Pentecost                           Charlemagne said, “To have another language is to possess a second soul.” While Nelson Mandela said, “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”             Today’s first reading talks about the transformation … Continue reading EXPLORING THE LANGUAGES LOVE

Pentecost                           There is an excerpt from Marianne Williamson’s book A Return To Love that goes: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.” “Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” “It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.” “We ask ourselves: Who am I to be beautiful, … Continue reading LIBERATED FROM FEAR

Pentecost                           We celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost – the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. This great feast is an invitation for us to meditate on the Holy Spirit and on how we should let the Spirit to dwell in us and to renew us. We should reflect on how we can perpetuate Pentecost. We … Continue reading PENTECOST AND PENTECOSTAL

Saturday, 7th Week of Easter                         John ends his gospel account by saying that much more could have written about Jesus. Jesus’ actions – his miracles, healings, words, and deeds – are not limited to the few years during which he walked the earth. From the very beginning of creation, the Son of God was … Continue reading THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ME

Friday, 7th Week of Easter             In today’s gospel reading, before Jesus commissions Peter to be a shepherd, he asks him a very important question. Three times Jesus asks Peter: “Simon, do you love me?” Three times Peter replies: “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” Three times Jesus commissions Peter: “Feed my lambs… … Continue reading SHOWING OUR LOVE FOR JESUS

Thursday, 7th Week of Easter                        “So that they may be one, as we are one…”             Jesus’ prayer for Christian unity is much more relevant to the church in the modern world than it was to the church of the early Christians. The fragmentation of the Christian church in our time has been described … Continue reading WE ARE ONE

Wednesday, 7th Week of Easter                    “They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.”             What exactly does Jesus mean by the words “they do not belong to the world.” Nil Guillemette explains this passage by using a text from the Apostle Paul as a reference. In his … Continue reading CITIZENS OF HEAVEN

Tuesday, 7th Week of Easter                         “Now this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.”             Today’s gospel text is the only passage I know of where Jesus lays down a straightforward definition of eternal life. Christians have made “eternal life” into … Continue reading ETERNAL LIFE

Monday, 7th Week of Easter                          “I have told you this so that you might have peace in me.”             Peace is usually understood as freedom from war or public disturbance. On the level of the individual person, peace means absence of mental conflict. But the Hebrew shalom (peace) is more encompassing. Its fundamental idea … Continue reading PEACE IN JESUS

Ascension of the Lord                    What is the difference between a wiseman and Jesus? A wiseman tells us what is good and tells us how to do it. Whereas Jesus takes us by the hand and does it with us.             Confucius, Aristotle, and Plato were very wise, and they gave us good advice and … Continue reading ORDER AND POWER