Heb 4:12-16; Ps 95:6-11; Mk 2:13-17 As one Catholic Apologist explains it, the encounter with Jesus Christ is like the encounter with lighting; it changes everything. When the Word became Flesh in the Lord Jesus Christ everything changed. The Living Law, Christ Our God, reinterpreted the Law, which had become something less than a delightful […]
Continue ReadingHeb 4:1-5,11; Ps 78:3,4,6-8; Mk 2:1-12 How can we forget the works of the LORD? From the earliest days of family life, through the first days of our religious formation programs, to this moment of Liturgy we constantly and continually hear about the glorious deeds of the LORD and his strength. We have been rescued […]
Continue ReadingHeb 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 […]
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Gospel – Mark 1:7-11 The Baptism of the Lord marks the end of the Christmas Season. In a few short weeks we have gone from the baby in the manger to the thirty-year-old Jesus preparing to begin his ministry. This Baptism of Jesus by John was not Baptism as we understand it as a Sacrament […]
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 […]
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