PROV 8:22-31; ROM 5:1-5; JN 16:12-15 – Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) The feast of the Holy Trinity is different from all the other feasts of the liturgical year, such as Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, and Pentecost, when we celebrate the…
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THE PARACLETE IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH – United and moved by one Spirit
– Miguel Augusto This Sunday, June 9, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Pentecost. The Church instituted by Jesus of Nazareth and initiated by His Apostles, gathered together in prayer in the upper room, with Mary Most Holy, awaited the…
TRUE LOVE FOR GOD EXPRESSED THROUGH OBEDIENCE TO HIS WILL – 26th May 2019, 6th Sunday In Easter
Acts 15:1-2; 22-29, Rev 21:10-14; 22-23, Jn 14:23-29 May Tam Today’s Gospel Reading is part of Jesus’ Last Discourse (Chapter 14 to 17). Earlier Jesus had given His disciples a farewell gift: a new commandment of brotherly love (Jn 13:34).…
TRUE LOVE FOR GOD IS EXPRESSED THROUGH OBEDIENCE TO HIS WILL – 26TH May 2019, 6th Sunday In Easter
ACTS 15:1-2; 22-29; REV 21:10-14; 22-23; JN 14:23-29 – May Tam www.FLL.cc Today’s Gospel Reading is part of Jesus’ Last Discourse (Chapter 14 to 17). Earlier Jesus has given His disciples a farewell gift: a new commandment of brotherly love…
JOY! HOPE! MARANA THA! – 19th May 2019, 5th Sunday Of Easter
ACTS 14:21-27, REV 21:1-5, JN 13:31-35 – Edmond Lo The joy and hope of Easter have reached a new height as the Church enters her 5th Sunday of celebration: Jesus leaving his new commandment to love one another with his…
WHY NOT GIVE IN TO WORLDLY RICHES AND PLEASURE? – 12TH May 2019, 4th Sunday Of Easter
Acts 13:14, 43-52; Revelation 7:9, 14b-17; John 10:27-30 – Shiu Lan www.FLL.cc Salvation and eternal life are for those who “continue in the grace of God.” (First reading, Acts 13:43) The good news is that salvation has no bounds. It…
THE MYSTERY OF THE RESURRECTION CANNOT BE UNDERSTOOD BY THE INTELLECT OR EMPIRICALLY EXPLAINED – 5th May 2019, 3rd Sunday of Easter
Acts 5:27-32; 40b-41, Rev 5:11-14, Jn 21:1-19 – May Tam www.FLL.cc One detail we might notice in today’s Gospel is the mysteriousness of Jesus’ appearance. Pope Benedict XVI in his book, Jesus of Nazareth (Holy Week), has dealt with this…
HARD TO BELIEVE EVEN FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN – 28th April 2019, 2nd Sunday of Easter
JOHN 20:19-31 – Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau The Gospel of Mark says that Jesus appeared to the eleven “and reproached them for their unbelief and stubbornness, in refusing to believe those who had seen him after he had…
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE STORY OF OUR LORD’S PASSION WERE A REALITY SHOW? – 14th April 2019, Palm Sunday
Is 50:4-7, Phil 2:6-11, Lk 22:14-23:5 – May Tam www.FLL.cc One common feature among the Gospel writers was the way they narrated the passion and the death of Jesus. No longer were the sayings and deeds of Jesus arranged according…
AM I WITHOUT SIN? – 7th April 2019, 5th Sunday Of Lent
Isaiah 43:16-21; Philippians 3:8-14; John 8:1-11 – Shiu Lan www.FLL.cc Today’s Gospel Reading is about a woman caught in adultery. She was brought before Jesus when he was teaching in the temple. The scribes and Pharisees made the woman stand…