Humility and Love (1 September 2025)
Humility is to love what the foundation is to the building. While pouring the foundation hardly completes the building, the groundwork is essential. The deeper
Humility is to love what the foundation is to the building. While pouring the foundation hardly completes the building, the groundwork is essential. The deeper
How do we begin to make sense of what Jesus passionately asserts in today’s Gospel? “I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would
For three consecutive weeks now, we have read the Gospel of Luke in exact sequence. It is important to keep the context before us to
There is a play on words in today’s Gospel episode that only is understood in the original language (John 21:1-19). When Jesus first asks Peter,
During the Last Supper, Jesus opens wide his sacred heart: “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer” (Luke 22:15). The
As Jesus enters into Jerusalem, he knows his enemies are lurking among the people and that they will succeed in changing their ebullient acclamations of
God does not excuse, He forgives. If we do not know the difference between excusing and forgiving, we are doomed to misunderstand both. Excusing is
Forgiveness is a PRACTICE; an ACT OF THE WILL – it’s not a feeling. Forgiveness happens when: With God’s help, I stop wanting to offend
It just might be Jesus’ hardest teaching: “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who cure you, pray for those