THAT gospel story about the Archangel Gabriel visiting Mary to tell her that she was going to be the mother of the son of God (cfr. Lk 1,26-38) reminds us that like Mary, we too should say, “Fiat,” (Be it done) to whatever the will...
THE gospel of the 4th Sunday of Advent this year (Year C) tells us of the many precious lessons we can learn from that beautiful episode of Mary visiting her cousin Elizabeth soon after she learned that she was going to be the mother of...
THAT gospel narrative tracing the genealogy of Christ (cfr. Mt 1,1-17) simply tells us that Christ is first of all God who became man in order to redeem us. He is both God and man, “perfectus Deus, perfectus homo,” as expressed in Latin. He is...
“What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is the one about whom Scripture says: Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, he will prepare your way before you. I tell you,...
WE, of course, are meant to be ‘another Christ.’ That is our radical identity, since we have been created in God’s image and likeness. And since Christ as the Son of God is that perfect image God has of himself, we can say that we...
WE need to realize more deeply the crucial role of doing the will of God in our life. We have to understand that it is doing God’s will that would make us his image and likeness as we are meant to be. It’s how we...
IN the Bible, there are a number of passages that talk about how some people, usually the wicked and evil ones, fall into their own snare that were supposed to be made for the others. For example, in the Book of Psalms, we have the following...
THAT’S what the main theme of the 3rd Sunday of Advent reminds us of. There is joy in this season of Advent even as we prepare ourselves for the birth of Christ with practices of penance that are proper to this season. The 3rd Sunday of...
THOUGH man is at bottom a religious being, always looking for a deity to worship and to run to, that natural religiosity can also be stifled for a number of reasons. On a number of occasions, Christ himself lamented over this sad tendency of ours. One...
“From the days of John the Baptist until now, the Kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent are taking it by force.” (Mt 11,12) With these words, Christ is actually telling us that we have to be forceful and determined in following the will of...