Are You at Peace?

27 March 2011 Third Sunday of LentExodus 17: 3-7; Psalm 95; Rom 5:1-8; John 4: 5-42 Note: This is a scheduled post. Every article for the 2011 Sundays of Lent and Easter published in this blog has been written long before the 11th of March 2011, the beginning of my 30-day retreat. The rest will

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Do You Do the Things You Don’t Want to Do?

23 October 2009. Friday of the 29th Week in Ordinary TimeRomans 7, 18-25; Psalm 119; Luke 12, 54-59 We can identify with Paul’s anguish when he laments that he does not do the good that he wants, but he does the evil that he does not want. This seem too familiar to many of us.

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One Person Can Effect Change

20 October 2009 Tuesday of the 29th Week in Ordinary TimeRomans 5, 19-21; Psalm 40, 7-17; Luke 12, 35-38 The first reading today affirms that it takes just one man to destroy the world, and one man to change it. St. Paul articulates the reality of sin and its universal impact upon all of creation.

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Who Makes Us Worthy

15 October 2009 Thursday of the 28th Week in Ordinary TimeRom 3, 21-30; Psalm 130; Luke 11, 47-54 The first reading speaks to many of us who think that when we are “perfect” we will be worthy of God. Some even believe, often unawares, that we can “earn” God’s love through our efforts alone. All

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Roman Catholic

27 January 2008 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time1 Corinthians 1, 10-17; Matthew 4, 12-23 Being Roman Catholic Note: This is homily 2, which I think is better. St. Paul in the 2nd Reading calls for unity in the midst of division. He encourages every disciple of Christ to be “united in the same mind and

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Against Individualism

8 November 2007. Thursday of the 31st Week in Ordinary TimeRomans 14, 7-12 Against Individualism There are different forms of individualism. There are those who profess to be Catholics, but refuse to subscribe to the Creed or to submit to any external religious authority. These are people who would take what article of faith is

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Discerning Your Vocation

6 November 2007. Tuesday of the 31st Week in Ordinary TimeRomans 12, 5-16, Luke 14,15-24 Charisms and Ministries The Holy Spirit has granted each person with a charism, a gift out of the generosity and love of God. The general meaning covers all graces: from the specific grace we receive in prayer, the community where

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Stubbornness

26 October 2007. Friday of the 29th Week in Ordinary TimeRomans 7, 18-25; Psalm 119; Luke 12, 54-59: Stubbornness We can identify with Paul’s anguish when he laments that he does not do the good that he wants, but he does the evil that he does not want. This seem too familiar to many of

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Doulos

15 October 2007. St. Teresa of AvilaRomans 1, 1-7, Psalm 98, Luke 11, 29-32 In the first reading, Paul introduces himself as the slave of Christ to a Roman Christian community he didn’t know personally. In Greek, a slave is ‘doulos’. It means two things: first, doulos commands a definitive love and loyalty from a

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