The 16th Sunday (OT B) offers us a picture of a group of people who appear like “sheep without a shepherd”. To the eyes of the Church which has been given the task to proclaim the Good News, the picture is that of the world that awaits salvation. The liturgy therefore is an invitation to [...]
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After listening to the Lord’s lesson about prophets in their native land, the disciples are sent on a mission. The “Twelve” are the ones Jesus called from their work to walk behind him. They are also the ones He chose to be with Him. Now, he sends them off, giving them authority to drive away [...]
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From the 12th to the 13th Sunday, we have been reminded by the liturgy of the importance of faith. In today’s Gospel narrative, we are told that the lack of faith among the townspeople of Nazareth rendered Jesus’ work in his own home town difficult. There is however another “faith” that is implied in the [...]
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For the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, we are given two healing miracles in one narrative that has been composed in a way that shows us the relationship between those two healings. Both miracles are related to life. A woman’s life ebbs away at each drop of blood that comes out of her body; a [...]
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For the 12th Sunday of OT (Year B) the Church offers us a consoling picture of the Lord who truly is with His Church inspite of the fact that the Church may doubt His presence. The Gospel text is from Mark 4:35-41. Jesus is crossing to the other side of the Sea of Galilee on [...]
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“On the night he was betrayed…” Everytime we celebrate the Mass, we recall the words of the institution of the Eucharist so as to keep fresh before us the memory of the Lord "who loved his own until the end" (John 13:1). The Eucharist is the memorial of that love. With the Solemnity of the [...]
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