Saturday, November 30, 2024 Feast of St. Andrew Rom 10:9-18; Mt 4:18-22 Today, we celebrate the feast of St. Andrew. There are two call narratives of St. Andrew – one in the Gospel of John and the other from the synoptic Gospels. The Gospel of John emphasizes Andrew’s initial encounter with Jesus through John the […]
Friday, November 29, 2024 Rv 20:1-4, 11-21:2; Lk 21:29-33 In today’s Gospel, Jesus makes use of the fig tree as a metaphor to illustrate the certainty and nearness of the Kingdom of God. The social upheaval as a sign of the end times also announces the return of Jesus in glory. Reading this text, we
Thursday, November 28, 2024 Rv 18:1-2, 21-23, 19:1-3, 9A; Lk 21:20-28 When Nelson Mandela was imprisoned at Robben Island, his grandchild was given to him to be named. He gave her a name that would symbolize the struggle of South Africans against the imposed discrimination under apartheid. He named his granddaughter Zaziwe – Hope. He recounted later
