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May the Lord answer you in the day of troubleMay He send you help from the sanctuaryMay he grant your heart's desires......
01/10/2026

May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble
May He send you help from the sanctuary
May he grant your heart's desires....
(Ps 20:1,2,4)

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Este segundo hijo representa a la mayoría de los cristianos que haga los servicios de labios a Dios como exclama Jesús: ...
27/09/2026

Este segundo hijo representa a la mayoría de los cristianos que haga los servicios de labios a Dios como exclama Jesús: “Este pueblo me honra con su labio, pero su corazón está lejos de mí” (Matt 15: 18). Él representa a la mayoría de nosotros que siempre responden, sí o iré a cada pregunta, sin ningún compromiso. Ser cristiano no consiste simplemente en afirmar la doctrina verdadera, sino que incluye algo más grande y profundo. El oyente deber negarse y comprometerse a Dios en la verdad, humildad y obediencia. Para ser como Cristo, para tener este mismo sentir de Cristo, debemos sincronizar la acción del primer hijo, y la palabra del segundo hijo con el fin de hacer la voluntad de Dios. ¿Eres fiel a tus palabras, compromisos, con la fe, la Iglesia, el prójimo, la familia, la pareja ¿con Dios? ¿Acaso has hecho una promesa falsa? Todavía hay tiempo de cumplirlo y ahora es el momento de cambiar el corazón. Oh Dios darnos un corazón puro, humilde, sensible como lo de Jesús. Amen.





Ezekiel 18:25-28, Psalm 25, Philippians 2:1-11, Matthew 21:28-32 The gospel reading of today dwells on the parable of the two sons that were asked by their father to go and work in the vineyard. Wh…

06/09/2026

Ezekiel 33:7-9; Psalm 95; Romans 13:8-10; Matthew 18:15-20 A lot is always being talked about the corporal works of mercy which include: Feed the hungry; Give drink to the thirsty; Clothe the naked…

T h e  g i f t s  of  G o d  a r e  i r r e v o c a b l ePaul reminds us that God has not forgotten his chosen people, e...
16/08/2026

T h e g i f t s of G o d a r e i r r e v o c a b l e

Paul reminds us that God has not forgotten his chosen people, even though they disobeyed him. No, God does not abandon anyone, not even those who have rejected him. Rather, he continues to wait for everyone.

The fact that Jesus was initially reluctant to listen to the Canaanite woman may well have been to test her faith. In other words, despite the fact that God is ready to show us mercy, he requires something of us: ‘faith as small as a mustard seed’ (Matt 17:20). A very important requirement for receiving this mercy is the amount of faith we demonstrate in Jesus Christ.

Her persistence is also worth emulating. Despite all the odds, and what appeared to be Jesus’ refusal to respond to her, she did not grow weary or lose heart in asking the Lord. So, like this Canaanite woman, each and every one of us needs God’s mercy. All we need to do is demonstrate our faith in Christ, and he will show us his mercy. Today, Jesus is close to us. So, like this woman, we must cry out to him: ‘Son of David, have mercy on me.’

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Isa 56:1, 6–7; Psalm 66; Rom 11:13–15, 29–32; Matthew 15:21–28 This Sunday, the Church wishes to emphasise God’s invitation and mercy towards all humanity. It is an invitation and a mercy without b…

T R A N S F I G U R A T I O N The voice from the cloud reverberates the beginning of the first song of the suffering ser...
06/08/2026

T R A N S F I G U R A T I O N

The voice from the cloud reverberates the beginning of the first song of the suffering servant of Isaiah (Isa 42:1) and re-echoes those of the Baptism (Mk 1:11 and parallels) signaling precisely that Jesus is the Son of God that fulfills the salvific mission of the servant of the Lord. The command "Listen to him", proclaims the authority of Jesus: his teachings, precepts has the same power of God…

Moses and Elijah were privileged to receive God's Revelation on the mountain, and now in the transfiguration, they are conversing with the One who is God's Revelation in person. Apart from the transfiguration there is no other biblical narrative where these two great OT figures (Moses and Elijah) feature in one and the same place together with Jesus. So that we have Moses, Elijah and Jesus all in one event.

Excepts from Umoh, V., “Christology in the Gospel of Mark: An Exegetical study of the Transfiguration (Mark 9: 2-8)” in Essays in Biblical Studies, 2021, pp. 295-313.






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