Wednesday, December 11, 2024 Is 40:25-31; Mt 11: 28-30 Today’s Gospel presents Jesus as the load bearer whose life exemplifies love that suffers. There is an insightful and moving story behind the statue of Jesus’ ‘Come unto me, all you who labor and are burdened.’ Karl Albert ‘Bertel’ Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), the famous Danish sculptor, made the […]
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 Is 40:1-11; Mt 18:12-14 Today’s Gospel highlights the ‘searching God’ who comes looking for His people. The Gospel begins with Jesus’ question, ‘What is your opinion?’ Then, Jesus goes on to narrate a story of a shepherd who leaves behind the ninety-nine sheep in his sight and goes in search of
Monday, December 8, 2024 Feast of the Immaculate Conception Gn 3:9-15, 20; Eph 1:3-6, 11-12; Lk 1:26-38 Today, we celebrate the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. The dogma of the Immaculate Conception proclaims that the Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin. In other words, Mary, Mother of God, by an act of divine grace,
