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The supremacy of love

by - March 19, 2016 - 10:00am

We tend to think of the paschal mystery – Jesus’ passion, death and resurrection – as a two-part narrative.

Transfigured by love

by - February 20, 2016 - 9:00am

This Second Sunday of Lent, just as we expect to hear scriptural readings foretell the passion and death of Jesus, we read about his transfiguration.

A tangible, accessible God

by - January 16, 2016 - 9:00am

How could Joseph and Mary have lost sight of Jesus on the way back to Nazareth after celebrating the Feast of the Passover in Jerusalem?

When will all this end?

by - November 16, 2015 - 9:00am

A local issue that has that has touched a raw nerve of our nation is the unresolved tanim-bala controversy.

A love that atones

by - October 17, 2015 - 10:00am

During the Day of Atonement the Jewish high priest sacrificed a ram as a burnt offering and cast lots between two goats, one of which was to be slain and whose blood was used to cleanse the altar, and the other which...

Humble service and the cross

by - September 19, 2015 - 10:00am

Pope Francis continues to amaze and inspire me. While many of us are kept abreast by the media with his trips outside Rome, recently to Bolivia, Ecuador and Paraguay; this week to Cuba and the United States, in November...

To receive Jesus is to become like Jesus

by - August 15, 2015 - 10:00am

In our Gospel reading today, Jesus proposes, “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day” (Jn. 6:54).

Jesus’ power as authority and influence

by - February 1, 2015 - 12:00am

In today’s Gospel reading, the people are astonished by Jesus’ powerful preaching, “for he taught them as one having authority” (Mk 1:22) and his power to exorcise demons, the “unclean...

The epiphany of our Lord and the papal visit: Manifestations of mercy

by - January 4, 2015 - 12:00am

Today, the Feast of the Epiphany officially ends the Christmas season. Today’s feast — the Lord’s manifestation, and Christmas — the incarnation of the Eternal Word, point to the same...

The Lord visits his people through his vicar Pope Francis

by - December 7, 2014 - 12:00am

Although the Lord has definitively come into the world through the incarnation of the Eternal Word, throughout our journey as a pilgrim people, we will continue to wait for the Lord to come again and again into our...

God opts to forgive rather than punish

by - October 5, 2014 - 12:00am

As a farmer laboriously cultivates his vineyard — spading it, clearing it of stones and pruning the vines — so does God labor in nurturing and caring for his people. However, in our First Reading, the...

Non-coercive reconciliation

by - September 7, 2014 - 12:00am

Reconciliation is a two-way process that requires both parties, in relation to their share of wrongdoing, to admit guilt. Second, in relation to the hurt and harm each has caused, to apologize to the other. And third,...

Like us, yet unlike us

by - August 3, 2014 - 12:00am

Devastated by grief. Jesus is about to preach and heal that day when the disciples of John come to him bearing tragic news: John the Baptist, his second-cousin according to Luke, has been beheaded by Herod. ...

Lifting our burdens

by - July 6, 2014 - 12:00am

Jesus, the Prince of Peace. Our First Reading from the Book of Zechariah foretells the coming of the Prince of Peace, “See, your king shall come to you; a just savior is he, meek, and riding on an ass…...

Pilgrims seeking the Lord, found by the Lord

by - May 4, 2014 - 12:00am

I write this column while on pilgrimage in Spain and Portugal.

Providence, practicality and prudence

by - March 2, 2014 - 12:00am

Jesus enjoins us to entrust our lives to God, “Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink….

Light ultimately conquers the night

by - January 5, 2014 - 12:00am

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany, the manifestation of the eternal almighty God in the fragile infant Jesus. As the supreme revelation of God, Jesus is referred to as the light of the world.

Is God punishing us?

by - December 1, 2013 - 12:00am

Today we commence the Advent Season. As we await anew the coming of the Lord, we grapple as a people with painful questions.

Wealthy but desperate

by - November 3, 2013 - 12:00am

Zacchaeus was wealthy yet miserable. First, he was wealthy. Luke informs us that he was a chief tax collector.

Faith despite unheeded prayers

by - October 6, 2013 - 12:00am

Jesus preaches using hyperboles and analogies. In order to properly interpret Jesus’ words, we need to identify the literary genre and figures of speech he employs. In our Gospel today, he likens faith to a...

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