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JESUS AS THE TRUE VINE: 5th SUNDAY OF EASTER

A saying goes like this: "you cannot see God, yet you cannot live without him". It somehow functions similarly to the oxygen. Oxygen is as important as God in our life. Today’s gospel reminds us that we are nothing without God. Jesus said that clearly: “without me you...

BECOMING GOOD SHEPHERDS: 4TH SUNDAY OF EASTER

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RISING FROM OUR DEATHS: 2ND SUNDAY OF EASTER

This Sunday is the last day of the Easter octave . It is also called the Divine Mercy Sunday in the Catholic Church. We ponder God’s mercy and compassion in today’s reflection. The disciples, before Jesus appeared, were very much afraid, confused and had lot of...

MATTER OF CONVICTIONS: PALM SUNDAY

It's all about convictions. The deepest truths we bear in our hearts that nothing in this world can make us doubt about. That was the case of Isaiah. His conviction was that God was his help, therefore he would never be disgraced nor put to shame. With this truth in...

MYSTERY OF LIFE AND DEATH: 5th SUNDAY OF LENT

One way to look at the image of the wheat grain, dying in the ground before sprouting and producing a crop, is an illustration of Jesus’ crucifixion, burial, and resurrection. Jesus understood that the cross was the only way of conquering the evil powers of sin and...

WE ARE GOD’S HANDIWORK: 4th SUNDAY OF LENT

"Kintsukuroi" is the Japanese art of fixing broken pottery by applying powdered gold, silver, or platinum to the damaged areas. It's an art of appreciating the genuineness of our broken pieces, of changing, and of finding beauty in imperfections. This metaphor helps...

THE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE: 3rd SUNDAY OF LENT

In the Gospel for this third Sunday of Lent, we see how the Lord Jesus challenged the Jews to “destroy the temple” and he would raise a “new temple”. During this Lent, we are also challenged and invited to look inside our temple, our body as the temple of the Holy...

PATH OF SUFFERING, PATH OF GLORY: 2nd SUNDAY OF LENT

On this Second Sunday of Lent, Jesus invites each one of us to go up the mountain with Him in silence to immerse ourselves in the contemplation of His transformed face radiating the revealed love of the One who will enter in death. We can touch Him through the words...

HEALING AND TOUCHING: 6th SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

Today's Gospel recounts a story of healing and touching. A leper approached Jesus, begged him, and kneeled before him, saying, "If you choose, you can make me clean." Historically, neither Jesus nor a leper should have approached each other, as lepers were required to...

LOVE IS A VERB: 5th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Immediately after leaving the synagogue, Jesus went to the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Simon’s mother-in-law laid sick in bed with a fever. Jesus went to her, took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her immediately, and she began to...
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