On this Monday of the 5th week of Lent, the gospel text offers us a scene that is familiar to us. We are given to meet with the one known as: ‘The Woman Caught in Adultery. » Jeannie Calavrias, who personifies her, tells us of her personal experience.
5th Sunday of Lent, Year C – 2019
This gospel scene of the woman caught committing adultery is presented in a manner at once vivid and truly inspiring (Jn.8:1-11). There is even (for those who would not know the story) a touch of… suspense! About this text, spiritual writers and Bible exegetes have published many articles and commentaries. […]
27th Sunday of Year A
The gospel narratives give us many parables of Jesus. All of them are inspiring, some are challenging, others rather disturbing. I think that the one in this Sunday’s gospel (27th Sunday, Year A – Mt.21:33-43) must have appeared very shocking to Jesus’ listeners. And it was! For us, 21 centuries […]
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, […]
John, the beloved disciple
John had been with the Master for some 3 years now. He knew him as only someone very close to him could know him. He had seen him in all kinds of situations… He tells us about it.
The Woman caught in adultery
Yes, she had been caught – the Pharisees had got hold of her. Now, already condemned by those self-righteous men she was waiting to be stoned… to death… But something unexpected happened!
4th Sunday of Lent, Year A
Strange things happen among us, people. Something good can be done for someone and the person who benefits from the good deed is penalized for it! It should not surprise us – this is what happened already in the time of Jesus. We see it in today’s gospel on […]
The Man Born Blind
He is well known – in the gospel, that is. He is ready to tell us again what happened to him when he met the Man of Nazareth… After the video, you may like to see also: http://image-i-nations.com/4th-sunday-of-lent-year-a/
The Samaritan Woman
Walking to the well, as usual, what was she thinking this Samaritan woman? She could not imagine what was awaiting her there! A man, a Jew, a teacher, no, THE Teacher and the giver of the water she was thirsty for! See also: http://image-i-nations.com/3rd-sunday-of-lent-year-a/
Short, surprised, saved…
Yes, he was short, too short! He climbed a tree but was told to come down. A guest invited himself to his house, yes, « the house of a sinner » to whom salvation had come that day.