IN the Gospel of the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Matthew 22:34-40) Christ was asked about the greatest commandment. And he went straight to the heart of the matter. Love God with all your heart, soul, and mind. Then love your neighbor as yourself. Everything...
WE pride ourselves on being able to predict many things. We know when rain is coming by watching the clouds. We anticipate storms through weather apps and satellites. Yet Jesus points to a far greater blindness: we often fail to recognize the signs of God's...
THE words of Christ in Luke 12:49-53 can sound unsettling: “I have come to set the earth on fire… Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.” At first hearing, they seem to contradict...
THE Gospel of Luke (12:39-48) presents one of Christ’s most demanding teachings on responsibility. Through the image of servants awaiting their master’s return, Jesus shifts attention from curiosity about the future to accountability in the present. The important question is not “when” the Master will come,...
ONE of the biggest illusions of modern life is that everything important comes with a notification. Meetings appear on calendars. Flights send reminders. Bills trigger alerts. Even birthdays pop up automatically. We have become so dependent on warnings that we assume life itself will always...
THE man in Luke 12:13-21 (Gospel of Monday, 29th Week, Ordinary Time) must have thought he had found the perfect financial planner. He interrupted Jesus in the middle of a serious teaching and said, in effect, "Lord, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with...
ARTIFICIAL Intelligence has moved from science fiction into daily life. It can write, translate, generate images, analyze information, and assist work. Yet a deeper question is emerging: could increasingly powerful AI eventually threaten humanity itself? The concern about human extinction does not arise simply because machines...
THE Gospel reading of the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mt 22,15-21) presents one of the sharpest confrontations in the Gospel. The enemies of Jesus thought they had finally cornered him. "Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?" It looked like a...
AS immense crowds gathered around Jesus, He first turned to His disciples with a serious warning: "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy." (Lk 12,1) He then explained that nothing concealed will remain hidden, that whatever is whispered in secret will one...
THE concluding part of Luke 11 (47-54) presents one of the sharpest confrontations between Christ and the religious leaders of his time. He denounces those who build monuments to the prophets while sharing the same attitude that led their ancestors to reject and persecute them. He...