Diwali, the festival of lights, is a religious observance commemorated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and some Buddhists around the world. (A five day celebration), every autumn, the observance sees millions of people attend firework displays, prayer services and festive events in celebration of the occasion. However, festivities were cancelled last year for […]
29th Sunday of Year C – 2022
The texts of the gospel come to us in different ways. They reach us under different expressions and translations. And they can provoke in us different reactions… The last verse of today’s gospel text (Luke 18:1-8) does precisely this: it awakens in us thoughts and questions. Jesus has been teaching […]
19th Sunday of Year C – 2022
The 2nd reading of this Sunday speaks of people and events long gone (Hebrew 11:1-2,8-19). The people involved and their experiences may seem distant and strange to us and yet… Yet, what is described in this text has a message that is very relevant to us in our own time. […]
Feast of the Holy Trinity, Year C – 2022
One day, I heard someone say with much conviction: “We must let God be God!” Perhaps this is what today’s celebration is meant to remind us of: Let God be God… Accept that God is… so much greater than we can picture, so much wiser than we can understand, so […]
Feast of Pentecost, Year C – 2022
In the Acts of the Apostles, we read that when Paul visited a community of Christians in Ephesus, he asked them: “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” They replied: “We were never even told there was such a thing as a Holy Spirit” (Acts 19:1-3). So, […]
2nd Sunday of Lent, Year C – 2022
In times of need, in times of shortage of money, some people risk using the ‘credit’ option – they decide to get some commodities on credit and… pay later. Different forms of advertising invite them to do precisely that. Some shopkeepers will accept to extend credit to customers, others will […]
Nativity of the Lord, Year C – 2021
Someone telling a group of friends that he, or she, has received some good news would set their minds thinking. Their curiosity would lead them to try and guess what this piece of good news can be… A promotion? Winning the lotto? Going on holidays? Perhaps the visit of a […]
33rd Sunday of Year B – 2021
Every week, a new reflection appears here on the texts given to us for the Sunday celebration. Most times, the text presented refers to one of the three readings assigned for the day. Today, we will rather look at the Psalm (Ps.16:1,5,8-11) used as a response to the 1st reading. […]
19th Sunday of Year B – 2021
Just imagine for a moment a man standing before a group of people. Most of them know him, they know his mother, of course, and where he comes from. He is dressed as they are, he speaks as they do, but… what he says has never been heard before. He […]
13th Sunday of Year B – 2021
The woman we meet in today’s gospel (Mark 5:21-43) was affected with a disease considered shameful in her society – a condition that should be kept well hidden. But well hidden also was the woman’s secret hope. She had been hoping before, going from one doctor to another, spending all […]