First Reading - Acts 2:36-41Gospel - John 20:11-18
We experience a great joy when we find something that we have lost. The same joy surges through us when we discover that our God is so near us that we hardly need to worry about anything. The reading…
First Reading - Acts 2:14,22-33Gospel - Matthew 28:8-15
Evangelii Nuntiandi says: "The Church exists in order to evangelize." The evangelization is the mission and life of the Church or each believer. The readings of today invite us to beco…
First Reading - Acts 10:34,37-43Second Reading - Colossians 3:1-4Gospel - John 20:1-9
A Sunday school teacher had just finished telling her third graders about how Jesus was crucified and placed in a tomb with a great stone sealing the opening. Then…
First Reading - Genesis 1:1-2:2Second Reading - Genesis 22:1-18Third Reading - Exodus 14:15-15:1Fourth Reading - Ezekiel 36:16-17,18-28Fifth Reading - Romans 6:3-11Gospel - Mark 16:1-8
One lady wrote into a question-and-answer forum. “Dear Sirs, our …
First Reading - Isaiah 52:13-53:12Second Reading - Hebrews 4:14-16,5:7-9Gospel - John 18:1-19:42
The crucifix and the cross are the symbols of the loving and sacrificial offering of self for others. The readings of today invite us to perceive the lov…
First Reading - Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14Second Reading - 1 Corinthians 11:23-26Gospel - John 13:1-15
We celebrate three anniversaries on Holy Thursday: 1) the anniversary of the first Holy Mass; 2) the anniversary of the institution of ministerial priest…
First Reading - Isaiah 50:4-9Gospel - Matthew 26:14-25
This day is traditionally known as “Spy Wednesday,” and this was called by Christians as early as AD 250 as “the day of betrayal.” The readings of today draw our focus to reflect upon our faithfu…
First Reading - Isaiah 49:1-6Gospel - John 13:21-38
God desires that all people should be saved and come to faith in Him (1 Timothy 2:3-4). The readings of today invite us to see God's will of salvation for all humanity as manifested by Jesus. Tod…
First Reading - Isaiah 42:1-7Gospel - John 12:1-11
We are in the Holy Week. This week invites us to meditate on the total self-offering of Jesus on the cross for the sake of each and everyone of us. The readings of today aptly remind us that we need …
First Reading - Isaiah 50:4-7 Second Reading - Philippians 2:6-11Gospel - Mark 14:1-15:47
Little Johnny was sick on Palm Sunday and stayed home from Church with his mother. His father returned from Church holding a palm branch. The little boy was c…
First Reading - Ezekiel 37:21-28Gospel - John 11:45-56
The Church is Church not because of its gigantic structure but because of its communion of believers in Jesus. The readings of today remind us that the communion of union of faith in Jesus is wil…
First Reading - Jeremiah 20:10-13 Gospel - John 10:31-42
St. Alphonsa has said: "A day without suffering is a day lost." This refers to her daily hardships, she endured. This also refers to her endurance through all her sufferings which she…
First Reading - Genesis 17:3-9Gospel - John 8:51-59
We are all special and unique. Our uniqueness is all the more accentuated when God plays a special role in our lives. The readings of today remind us that God has chosen us as His own and we need to…
First Reading - Daniel 3:14-28Gospel - John 8:31-42
We make so many resolutions in the beginning of the year or in the beginning of the season of Lent, do we persevere in finishing them? At times, we succeed but many times we fail. The readings of to…
SOLEMNITY OF ST. JOSEPH, HUSBAND OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARYFirst Reading - 2 Samuel 7:4-5,12-14,16Second Reading - Romans 4:13,16-18,22Gospel - Matthew 1:16,18-21,24
God's promise or plan never fails. The readings of the day invite us to trust i…
First Reading - Daniel 13:1-62Gospel - John 8:12-20
'Light' is a beautiful symbolism because it permeates positivity, hope, and joy. Today the readings are inviting us to follow Christ, who is the true Light, by spreading kingdom values in an…
First Reading - Jeremiah 31:31-34 Second Reading - Hebrews 5:7-9 Gospel - John 12:20-33
Several years ago Catherine Marshall wrote an article called “When We Dare to Trust God”. She told how she had been bed-bound for six months with a serious lung i…