Homilies
What difference can we make?
One day as he began his daily prayer, a holy hermit saw passing by, a cripple, a mother begging for food for her pathetically malnourished child, and the victim of what must have been a very severe beating. Seeing them, the holy man turned to God and said, “Great God! How is it that such […]
A prelude of the 24th Sunday Readings…[Ex32:7-11, 13-14; Ps 51; 1 Tim 1: 12-17; Lk 15-1-32 (or 15:1-10)
Since tomorrow’s gospel is about the prodigal son, here is a story which somehow simplifies the whole message of this beautiful and awesome gospel….[by Jack McArdle) Dr Blenton, a psychiatrist, said, to a patient’s surprise that he actually studied the Bible everyday. “It is the greatest textbook on human behaviour ever put together. If enough […]
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time [God’s Word for us]
Taken from:http://www.catholic.org/bible/daily_reading/?select_date=2010-09-05 Reading 1, Wis 9:13-18b 13 ‘What human being indeed can know the intentions of God? And who can comprehend the will of the Lord? 14 For the reasoning of mortals is inadequate, our attitudes of mind unstable; 15 for a perishable body presses down the soul, and this tent of clay weighs down […]
Gospel of the Day (4 Sept/10)
First Reading; 1 Cor 4:9-15 Resp. Psalm: Ps 145:17-18, 19-20,21 (The Lord is near to all who call upon him.) Gospel: Lk 6:1-5 One sabbath, Jesus was going through the corn fields and his disciples began to pick heads of grain crushing them in their hands for food. Some of the Pharisees asked them, “Why […]
Junjun FAITHBOOK 