Words for life 15th May 2016, Pentecost Sunday PENTECOST 1.Easter starts with Resurrection Sunday, then followed by the Ascension of our Lord and finishes with Pentecost Sunday. At Pentecost we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles. 2. Today is the feastday of the Holy Spirit.…
WORDS FOR LIFE: May 1st 2016 VI SUNDAY OF EASTER This Sunday, May starts with its various celebrations: it’s the month of the crosses of May and of our beloved Virgin Mary. Also today is Mother’s Day. Christians have great love and affection for Virgin Mary, the Mother of…
WORDS FOR LIFE: April 24th 2016 V SUNDAY OF EASTER Today in John’s Gospel we have read Jesus’ words during the Last Supper and his new Command to love one another. This Command shows three things: «God first loved us» (1 John 4,10). Here God takes the initiative.…
WORDS FOR LIFE: March 27th 2016 EASTER SUNDAY: In the gospel today, we realize that the disciples fail to recognize Jesus due to their despair. Their eyes were blinded with sadness. Jesus chided the disciples on the road to Emmaus for the lack of their belief…
WORDS FOR LIFE: March 13th 2016, 5th SUNDAY OF LENT: Jesus bent down and started writing on the ground with his finger. Those men brought in a woman caught in the act…
WORDS FOR LIFE: March 6th 2016 In the Parable of the Prodigal Son: In this Parable, the younger son is asserting his independence and breaks with his father. He says to his father, «Give me my share of the estate» and sets off for a distant land.…
WORDS FOR LIFE: February 28th 2016 III Sunday of Lent In this morning´s passage, we have read about the Lord´s views on conversion and the consequences of non-conversion: death and eternal condemnation. But what is «conversion»? If we look for this word, we find its meaning clear in…
Words for life First Sunday of Lent In this reading we find a summary of how the Lord was tempted and how we are tempted. What is temptation? It always includes some form of deception although it wouldn’t encourage us to do some kind of wrong directly. That wouldn’t…
Words for life 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time In the three readings of this Sunday, we meet three people who have something in common. What they have in common was that they were called by God, but felt unworthy, incomplete sinners. Isaiah says: «Poor me! I am doomed. For…
Words for life: IV Sunday Ordinary Time St.Paul is telling us that the ability to love is a gift superior to others which God has given to humankind. We find in this hymn an important insight on what our love for our neighbour should be like. For a Christian,…
