Y for Yeast Some people dream of doing great things in life. Many want to achieve some worthwhile goal. Others try to distinguish themselves with important achievements. There is nothing wrong with this – on the contrary, it is important to have some ideal in life. But this should not […]
14th Sunday of Year C – 2022
Among believers, if asked whether they know God, some people would answer immediately: “Of course, I know him!” Others may pause for a moment before replying: “Well, I know some things about him…” Knowing someone is quite an experience, and to know someone truly the experience must be on-going, never […]
31st Sunday of Year B – 2021
Today’s gospel text (Mark 12:28-34) ends with a sentence that is most hopeful: “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” Who would not want to be told these words? It is truly reassuring to believe that we are not far from God. Is it not what we want: […]
11th Sunday of the Year, B
The gospel accounts, especially that of Matthew, offers us many texts on the kingdom of God. The specialists on those gospel texts discuss among themselves about the meaning of this term: “the kingdom of God”. They generally agree that it refers to God’s special relationship with human beings, his presence […]
3rd Sunday of Lent, Year B
‘This is foolish, this is nonsense, this is stupid’ – and there are other such attributes that are used to qualify something which we find unacceptable. These expressions came to me when I read the text of the 2nd reading of this Sunday (3rd Sunday of Lent, Year B – […]
1st Sunday of Lent, Year B
The text of Mark relating the temptation of Jesus is much shorter than that of Matthew and Luke. Notice that ‘temptation’ is printed in the singular because Mark does not give details about this experience of Jesus. I find this short text (1st Sunday of Lent – Mk.1:12-15) of only […]
Palm Sunday, Year A
It had happened perhaps two years before – a day people would remember – when the Man of Nazareth, the one they called Jesus, had fed a crowd, yes, a crowd of some 5000 people with only 5 loaves. This sort of thing, people could not forget! On that day, […]
13th Sunday of the Year, C
Reading the gospel text for this Sunday (Lk.9:51-62, 13th Sunday, Year C) someone could explain with a touch of humour: “This is a mixed bag!” Indeed, we find in those few verses all kinds of ideas. More than one theme is presented to our reflection: • Jesus resolute march […]