Thursday, December 19, 2024 Jgs 13:2-7,24-25; Lk 1:5-25 Today’s Gospel invites us to reexamine our faith in the light of Zechariah’s example. How often do we realize that faith (in God and humans) gives meaning to life? Here, I am reminded of a story. Due to some financial emergency, a daily laborer went up to […]
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 Gn 49: 2, 8-10; Mt 1:1-17 In today’s Gospel, we read the genealogy of Jesus Christ. What is the purpose of reading Jesus’ genealogy before Christmas? If we carefully read the genealogy, we find it has having incorporated the whole of the Old Testament history into the Gospel as the proximate
Sunday, December 15, 2024 Third Sunday of Advent Zep 3:14-18; Phil 4:4-7; Lk 3:10-18 The third Sunday of Advent is known as Gaudete Sunday as it announces the nearness of God’s coming. The readings of the week invite us to put on joy as we are gearing up with our preparations to meet with the Lord. The first
