Source: Image: Stained Glass window depicting Catholic Saints in the Cathedral of Saint Bavo in Ghent, Flanders, Belgium.
24th Sunday of Year B – 2024
The reflection on the texts of our celebration is usually focused on one of the readings. But today it is centered on a verse of the Psalm used as a response to the 1st reading (Psalm 116:1-6,8-9). “I will walk in the presence of the Lord”. This is an inspiring […]
Holy Trinity Sunday, Year B – 2024
It is interesting to observe children doing different things on their own. It is even more fascinating to see them interacting with one another. Recently, I passed by a boy and a girl chatting with much excitement. The boy said loudly: “My father is stronger than yours”! But my father […]
4th Sunday of Year B – 2024
Usually, most people look for things that are genuine, ‘the real thing’, they say. The also want to relate to people who are authentic, they despise any form of pretense. And of course, they easily detect what is ‘fake news,’ or doubtful information. It is real appreciation when it is […]
Sunday of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Year A – 2023
When we experience something good, we would like this experience to last. What we enjoy, we would want to keep on enjoying. Today’s gospel text shows us a vivid example of this (Matthew 17:1-9). Three of Jesus’ apostles see him transfigured, he appears glorified before them. So, Peter says […]
3rd Sunday of Lent, Year A – 2023
It happens so often with Bible texts: the events related and the scenes described there reflect much of… ourselves. The way people act and react often depicts something of our own attitudes. Today’s first reading is a good example of this (Exodus 17:3-17). The people of Israel, having escaped from […]
Ash Wednesday, Year A – 2023
Children like to exchange secrets as they whisper to one another. Teenagers will hide their secrets in a very private diary. Spies, of course, are masters of the secret world. Lovers, it is said, thrive on well-guarded secrets of their own. Could it be that even… God enjoys secrets? Today’s […]
3rd Sunday of Year C – 2022
Listening to a speaker can be interesting, inspiring, or… frustrating. The same can be said of listening to a preacher. What makes the difference between inspiration and frustration? You may think that some people are gifted speakers and others simply do not have this gift. This is true, but there […]
2nd Sunday of Year C – 2022
Questions are very much part of our daily conversation – questions of all kinds. We ask them from friends and neighbors, family members and colleagues. The scene of today’s gospel gives us an example of such questioning (John 2:1-11). At Cana, Mary approaches her son to mention the situation that […]
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. […]