ON Palm Sunday, we will be having a very long gospel reading that narrates the very passion and death of Christ, our Redeemer. (cfr. Mt 26,14-27-66) Our human reaction to this day may be different from what should be expected from us. That’s understandable. But we...
THAT’S what Christ told those Jews who could not believe that he was the Son of God. “We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy,” those Jews said. “You, a man, are making yourself God.” (Jn 10,33) That’s when Christ told them...
“AMEN, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM.” (Jn 8,58) Words of Christ that so confounded the Jews of that time that they started throwing stones at him. These are words Christ said to show that only with him can we...
OF course, we can find true freedom only in Christ. He said so in very explicit terms. “If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (Jn 8,31-32) We have...
“YOU belong to this world, but I do not belong to this world.” (Jn 8,23) Words of Christ addressed to those who did not believe him. With these words Christ is telling us that if we do not believe in him, we would be stuck...
A WOMAN was caught in adultery. The scribes and Pharisees then dragged her to Christ to test him if he would follow the Mosaic law of stoning such woman. He just kept quiet, until after a time he told those around that anyone who has...
THE story of Christ raising Lazarus to life again (cfr Jn 11,1-45) is a poignant reminder that death does not have the last word for us. We are meant for life everlasting with God in heaven, or God forbid, eternal condemnation in hell if we...
WE need to strengthen our belief in the divinity and humanity of Christ. That’s because there are sectors who consider Christ only as a man, a very special kind of man, but not as God. There also are those who consider Christ only as God...
“IF I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is not true. But there is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that the testimony he gives on my behalf is true.” (Jn 5, 31-32) These are words of Christ that express his effort...
YES, there is such thing as our objective self as contrasted to our subjective self. The former is who we truly are, while the latter is what we make of ourselves that may contain some truth, but it most likely will miss the most essential...