Luke’s account of Peter’s Confession underscores in a way more clearer than Matthew and Mark Jesus’ mission as prophet who will be rejected and put to death. He is the Pierced One of Zechariah 12:10-13:1 who will occassion the effussion of the Spirit and the purification from uncleanness and will inaugurate — as Paul would [...]
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For the eleventh Sunday, we are presented with the Lucan story about Jesus’ gives a lesson on generous love to a Pharisee who had invited him to dinner. The lesson is derived on the actions of a woman — a public sinner — who barges into the Pharisee’s house and displays her love for Jesus. [...]
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The third feast immediately following the Easter season is that of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The title of the feast derives from the vision granted to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque of the Lord’s heart, broken and wounded during His Passion, burning for love and bearing upon it the sign of the Cross. The visions [...]
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The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ is the second of the three feasts that are celebrated immediately after the end of the Easter season. During Holy Thursday, we celebrated the institution of the Eucharist. In this Solemnity, we focus on the new life that Christ communicates to us through His Flesh and [...]
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The Easter season ended with the Solemnity of Pentecost. This is followed by three Sundays that highlight the Trinity, the Body and Blood of Christ, and the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Trinity Sunday is the first of the post-Easter solemnities that highlight particular aspects of salvation history. The word "Trinity" was coined by Tertullian to [...]
With the feast of Pentecost, we end the Easter festivities. The Descent of the Holy Spirit as narrated in Acts 2:1-11 is the inauguration of the Church which the Lord has sent into the world to announce the gospel of peace and reconciliation. But the Holy Spirit — the Advocate and Consoler — has been [...]
The Church continues to relive the mystery of the death and resurrection of the Lord in its yearly celebration of the Feast of the Ascension. In fact, the Ascension of the Lord is the celebration of our own “installation” in the presence of God. The humanity that the Second Person of the Trinity assumed in [...]
The theme of the sixth Sunday of Easter anticipates Ascension Sunday and the solemnity of Pentecost. To the eyes of the world, the Lord will be separated from his disciples. The truth however is that the disciples become the dwelling place of the Father and the Son when they live according to the new commandment [...]
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