Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary One of the most important personality in the soteriological history is Saint Joseph, the chaste spouse of Virgin Mary. But he is also one of the less known individuals among the minds behind the natural brought up of the Man whose death on the cross was to bring us salvation. The Bible hardly evoked his name in the life of Jesus apart from the…
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…
The readings of the day : 1st Reading Genesis 12:1-4a, Responsorial Psalm Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 2nd Reading 2Tim 1:8b-10 The theme of this Sunday could be God’s call and man’s response. In the first reading, the author of Genesis narrates the call of our father in faith, Abraham. He tells us how God asked Abraham to quit his father’s land and his people to an undisclosed location. “Go forth from…
