TUESDAY The Book of Ecclesiasticus (Wisdom of Sirach) by Ben Sira of Jerusalem is a deuterocanonical book written around 200 to 175 BCE). It is seen...
In the Prophetic Tradition of the Old Testament, deafness, dumbness or blindness are figures of resistance to the message of God. This is because...
(FEAST OF THE CHAIR OF SAINT PETER) “Chair” as a concept, has been understood through the ages as the symbol of authority and power. The power of...
The Noahic Covenant (i.e. God’s Covenant with Noah) as we read today in the First Reading (cf. Genesis 9:1-13) is the covenantal promise of God not...
Having been saved from the flood together with his family, Noah offered God a burnt sacrifice, and the Lord made a striking comment about the heart...
(“You must remove the old yeast of sin so that you will be entirely pure. Then you will be like a new batch of dough without any yeast, as...
MONDAY The evil act of Cain in today’s Frist Reading (cf. Gen. 4:1-15,25), depicts how sin rattles the relationship and bond between brothers. This...
The “Sermon on the Plain” in Today’s Gospel (6:17,20-26) is Luke’s version of the “Sermon on the Mount” in Matthew’s Gospel (5 – 7). In the Lukan...
In the Prophetic Tradition of the Old Testament, deafness and blindness are figures of resistance to the message of God. It could be said that man...
The expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden to ‘till the earth’ as seen in the First Reading (cf. Gen 3:9-24) negates the veracity of the...
