6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C (Lk 6:17.20-26) – February 16, 2025 Fr Daniel Antonio de Carvalho Ribeiro, SCJ We can all agree that everyone wants to be happy. However, if we talk to different groups of people from…
Day: February 16, 2025
KEEPER OF THE KEYS (2) – Jesus Chose Simon to Be Peter
Jewish tradition prepared the first Christians of Jewish background to understand the “new” teachings of Jesus such as the Eucharist, the priesthood, the papacy, and the role of the Blessed Virgin. Last time we studied the meaning of the terms ‘rock’ and ‘keys’ in the Old Testament and other Jewish writings.
JOURNEYING TOGETHER WITH FAITH AND HOPE – Permanent Relevance of Hope (1)
Human life is indeed a narrative of hopes in the plural – human hopes – and of hope in the singular – Christian or theological hope. The 2025 Jubilee Year is the Holy Year of Hope. We wish to reflect on hope. Thereafter, we meditate on the nature of Christian hope, on the dimensions and properties of hope, on sins against hope, on hope as creative fidelity to the present. Finally, the author tells us how he nurtures his hope and hopes, mainly his theological hope.