Author: Paul Grimes

The Fourth Sunday of Lent is called Laetare Sunday which means rejoice. We are called to rejoice because Easter is just around the corner. It is the celebration of the victory of Jesus, His resurrection, never to die again. He defeats evil, sin and death forever. It reveals that God’s love will ultimately prevail. Jesus is the light of the …

In the Gospel of John (4:5-42), Jesus reveals Himself as the font of living water that becomes spring of water within us welling up to eternal life. The living water is the divine love that empowers us to participate in the life of God. He alone can satisfy the hunger and thirst of our hearts. He alone is our peace …

The Transfiguration of Jesus (Matthew 17:1-9) is theophany which means a revelation of His true identity. He is the New Moses but greater than Moses. He is the Beloved Son of God.  The transfiguration is the glimpse of His glory. It is the divine endorsement of His mission. He will experience eternal glory only through the Cross because the path …

The word Lent comes from the old English word, lencten, which means spring, the lengthening of daylight and hours. It comes from the Latin word, lente, which means to go slowly because haste makes waste. It is the past tense of the verb lend which means everything we have, is borrowed from God and what we borrowed we return to …

The Sermon on the Mount of Jesus (Matthew 5:17-37) is His vision of life in the Kingdom of Heaven. It includes His major teachings. It is the path of Christian perfection. Jesus said, “You must be perfect as your Father is perfect!” (Mt 5:48) The perfection of God is His love. Love is the fullness of the law. God is …

In the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:13-16), Jesus calls His disciples to be the salt of the earth. It is a metaphor to describe the role and demands of Christian discipleship. Salt adds flavor to food. It also preserves, transforms and sustains life. There was no refrigeration during that time of Jesus. Hence salt was precious and expensive in …

The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-12) is the inaugural address of Jesus laying down His vision of life in the Kingdom of heaven. It begins with the Beatitudes which come from the Greek word, makarios, which means blessed, to be happy. Only God can make us truly blessed and happy. The key to achieve authentic happiness is Jesus. He …

Jesus fulfills the work of new creation and His work requires human collaboration. He is the perfect manifestation of God’s love, a sign par excellence of the invisible God. He is the fulfillment of the longing and yearning of the people of Israel and of the whole humanity. He comes to unite the whole world and to gather the lost …

The testimony of John the Baptist is to point Jesus to others and to reveal His ultimate purpose and mission which is to redeem the sinful humanity. He said, “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29-34) Jesus is the Lamb of God because the animals sacrificed in the temple of Jerusalem did …

The feast of the Baptism of the Lord marks the end of the Christmas season and the beginning of the Ordinary Time. It is a great epiphany which is a manifestation of Jesus to the world as the Beloved Son of God totally committed to serve the saving plan of the Father. Jesus is manifested as the Savior of all …