The fourth Sunday offers us two second parts: Paul’s hymn to Love which continues the theme of the Church’s unity and diversity, and the second part of Luke’s narration of Jesus’ inauguration of the Year of the Lord’s Favor of Luke 4:14-30. The Pauline selection from 1 Corinthians 13 reminds us that in the Christian [...]
Continue reading about (4th Sunday — C) A Preview of Things To Come
The third Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C coincides this year with the conclusion of National Bible Week, a yearly celebration that reminds the Filipino Catholic of the importance of reading the Scriptures as a preparation for or a prolungation of the Liturgy of the Word. Luke’s coverletter for Theophilus underscores the supplementary nature of [...]
Continue reading about (3rd Sunday — C) The Fulfillment of Prophecy
The Solemnity of the Holy Child is a feast specially dear to Filipinos. Here we commemorate in a special way, not only the childhood of the Lord, but also the beginnings of evangelization in the Philippines. It should be remembered that when the Augustinian friars began their work in the islands, the image of the [...]
The Visit of the Magi, the Baptism of the Lord and the wedding at Cana are events that the liturgy has associated to Epiphany, the manifestation of the Lord to the world. At the beginning of Ordinary Time (Year C), we make present again the Baptism of the Lord where He accepted his mission as [...]
Conversations