The text of today’s gospel presents us with people who have come to John the Baptist with the desire to be baptized by him (Luke 3:10-18). We are told that they are asking themselves questions. “The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts…” What they were […]
2nd Sunday of Advent, Year C – 2024-2025
God’s messages come to us in all kinds of ways and forms. Through the ages, his messengers have proclaimed what they perceived as God’s message for people. Often, their words – translating Gods words – are an invitation to do something. This is the case with the apostle Paul as […]
1st Sunday of Advent, Year C – 2024-2025
It is more than a question of posture… This reflection came to me after reading today’s gospel text (Luke 21:25-28,34-36). At times, walking on the street, we meet people with the neck deep into their coat. They go about stooped, with sad faces, obviously downcast and depressed. We would not […]
2nd Sunday of Advent, Year B – 2023-2024
It happens that people discussing a certain issue may not agree on one point or another. Then, one person may say with conviction: “It’s a question of… perspective!” This expression came to my mind as I read the 2nd reading of today’s celebration (2 Peter 3:8-14). The apostle Peter writing […]
1st Sunday of Advent, Year A – 2022-2023
Week after week, the Sunday Scripture readings give us messages. Messages that show us the way to become more and more what we are – disciples of Christ. In today’s 2nd reading, we find Paul’s words as he writes to the first Christians of Rome (Romans 13:11-14). He tells them: […]
2nd Sunday of Advent, Year C – 2021
It happens to most of us: we sometimes feel we have too much to do, too many things to see to. The commitments we have taken on are just too many. The people relying on us for help, or advice, are too many, and their demand on our time is […]
1st Sunday of Advent, Year C – 2021
There is no doubt about it: this 1st Sunday of Advent invites us to look to the future. A promise is essentially doing this and it is a promise that we are given in the 1st reading (Jr.33:14-16). The text of the prophet Jeremiah gives us God’s words in a […]
4th Sunday of Advent, Year B – 2020
We get used to things that we do often; used also to the words we repeat day after day. The words we speak during our liturgical celebrations are no exception and… sad to say, all too often we repeat them with our minds busy with all kinds of other thoughts. […]
3rd Sunday of Advent, Year B – 2020
“You did not see this!” or “Did you not hear that?” “You have not done this?” or “You have not been there!” Whether in the form of a question, or an exclamation, many people do not like to be addressed in this way. Somehow, they perceive such words as an […]
2nd Sunday of Advent, Year B – 2020
We know well about spring cleaning, or autumn cleaning – a time when we clear and clean many things around our houses. The city council also knows much about road repair – it must be done again and again at the end of a season. In both cases there is […]