The readings of the day: Ezekiel 18:21-28 Matthew 5:20-26 God’s desire for man is that he be saved. His intention for him is that his situation be ameliorated. But he however wants him to make the first step in response to his salvation project. He wants him to come to him! This is why he invites us in this time of lent to return to him. Through the prophets like Ezekiel etc.…
The readings of the day 1st reading: Isaiah 1:10.16-20 Resp. Psalm: Psalm 50:8-9.16b-17:21.23 Gospel Matthew 23:1-12 One of the major and ancient problems of humanity is to distinguish between religiosity and spirituality. The ambiguity that exists between them is without doubt due to man’s shallow understanding of what really matters in life. While religiosity is more of the way in which man re-links with his creator spirituality is more of the outcome…
The readings of the day Daniel 9: 4b-10 Psalm 79:8.9.11.13 Luke 6:36-38 The two major adjectives that better qualify the Theo-Israelite relationship in the Old Testament could be summarized in maternal and paternal care. The paternal aspect of this relationship made God strike the people whenever they arred. And his maternal affection made him bring them back to their land at the end of their every purification. In the first reading of…
