25TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME, YEAR A Isaiah 55:6-9; Philippians 1:20-24, 27; Matthew 20:1-16  My Dearest Friends in Christ, today’s Liturgy of the Word invites us to examine one of the most subtle and destructive sins of the human heart, envy. In a society marked by titles, positions, age, achievements, and social status, envy can…

24TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME, YEAR A Sirach 27:33-28:7; Romans 14:7-9; Matthew 18:21-35 EVIL MULTIPLIES WHERE FORGIVENESS IS LACKING Dear Friends in Christ, today’s Liturgy of the Word places before us the difficult demand of the Gospel, forgiveness. The First Reading warns us that “wrath and anger are hateful things,” while Jesus tells Peter to…

Ezekiel 33:7-9; Romans 13:8-10; Matthew 18:15-20 THE AGE OF SELFIE AND THE DANGERS OF INDIFFERENCE Dear Friends in Christ, we live in an age fascinated by the selfie where the camera turns toward me, my image becomes the centre, my experience becomes the story, and the world is measured by how it affects me. The…

22ND SUNDAY YEAR A: Jeremiah 20:7-9; Romans 12:1-2; Matthew 16:21-27 “DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO THIS AGE” “Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.” These words of St. Paul in…

Today’s Reflection: Wednesday, August 26, 2026; II Thessalonians 3:6-10.16-18; Matthew 23:27-32 AUTHENTIC FAITH: WHO AM I WHEN NOBODY IS WATCHING? The Word of God is alive, and its message speaks powerfully to every context, including our own. In St. Paul, in today’s First Reading, reminds the Thessalonians of the dignity of work. He refuses to…

Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14-16; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17; John 6:51-58 THE DANGERS OF REDUCING THE EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION TO A SPECTACLE Dearest Friends in Christ, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ invites us to return to the heart of her life: the Eucharist. Today’s feast reminds us of a fundamental truth: while prayer…

Acts 1:12-14; 1 Peter 4:13-16; John 17:1-11 “PRESERVING HUMAN VOICES AND FACES”: Communicating Truth & Communion

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER B: Acts 4:8-12; I John 3:1-2; John 10:11-18 CHRIST, THE GOOD SHEPHERD & THE “ANONYMOUS CHRISTIANS” Acts 4:12 asserts the exclusivity of salvation through Jesus Christ, proclaiming, “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”…

While the functional specialty of research makes available or has appropriately retrieved the text for the homilist, the next specialty that comes to play is interpretation, which tries to understand what the text is saying. Interpretation tries to get at the meaning “in its proper historical context, in accord with its proper mode and level…

Dei Verbum similarly encourages all clerics (preachers)   to immerse themselves in the reading and studying of the sacred text lest any of them become “an empty preacher of the Word of God to others, not being a hearer of the Word in his own heart”[1] when he ought to share the wealth and riches of…