The words of Jesus in the gospel come to us in different forms –explanations, recommendations, invitations, warnings.Each one requires our attention, but some of them do so with a greater intensity. What Jesus tells us in today’s text has an imperative tone.The words suggest an urgency as they reach us […]
2nd Sunday of Advent, Year B – 2023-2024
It happens that people discussing a certain issue may not agree on one point or another. Then, one person may say with conviction: “It’s a question of… perspective!” This expression came to my mind as I read the 2nd reading of today’s celebration (2 Peter 3:8-14). The apostle Peter writing […]
32nd Sunday of Year A – 2023
Have you ever stood at a door knocking and… being refused entry? You knew that some people were there but did not open. Finally, they simply said that… they did not know you. A very frustrating experience, if ever there was one! This is a scene we find in today’s […]
3rd Sunday of Advent, Year C – 2021
Waiting – there is much of this in our lives, no doubt about it. We wait for all kinds of things to happen and for different people to come. We anticipate some events with joy and trepidation. And we find it difficult to wait with patience for the arrival of […]
5th Sunday of Lent, Year A – 2020
W A I T I N G ! I know very few people who like to… WAIT. In general people do not like delays, postponements, adjournments. Of course, this can mean a pause, a rest, but this is not what we want. We are a generation where not only […]
20th Sunday of Year C – 2019
“Lost in translation” – this is the expression used to say that a word, or idea, has not been rendered in a satisfactory manner. When a text does not reflect the original meaning of a script, people say that the original or the ‘real’ meaning has been lost in translation’! […]
1st Sunday of Lent, Year C – 2019
“It is too good to be true!” – no doubt, you have heard these words as well as I have. Some people do not want to be seen as naive, or gullible, believing easily any piece of good news. They are not trusting easily the messengers of happy tidings. Strange […]
2nd Sunday of Advent, Year B
Some theologians have said that philosophy is the handmaid of theology. In other words, some philosophical reflection can lead to a deeper understanding of some aspects of the faith. I personally think that the same can be said of psychology. Again, I am inclined to believe that a better knowledge […]
Expectation
In this period of waiting, of e x p e c t a t i o n , the words of Henri Nouwen are very appropriate. « Those who think that they have arrived, have lost their way. Those who think they have reached their goal, have missed it. An important […]