Friday, March 30, 2012

Palm Sunday: The crimes of despising another or betraying a friend, and all sins, are healed in the betrayal and rejection of Jesus Christ

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"Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me." There are some injuries that so deeply rend the fabric...

Friday, Fifth Week of Lent: "I have shown you many good works from my Father"

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We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy. -- Jn 10:31-42 From the beginning of Jesus' public ministry, certain Pharisee...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Thursday, Fifth Week of Easter: "it is my Father who glorifies me"

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before Abraham came to be, I AM -- Jn 8:51-59 Only the divine identity of Jesus' person can justify so absolute a claim as "He who...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Wednesday, Fifth Week of Lent: "I came from God"

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and am here; I did not come on my own, but he sent me -- Jn 8:31-42 The Incarnation of God's Son reveals that God is the eternal Father ...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Tuesday, Fifth Week of Lent: "you will realize that I AM"

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When you lift up the Son of Man -- Jn 8:21-30 "And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself." The liftin...
Monday, March 26, 2012

Solemnity of the Annunciation: "the Lord himself will give you this sign"

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the virgin shall be with child, and bear a son, and shall name him Emmanuel -- Is 7:10-14; 8:10 Mary gave her consent in faith at the Annun...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

Fifth Sunday of Lent B: "The days are coming when I will make a new covenant": the Passion of Jesus Christ at work in the Church and the world

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These are effervescent times in which to live. There are so many things happening in the world and there are unprecedented accesses to infor...