Homilies and Lectio Divina

26 A (Two Sons) Readings: Ez 18:25-28 / Ps 25: 4-5, 6-7, 8-9/ Phil 2:1-11 / Mt. 21: 28-32 ****** In today’s gospel Jesus tells the parable of two sons who say one thing and do another. Asked by the father to go and work in the vineyard, the first son said no but later…

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time The gospel this 25th Sunday relates about envious people in the parable, the workers who were hired in the morning complained and protested that they were paid the same wage as those hired in the afternoon. “A gross injustice,” they said. ***** Legally, there was no injustice because the deal…

Peter speaks for each one of us in today’s Gospel passage when he says, “How many times am I supposed to forgive the neighbor who keeps sinning? After seven times, if he still sins, what’s the point in forgiving him again?” “No, not seven times,” Jesus says, “seventy times seven,”which according to my Father’s calculator…

Fraternal Correction   Readings: Ez 33:7-9/ Ps 95:1-2. 6-7. 8-9 Rom 13: 8-10 Mt. 18: 15-20   Two lessons are being presented in today’s gospel: 1)      It is about conversion—by giving the one who offended us a chance to repent without publicly destroying his/her name. 2)      Jesus condemns all destructive gossip. ***** One day, a…

Reflection: What does the Cross of Christ bring us, fear or it is a challenge?-

22Sunday A Jer 20:7-9/Ps 63:2. 3-4. 5-6. 8-9/ Rom 12:1-2/ Mt 16:21-27 ***** Last Sunday we read of Simon Peter recognizing and professing Jesus to be the Messiah, the Son of the living God. That earned him the name Peter, and the keys of the Kingdom. The incident was a highpoint in the development of…

Reflection: Up to what extent can your faith go?

Is 56:1, 6-7 Ps 67:2-3.5.6.8 Rm 11: 13-15. 29-32 Mt 15:21-28 +++++          At the back of our minds, sometimes we wonder why our prayers don’t always get dramatic results as the woman’s prayer in the Gospel. Maybe it is because we don’t have enough love, enough humility and enough faith. ++++++…

Reflection: Many Christians today are fascinated or even more they are inclined to worship services that are like rock concerts. They like the noise and music that make them feel good in themselves. This is a sad reality that is much different from the experience of the Prophet Elijah in our 1st Reading, God is…

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) 1 Kings 19:9, 11-13 /Ps 859, 10. 11-12 Rom9:1-5 Mt 14:22-33 *****             When the Lord told the prophet Elijah to go to the mountain because he would pass by, the prophet expected a miraculous event. But the mighty God did not appear in…