Month: March 2024

As we approach the Holy Week, the liturgy gives us a sense of anticipation and expectation. God works for us in Jesus, making all things new. It is always God’s initiative. Jeremiah prophesied that God will make a new covenant written not anymore on stone tablets but on the hearts of all. The covenant is a pledge and sharing of …

Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered! (Hebrews 5:8) Holy Week is the celebration of the Paschal Mystery of Jesus: His passion, death and resurrection. It is the culmination of His life, His public ministry fulfilling the mission given to Him by the Father. It is on the Cross that He reveals the boundless and infinite …

Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say rejoice! (Philippians 4:4) Rejoice comes from the Latin word Laetare. We are called to rejoice because God’s mercy is boundless, infinite, abundant and His love is extravagant. In John 3:16, Jesus says that God loved the world so much that He gave His only begotten Son so that those who believe …

The story of the cleansing of the temple is narrated by the four gospels of Matthew, Luke, Mark and John. It is the purification of the temple performed by Jesus. The temple in Jerusalem is the center of the religious, political, social, cultural and economic life of the Jews. The story reveals the radical actions of Jesus challenging the authority …