THAT’S the responsorial psalm of the Mass of the 3rd Sunday of Easter, Year A. It’s taken from Psalm 16,11. It’s again another reassurance from God that despite the complexities of our life today that offers us all sorts of pathways that can be both alluring and deceptive, in the end
April 18, 2026
EVEN if we are told that we do not live by bread alone, (cfr. Mt 4,4) Christ is also concerned about feeding us with bread. This was dramatized in that gospel episode about the multiplication of bread (cfr. Jn 6,1-15). When he saw the large crowd who followed him closely and
April 17, 2026
WE, of course, are not angels who are pure spirits and who have already made their definitive choice to be with God completely for all eternity. We are, of course, with a body that has a soul that is not only a vegetative or animal soul, but rather a spiritual one
April 16, 2026
WITH all this very toxic air brought about by our differences and conflicts in matters of opinion and preferences, especially in the area of politics, we should be very concerned about how to cultivate a culture of dialogue and consensus-building. In this regard, we should be willing to engage in dialogue
April 15, 2026
LIKE Nicodemus who could not fully figure out what to be “born again” means, (cfr. Jn 3,7-15) we can find ourselves incredulous in the face of certain truths of our faith that really are hard to understand, let alone, accept. In cases like this, we just have to have some devotional
April 14, 2026
Christ said it very clearly. When a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews, came to him by night, telling him that he must be from God because of the signs he was showing, Christ answered: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a man be born again, he cannot
April 13, 2026
THE Second Sunday of Easter or the Octave of Easter is designated as Divine Mercy Sunday. The Ordo describes it as “a perennial invitation to the Christian world to face, with confidence in divine benevolence, the difficulties and trials that humankind will experience in the years to come.” This devotion t
April 11, 2026
THAT stone is, of course, our Lord Jesus Christ. He was rejected by the leading men of his time here on earth. They always tried to find fault in him. He was subjected to all kinds of suspicion. And finally, they managed to crucify him. And yet Christ is actually our
April 10, 2026
ALL these stories about the appearances of the risen Christ to his disciples simply remind us that in spite of our limited condition here on earth, we are meant to enjoy an infinite state of life in our definitive life in heaven. And this infinite state of life is actually assured
April 9, 2026
WE are familiar with that gospel story about two men on the way to Emmaus (cfr. Lk 24,13-35) They were clearly disturbed about what just happened to Christ who was crucified. Then the risen Christ approached them, incognito at first, and started explaining things to them. It was only when he
April 8, 2026
IN the gospel of the Mass on Monday within the Easter Octave (cfr. Mt 28,8-15), we are given a vivid description of the immediate aftermath of the empty tomb that gave rise to different reactions. When some holy women discovered the empty tomb where Christ was buried, they immediately went to
April 6, 2026