccurring cases of the abuse of minors have been one of the greatest evils befalling our Church and society in our epoch. Sadly, this...
At the feet of the holy sage – Ben Sira (in the First Reading – Ecclesiasticus 4:12-22), we are presented with the theme of “Wisdom as...
TUESDAY The Book of Ecclesiasticus (Wisdom of Sirach) by Ben Sira of Jerusalem is a deuterocanonical book written around 200 to 175 BCE). It is seen...
In the Prophetic Tradition of the Old Testament, deafness, dumbness or blindness are figures of resistance to the message of God. This is because...
(FEAST OF THE CHAIR OF SAINT PETER) “Chair” as a concept, has been understood through the ages as the symbol of authority and power. The power of...
The Noahic Covenant (i.e. God’s Covenant with Noah) as we read today in the First Reading (cf. Genesis 9:1-13) is the covenantal promise of God not...
