Indeed, every year is a pilgrimage of faith. Hence, as we begin this new civil year, our attention is drawn to the life of Mary, the Mother of God. Through her faith, docility, and humility, she consented to God’s salvific plan for humanity. And from the moment Christ came to be born, humanity’s fallen state…
Month: December 2019
New Year’s Eve – December 31, 2019
Have you ever stopped to contrast the laggard morning of The 31st of December and its evening’s expectancy? A tip: whenever you are not sure of how to end an old year or begin a new one, do attempt at least a meditation on these words by John the beloved, the last of the Apostles….
Family 2.0 – December 30, 2019
“I write to you, children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong and the word of God remains in you, and you have conquered the Evil One.” (1 John 2:14) “The child grew…
The Holy Family – December 29, 2019
“Whoever honors his father atones for sins, and preserves himself from them. When he prays, he is heard; he stores up riches who reveres his mother. Whoever honors his father is gladdened by children, and, when he prays, is heard. Whoever reveres his father will live a long life; he who obeys his father brings…
The Holy Innocents – December 28, 2019
“He ordered the massacre of all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had ascertained from the magi.” What was their crime? Herod, though King, was an insecure fellow. A good man has nothing to fear. Why do we search out to destroy? Why are…
Made This Way – Leila Miller & Trent Horn
“Mom, what’s transgender?” A generation ago, Christian parents didn’t have to worry about how to explain transgenderism to their nine-year-old, or help their teenager deal with mockery at school for believing in traditional marriage. But today, as our culture’s moral center continues to fly apart and with every form of deviance publicly aired and celebrated,…
In the Beginning was the Word – December 27, 2019
Beloved: ‘What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked upon and touched with our hands’ concerns the Word of life —for the Word was made visible. Today’s gospel reads: “So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. They both…
Stephen, the First Martyr – December 26, 2019
Boxing Day “Stephen, filled with grace and power, was working great wonders and signs among the people”. That Stephen died today, a martyr, I used to think, was the only “boxing” (violence-related) link I ever found to attach to the title given to the 26th of December as an early teenage reveler. Yes, boxes of…
And Yet He Came – December 25, 2019
The word was made flesh and dwelt amongst us. While we were still helpless sinners, Christ came and died at the appointed time for the ungodly. A while ago I began to appreciate Christmas from a new angle – an angle quite bereft of the jingles, Alleluias and Glorias albeit giving new ethos to these….
Made for God – December 24, 2019
As a younger believer, I wondered time and again about the link between David and Jesus. Why so much David talk in the pre and post-infancy narrative of Jesus? Today’s first reading finally answered my search many years ago: When King David was settled in his palace, and the LORD had given him rest from…
He Will be Called John – December 23, 2019
Today’s gospel scene is one of my favourite. It is drama-laden. Yet it is a thorough lesson on how faith works – what faith and “allowing God” can do and undo. “But they answered her, “There is no one among your relatives who has this name.” So they made signs, asking his father what he…
Righteousness – December 22, 2019
“…called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God,…the gospel about his Son, descended from David according to the flesh, but established as Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness.” A recount of Joseph’s actions reminds us about righteousness – righteousness via our human understanding and what…
The Evening Chapel 