Homily Fifth Sunday Year B Reading 1: We can possibly relate to Job’s negative attitude about life in general and his life in particular. At times, life does feel like a drudgery: months...
Lord, what gave you the greatest joy in your life on earth? I think it was your relationship with the Father. You identified this when at the age of twelve you stayed in...
Fifth Sunday of the Year: Gospel B On leaving the synagogue he entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. · This is in Capernaum. In fact, excavations in that...
We have been given a precious gift: the gift of choice. I don't always have control of circumstances and situations, but I have the ability to choose how I will respond or react...
Even though Jesus was a man of inner joy because of his relationship with the Father and the Spirit, he experienced moments of sadness, difficulties and sufferings. He wept over the death of...
It is his relationship with the Father which sustained Jesus throughout his earthly existence. But it was the permanency of this relationship beyond his time on earth that made a difference for him....
What is the joy of Jesus? Is it not his intimate relationship with the Father and the Spirit in his humanity? The Father loved the Son and expressed this love publicly. Jesus loved...
Thought of the Day January 24, 2018 The joy of discipleship
By spiritaflame 11:00 AM Thought of the DayJesus desires his disciples not only to take up their crosses but to share in his joy to the full. In John 15:11, Jesus says: “These things have I spoken unto you, that...
Homily Fourth Sunday Year B Reading I: During the early part of their sojourn in the desert, the Israelites were afraid of God. They saw his signs and wonders and they were overwhelmed...
Fourth Sunday of the Year B: Gospel Reflections Then they came to Capernaum, and on the sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and taught. · The synagogue was the local meeting place that the...
Thought of the Day January 23, 2018 Doing the will of God
By spiritaflame 9:26 AM Thought of the DayLord, your relationship with the Father in your humanity centered around knowing and doing his will. How often was this a central message in your teachings and in your actions. “My food is...
Lord, there is no sin you can't or won't forgive. On the cross you died for all sin. Even the sin against the Holy Spirit can be forgiven. Your mercy has no end....
“The journey of faith: to seek Jesus, to encounter Jesus and to follow Jesus.” (Pope Francis) As we begin a New Year of life, so we are to begin a New Year in...
PRAYER FOR WEEK OF CHRISTIAN UNITY JANUARY 18-25 O God, your right hand is glorious in power. Extend your...
One of the personal qualities of Jesus is joy. Many times we think of him mostly as a man of great sorrows. But he was also an icon of joy. Hebrews 1:9 says,...
Homily Third Sunday Year B Reading 1: This is a condensed version of the full story about Jonah and God’s call to him to preach repentance in Nineveh. Initially, Jonah didn’t want to...
St. Anthony of the desert once said: "Whoever has not experienced temptation cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. Without temptations no-one can be saved." God allows us to be tested in order...
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Gospel Reflections B After John had been arrested Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: "This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is...
Thought of the Day January 16, 2018 Obedience, learned virtue
By spiritaflame 9:23 AM Thought of the DayLord, to be obedient to you in all things is not easy. You tell us that my ways are not your ways and your thoughts are not my thoughts. Only obedience is able...
We read in the First Book of Samuel these words. “Does the LORD so delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obedience to the command of the LORD? Obedience is better than...
Homily Second Sunday Year B Reading 1: The prophet Samuel was a gift from God to his parents, who were without children for many years. After praying with great intensity, his mother was...
Lord, you healed the leper when he asked for healing. You touched him and restored his disfigured body. Who are the modern day spiritual lepers? We, who are sinners. Sin has disfigured us....
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“I will try to fan into flame the spark of divine love that is hidden within you, as far as I am able through the power of the Holy Spirit.” (St Basil the...
"Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening." These words of the young prophet, Samuel, are at the heart of our relationship with God. It is the attitude of letting go control in prayer....
"Patience is a hard discipline. It is not just waiting until something happens over which we have no control: the arrival of the bus, the end of the rain, the return of a...
The Baptism of the Lord Jesus is an important moment in the life of the humanity of Jesus. The Lord is our pattern and model to imitate. At the moment of his conception,...
Thought of the Day January 5, 2018 Love in word and deed
By spiritaflame 10:15 AM Thought of the Day“The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers….Children, let us love not in word...
"The first end I propose in our daily work is to do the will of God; secondly, to do it in the manner he wills it; and thirdly to do it because it...
Homily for the Feast of the Epiphany Year B Christ, the Light of the World
By spiritaflame 11:14 AM HomilyHomily for the Feast of the Epiphany Year B Reading 1: The word Epiphany means a great manifestation. What is this manifestation in the first reading? Isaiah prophesies that a light will shine...
That we are sons and daughters of God is something we take for granted at times. But it is a mystery revealed to us by God. “See what love the Father bestowed on...
Mystery: we are called, invited and graced to remain in and with God! Jesus, the Word of God has revealed this mystery to us. We began experiencing the reality of this mystery in...
