Reflections and Articles written by Fr Franco Grech osa
2nd Sunday of Easter – Year B Acts 4: 32-35; Psalm 117;1 St. John 5: 1-6; John 20: 19-31 Read: Thomas responded: “My God and my Lord!” Jesus said to him: ”You believe because you can see me! Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe .” Reflect: The Evangelist St. John presents to us St. Thomas as a symbol of every disciple who has difficulty in believing. St. John …
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Palm Sunday Isa. 50: 4-7; Psalm 21; Phil. 2: 6-11; Mark 14:1 -15:47 Read: And they brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means the place of the skull. And they gave him to drink wine mixed with myrrh, but he refused it. Then they crucified him. Reflect: During Holy Week, we are called to contemplate the figure of Jesus hung on the Cross. To contemplate the Cross does …
5th Sunday of Lent Jer. 31: 31-34; Psalm 50; Heb. 5: 7-9; John 12:20-33 Read: “In those days, amongst those that went up to Jerusalem to worship God at the festival were some Greeks. They approached Philip …. and put this request to him ‘Sir, we would like to see Jesus.’” And Jesus replied to them: ”Now the hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. I …
4th Sunday of Lent 2 Chron. 36: 14-16, 19-23; Psalm 136; Eph. 2: 4-10; John 3:14-21 Read: God did not send His Son in this world to judge the world, but so that the world would be saved by Him. Reflect: “From there He shall come to judge the living and the dead”. That is what we acknowledge when we say the Apostles’ Creed. However, did we ever ask ourselves …
3rd Sunday of Lent Ex. 20: 1-17; Psalm 18; 1Cor. 1: 22-25; John 2:13-25 Read: The Jews then told Jesus: “What sign can you show us to justify that you are able to do that?” Jesus replied: “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will rebuild it”. The Jews replied: “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it up in three …
2nd Sunday of Lent – Year B Gen. 22: 1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Psalm 115; Rom. 3: 31b-34; Mark 9: 2-10 Read: Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain where they could be alone by themselves, and he was transfigured. His clothes became dazzling white ……. then a cloud came covering them and covered them, and there came a voice from …
When we feel that we are losing heart, let us look towards the dazzling face of Jesus. Read More »
1st Sunday of Lent Gen. 9: 8-15; Psalm 24; 1 Pt. 3: 18-22; Mark 1: 12-15 Read: “I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant I make between myself and the earth. When I gather the clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the clouds, I will recall the covenant between myself and you and every living creature of …
God does not wait for mankind to become good, He is generous with all Read More »
6th Sunday of the year – Year B Lev. 13:1-2, 45-46; Psalm 31; 1 Cor. 10:3-11; Mark 1:40-45 Read: A leper came up to Jesus and pleaded fervently, fell on his knees before him and said “You can cure me if you wish!”. Feeling sorry for him, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him saying “Of course I want to, be cured!” Reflect: Our God nears those who are …
Let us have the courage to say to the Lord: “You can cure me if you wish!” Read More »
5th Sunday of the year – Year B Job 7:1-4, 6-7; Psalm 146; 1 Cor. 9:16-19, 22-23; Mark 1:29-39 Read: “Praise the Lord who heals broken hearts”. “Jesus healed many sick from all sorts of ailments, and drew out a large number of devils whom he did not allow to talk, because they knew who he was”. Reflect: In Christ it is possible for us to contemplate God’s answer to …
4th Sunday of the year – Year B Deut. 18:15-20; Psalm 94; 1 Cor. 7:32-35; Mark 1:21-28 Read: “And the Lord said to me: ‘……I will raise up for you a prophet like yourself, from among yourselves; I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall tell you all I command him’”. “On the Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and began to teach. His teaching made a deep …
