Tuesday, January 9, 2024 1 Sam 1:9-20; Mk 1:14-28 Today’s Gospel helps us understand the mission strategy of Jesus. We find it asserted in three ways. 1.Jesus cautions us about the imminent coming of God’s Kingdom. Hence, Jesus emphasizes the urgency of conversion as a precondition to be eligible for the Kingdom. Jesus’ proclamation follows […]
Baptism of the Lord Monday, January 8, 2024 Is 55:1-11; Mk 1:7-11 We celebrate the feast of the Baptism of the Lord because, though sinless, He identified with sinful humanity. At its origin, Christianity embraced Greek philosophical foundations, which hail Divine Omnipotence. Also, the notion of ‘Divine Impassibility’ which refers to ‘God’s incapacity for suffering’
The Epiphany of the Lord! Sunday, January 7, 2024 Is 60:1-6; Eph 3:2-3, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12 As we celebrate the feast of the Epiphany, it is good to recall the gist of The Other Wise Man, a novella written by the American novelist Henry Vandyke. The story is about Artaban, a Mede from Persia who also planned
