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April 26, 2009
Third Sunday of Easter (B)
Acts 3:13-15, 17-19 / Psalm 4: 2, 4, 7-9 /
1 Jn 2:1-5 / Lk 24 35-48
IT IS RESURRECTION; NOT RESUSCITATION
Word: We read today part of Luke’s interpretation of the “Paschal Event”. According to Luke’s gospel, five events happen on the same Easter day: 1) the [...]

April 19, 2009
Second Sunday of Easter (B)
Acts 4:32-35 / Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 1
Jn 5:1-6 / Jn 20:19-31
RESURRECTION:
A CHALLENGE TO OUR FAITH
Word: The gospel passage proclaimed today narrates two “manifestations” of the risen Jesus, separated by an eight day interval.
We notice, first of all, that Jesus showed Himself alive on the “first day of the [...]

March 29, 2009
Fifth Sunday of Lent (Year B)
Jeremiah 31:31-34 / Psalm 51:3-4, 12-15
Hebrews 5:7-9 / John 12:20-33
LOOKING UP THE CROSS WITH THE
EYES OF JESUS
Word: Like last Sunday, John invites us to meditate on the cross.
As Jesus is increasingly rejected by the Jewish leaders, some Greeks come to see Jesus. They are brought [...]

March 15, 2009
Third Sunday of Lent (Year B)
Exodus 20: 1-3, 7-8, 12-17 / Psalm 19: 8-11 /
1 Corinthians 1: 22-25 / John 2: 13-15

JESUS’ DEFENSE OF THE TEMPLE
Word: Because Mark’s gospel is short, we turn to John’s gospel for these three Sundays of Lent. Today we have John’s account of the [...]

March 8, 2009
Second Sunday of Lent (Year B)
Genesis 22: 1-2, 9-13, 15-18 / Psalm 116: 10, 15-19 /
Romans 8:31-34 / Mark 9: 2-10
TRANGSFIGURATION:
IT’S CHALLENGE
FOR THE NEW MILLENIUM
Word: There is one unifying message in today’s three scriptural readings. And that is, “No Fear.”
In the first reading, our attention turns to Abraham, [...]

March 1, 2009
First Sunday of Lent (Year B)
Genesis 9: 8-15 / Psalm 25: 4-9 / 1 Peter 3: 18-22
Mark 1:12-15
THE REALITY OF TEMPTATIONS
Word: We must pay attention to the link between the Baptism of Jesus and His Temptation, expressly underlined by all the three Synoptic gospels.
It may help us to understand this: [...]