MATTHEW 11:2-11 – Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications Limited To the messengers sent by John the Baptist, Jesus was presented as the Messiah, listing the signs taken from texts of Isaiah (Is 35:5-6; 26:19; 61:1), the prophet of hope, who…
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PURGING THE EVIL FROM WITHIN – 8th December 2019, 2nd Sunday Of Advent
MATTHEW 3:1-12 – Fr. Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau Not everyone responded well to the invitation of John the Baptist. Not all were willing to work a radical change of heart. The Pharisees and Sadducees, while intrigued by the…
A JUDGMENT THAT SAVES – 1st December 2019, 1st Week Of Advent, A
MATTHEW 24:37-44 – Fr Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications Macau One principle we should always keep in mind: the gospel is, by its nature, good news, the message of joy and hope. Let us recall the context in which today’s…
A CROSS FOR A THRONE – 24th November 2019, 34th Sunday in Ordinary Time – C
Luke 23:35-43 – Fr Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau The second thief is the only one who recognizes in Jesus the expected king: “Jesus, remember me when you enter into your kingdom.” He calls him by name. He considers…
COURAGE, LIFT UP YOUR HEAD! – 17th November 2019, 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, C
Luke 21:5-19 – Fr. Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau Luke wrote his Gospel around the year 85 AD. In the fifty years that passed since the death and resurrection of Jesus, there were wars, political revolutions, catastrophes and the…
BETWEEN FEAR AND ILLUSIONS, ONLY ONE HOPE – 10th November 2019, 32nd Sunday In Ordinary Time
Luke 20:27-38 – Fr Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau While the Pharisees believed in the resurrection, the Sadducees declared themselves skeptics since the Torah did not speak about resurrection. Moreover, with the money at their disposal, they were able…
LOVING THE SINNER – 2nd November 2019, 31st Sunday of the Year
Luke 19:1-10 – Fr Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau In today’s passage, it is Zacchaeus – a publican, considered to be evil by all – who is in search of Jesus. By a strange twist of fate the name…
THE INCONSISTENCY OF THE MERIT CERTIFICATE BEFORE GOD – 27th October 2019, 30th Sunday In Ordinary Time
Luke 18:9-14 – Fr. Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau In the outset, we dislike the hypocritical, disagreeable, proud and presumptuous Pharisee. Our sympathies are all for the publican who, poor guy, did something wrong but has a golden heart.
AT TIMES IT IS EASY TO LOSE ONE’S FAITH – 20th October 2019, 29th Sunday In Ordinary Time (C)
Luke 18:1-8 – Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau The readings today help us to reflect on prayer. Why are we invited to turn to him with insistence? What is the meaning of prayer? To these questions Jesus responds today…
FROM HEALING TO FAITH – 13th October 2019, 28th Sunday In Ordinary Time (C)
GOSPEL: LUKE 17:11-19 – Fr Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau We can run the risk of reducing the message of today’s Gospel to a lesson of good manners, to remember to say thank you to those who help us. Ten lepers of…