Author: Fr. Romy

“If men only appreciated the value of a holy Mass, they would need traffic officers at church doors every day to keep the crowds in order.” “Every holy Mass, heard with devotion, produces in our souls marvelous effects, abundant spiritual and material graces which we, ourselves, do not know. It is easier for the earth to exist without the sun …

“Recognize in this bread what hung on the cross, and in this chalice what flowed from His side. Whatever was in many and varied ways announced beforehand in the sacrifices of the Old Testament pertains to this one sacrifice which is revealed in the New Testament. “That Bread which you see on the altar, having been sanctified by the word …

“The humility of Jesus can be seen in the crib, in the exile to Egypt, in the hidden life, in the inability to make people understand Him, in the desertion of His apostles, in the hatred of His persecutors, in all the terrible suffering and death of His Passion, and now in His permanent state of humility in the tabernacle, …

The transfiguration of Jesus is theophany which is the revelation of God to us. The true identity of Jesus is revealed to His disciples. He is the radiance of God himself and the brightness of the Father’s glory. Transfiguration is the preview of His resurrection beyond physical appearance. It comes from the Greek word, metamorphoo, which is metamorphosis in English. …

In the Gospel of Matthew, we learned that Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil (Matthew 4:1). The temptation of Jesus happens after His baptism when He was revealed as the Son of God and anointed by the Spirit. He fasted in the wilderness for forty days and forty nights (Mt 4:2). …

Love your enemies! Pray for your persecutors. Be perfect just as your Heavenly Father is perfect (Matthew 5:44). Difficult words! It seems like Jesus is asking the impossible. But the point of the teachings of Jesus about retaliation and loving our enemies is to reveal the holiness of God. God is holy because He is pazzo d’ amore, crazy, madly …

During these Sundays before the Lenten Season, we read the Gospel of Matthew and it focuses on the major teachings of Jesus which are contained in the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus is presented as the New Moses but greater than Moses because He himself is the Giver of the Law. He is the Wisdom of God, the Logos, the …

The Eucharist is the medicine of immortality because Jesus promised that, “if any one eats of this bread, he will live forever” (John 6:51). “My flesh is real food and my blood is real drink” (John 6:55). “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him may not perish but have …

The focus of our reflection today is the Eucharist. Many Catholics nowadays do not believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Hence, our reflection aims to respond to this misconception and enable us to go deeper in our understanding of this wonderful, eternal gift. The Eucharist comes from the Greek word, eucharistein meaning “to give thanks” or …

The Gospel about the Beatitudes this Sunday according to Matthew is very powerful. The Beatitudes refer to paths toward authentic happiness, blessedness and being favored by God. Jesus is presented as the New Moses but also greater than Moses. He teaches his disciples about the essential, the absolute and the supreme good. He said that I have come so that …