Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Husband of Mary, Monday, March 20, 2017. 1st Reading: 2nd Samuel 7:4-5a.12-14a.16. That night the LORD spoke to Nathan and said: “Go, tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD: Should you build me a house to dwell in? And when your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I … [Read more…]
… They left everything and followed him (Lk. 5:11). Why the hesitation? What is that that you are still holding on to so tenaciously that is preventing you from yielding to the call of Jesus: FOLLOW ME? Fear of the unknown? Lk. 5:11 says they left absolutely everything – their life’s dependence. They had worked … [Read more…]
Saturday of the Second Week of Lent, March 18, 2017 1st Reading:Book of Micah 7:14-15.18-20. Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, That dwells apart in a woodland, in the midst of Carmel. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old; As in the days when … [Read more…]
“The word of God is alive and active….” Heb. 4:12 “Father! Am tired. God must answer me this year, in short I can’t bear it anymore. I can’t.” – the cry of one of my traveling companions in last year’s journey. Are you feeling burnt out too? It’s like am not making progress just moving … [Read more…]
Friday of the Second Week of Lent, March 17, 2017. 1st Reading:Genesis 37:3-4.12-13a.17b-28. Israel loved Joseph best of all his sons, for he was the child of his old age; and he had made him a long tunic. When his brothers saw that their father loved him best of all his sons, they hated him … [Read more…]