Some people enjoy making lists – lists of all kinds of things. Names of places they have visited, names of stars of cinema or sports heroes, names of best deals for items to buy, names of prospective clients for their business, etc. I wonder if anyone has ever made a […]
11th Sunday of Year B – 2021
As we read different texts from Scripture, we are sometimes amazed at how bold some statements are. Obviously, the writers are people of faith and they express their belief with strength and conviction. To me, the first line of today’s 2nd reading (2 Cor.5:6-10) is a perfect example of this. […]
2nd Sunday of Lent, Year B – 2021
If I were asked to make a list of all the petitions I presented to God the past year, I would be at a loss where to start. I would find it impossible to remember all the things I asked from him. He told us clearly: “Ask and it will […]
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 […]
23rd Sunday of Year A – 2020
People may speak to give some information or to state a fact. They may tell a story or give some instruction. But it happens that someone makes a promise – this is a different kind of statement. It is binding on the person who speaks and promising to the one […]
18th Sunday of Year A – 2020
Language is made of thousands of words – short words, longer ones, easy words, more difficult ones. Words for all occasions and situations, some words provoke laughter, others cause sadness or anger. There are words which I would qualify as categorical: they are direct, explicit. There is something final about […]
29th Sunday of Year C – 2019
“When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?” A question that is strange… surprising… shocking even?… It is not from me, but it is the last line of the gospel text for this Sunday (29th Sunday of Year C: Luke 18:1-8). It is somehow… […]
Feast of Pentecost, Year C – 2019
Week after week, Sunday after Sunday, we are given Scripture readings to ponder over. Written in a language which is not the one of our daily conversations, it may happen that we do not grasp the full meaning of the texts. It may also be that the truth they express […]
4th Sunday of Easter, Year C – 2019
Many people are familiar with this English expression: “To hold on for dear life.” Its meaning is obvious: it involves holding on tightly to someone, or something, not to fall. Hearing this expression recently, I went on thinking that, in life, there are quite a few occasions when we must […]
3rd Sunday of Advent, Year C
There are many things said about God. Teachers and preachers, theologians and scripture scholars, give us much information on who God is. Some of their words may inspire us, others leave us skeptic, or indifferent perhaps. The first and second readings of this Sunday (3rd Sunday of Advent, Year C) […]