Heb 3:7-14; Ps 95:6-11; Mk 1:40-45 It’s so easy for our hearts to go astray. It’s as if we do not know the ways of the LORD. It’s as if we had never gone though an Advent Waiting nor celebrated another Christmas and Epiphany. Our heart is so restless as Saint Augustine teaches us; these […]
Continue ReadingHeb 2:14-18; Ps 105:1-9; Mk 1:29-39 One of the most wondrous deeds of the Christ is his forgiveness of sins. In today’s gospel he reveals that he can forgive and heal, at the same time! In today’s psalm we join in the jubilation of those who witnessed the saving deeds of the LORD. To reveal […]
Continue ReadingHeb 2:5-12; Ps 8:2-9; Mk 1:21b-28 The Name of the LORD our God is glorious over all the earth. Indeed, he has made known this Name through his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord Jesus reveals God as Abba, loving Father. He has revealed in teaching us how to pray that we, too, are […]
Continue ReadingHeb 1:1-6; Ps 97:1,2,6,7,9; Mk 1:14-20 Our Psalm Response invites us to ponder the mystery of the One whom all the angels worship. This one is The King, The Lord. Indeed, all the earth rejoices in Him, and the many isles are glad. This Lord is not an angel; rather his angels worship him. No […]
Continue Reading1Jn 5:14-21; Ps 149:1-6,9; Jn 3:22-30 Why does the LORD take delight in his people? Why does the LORD take delight in us? Saint Paul tells us why, because we were made for the glory of God. He tells it like it is; we were made for the praise of God’s glory. As Saint Irenaeus […]
Continue Reading1Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147:12-15,19,20; Lk 5:12-16 With the best of wheat he fills us. We are so well fed all along the journey to the heavenly Jerusalem with the Bread of Heaven. We glorify the LORD, we who are the New Jerusalem, his bride, his beloved. He has strengthened the bars of our gates and […]
Continue Reading1Jn 4:19–5:4; Ps 72:1-2,14,15,17; Lk 4:14-22 Who doesn’t experience some kind of fraud and violence. Actually, fraud is a kind violence because it violates a person’s mind. When someone is a fraud that person deliberately tries to deceive others about his true identity. Fraud then is mental violence. The LORD comes to rescue his people […]
Continue Reading1 Jn 4:11-18; Ps 72:1-2, 10, 12-13; Mk 6:45-52 The Lord Jesus comes from the eternal love of the Father and the Holy Spirit and he is the one whom every nation will adore. Even the pagan rulers who do not know the Covenant and the prophets and the wisdom of the Scriptures, even these […]
Continue Reading1 Jn 4:7-10; Ps 72:1-4, 7-8; Mk 6:34-44 Why will every nation on earth adore Christ the Lord? Every nation will adore because every person will adore. Every person will adore because the Son of God governs the people with justice and the afflicted ones with judgment. The high mountains and the rough hills will […]
Continue Reading1 Jn 3:22–4:6; Ps 2:7bc-8, 10-12a; Mt 4:12-17, 23-25 At another place in the psalms we pray, “Hold not back; Oh Lord, hold not back!” The Father does not hesitate to respond to his Son, the Lord Jesus. He does not hold back anything from The Only Begotten Son. In today’s psalm the LORD promises […]
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