Weekly Newsletter

Palm Sunday This Sunday, we enter Holy Week with the celebration of “Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord.” We begin with the Palm Sunday Gospel passage about the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Then, we hear a long Gospel passage about the suffering and death of Jesus. The contrast between the two […]

Sinful Person  In this Sunday’s Gospel, we read that Jesus was in the Temple and the people came to Him and He sat down and began to teach them. The fundamental teaching of Jesus is the Law and the Commandments of God so that the people would know the ways of God and walk along

The Prodigal Son On the Fourth Sunday of Lent, our Gospel speaks about a parable commonly known as the Prodigal Son. In this parable, the youngest son asks his father for his share of the inheritance. He was not evil, but for whatever reason, he gave in to his desires. He then went off to

Repentance In this third Sunday of Lent, our Gospel tells us about two tragic events that caused anguish and distress. Some people came and told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with that of their sacrifices. That was disgusting and revolting. Jesus then cited the case of the 18 people who died

The Transfiguration of the Lord On this second Sunday of Lent, our Gospel spoke about the Transfiguration of the Lord. Jesus was transfigured, not transformed. In the Transfiguration, the true divine nature of Jesus was revealed, and for a moment, it manifested over His human nature. There was nothing earthly placed upon Him to make

The Battle On this first Sunday of Lent, we hear about Jesus taking up the battle as He faced the three temptations of the devil in the wilderness. Jesus overcame each temptation and exhausted the devil, but that was not the end of the war. The battle would continue all the way to the Cross.As

The Challenge It’s very easy to find fault with things and people. No matter how good a person or a thing may be, it is easy to find some fault with them. And while it is easy to find faults in others, it is just as easy to overlook our own faults. Or, as Jesus

Love your Enemies In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus gives us a teaching about how we ought to treat our enemies. When we think about our enemies, what often comes to mind are those who bully us, those who wrong us, and those who persecute us for no reason. For some reason, we feel that we

To Understand God’s Word In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus, in short, says, “Blessed are those who are poor, hungry, weeping, and hated.” At the same time, He also says that woe will come to those who are rich, full, laughing, and praised. A cursory reading of the Gospel text may lead us to wonder about

Peter’s Leap of Faith and Humility In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus was at the lakeside of Gennesaret, and He got into one of the fishing boats so that He could teach the crowds that had gathered to listen to Him. When Jesus had finished teaching, He told Peter to put out into deep water and