This seems to be a reasonable desire – to be certain, not to be mistaken.One cannot always depend on hearsay – other people may have not observed correctly… This was the apostle Tomas’ position: he wanted to be assured that what the other apostles were saying was not simply wishful […]
Wednesday, Holy Week, 2025
Usually, repeating something means that what we have said is important to us –we want to make sure that the person we are speaking to has understood well and will not forget! This is exactly the case with the text giving us Jesus’ words today, it is repeated.The words are […]
4th Sunday of Advent, Year C – 2024-2025
The Bible is filled with blessings – they are the attribute of all those whose relationship with God has a special character. The PSALMS tell us about those who are blessed: “Blessed is the man whose delight is in the law of the Lord” (Psalm 1:1). “Blessed are all who […]
19th Sunday of Year B – 2024
Early in life, we have been taught how to decline verbs – quite an exercise for the young kids that we were! I HAVE, YOU HAVE, THEY WOULD HAVE, WE WILL HAVE… Past, present future, conditional, and each mode had, of course, its ‘mood’! As we grew up, we discovered […]
4th Sunday of Easter, Year B – 2024
Nowadays, some people speak of our ways as those of a ‘throw away culture’. It seems that people buy a lot of objects, and they soon throw them away. They acquire many items and discard them readily. Not much is precious to them, it looks as if nothing is of […]
4th Sunday of Lent, Year B – 2024
When telling something important to someone, we are inclined to repeat it. We want to make sure that the message has been heard, understood and… received. The person may exclaim: “You told me already…” To which we tend to reply: “Yes, but I wanted to be certain that you have […]
The Alphabet of Lent – Letter M
M for Message Messages, we receive plenty of them! Those which used to come to us through the mail still reach us. But the many platforms of the social media are now a more importance source. Permanent connection, continuous information, repeated messages in loop – each second downloads them! Each message […]
The Alphabet of Lent – Letter F
F for Faith To have faith, it is… to believe, you will say. Of course… but still? It is to accept a set of propositions on a given topic. You are right but… only this? A short text of the gospel reveals more: “As Jesus went on from there, two […]
26th Sunday of Year A – 2023
There are people we are drawn to – their look, their skill, their attitude – whatever it is, there is something in them that attracts our attention, and awakens our admiration. We marvel at the realizations of a talented artist, writer, painter. The skill of an athlete may provoke […]
Feast of the Holy Trinity, Year A – 2023
Most people want to know God. People of all ages and situations, of various background and experiences, try to discover if there is a God and… If such a being exists, who is he? Some specialists publish what they know about God. Theologians and scripture scholars present what they have […]