14th Sunday of the Year – B Ezekiel 2: 2-5; Psalm 122; 2 Cor. 2: 2-5; Mark. 6: 1-6 Read: Jesus told them: “A prophet is not without honour except in his own native place and amongst his own kinsmen in his own family”. And there he was unable to make any miracles except to place his hand on some sick people and to heal them; and he was amazed …
13th Sunday of the Year – B Wisdom 1: 13-15, 2: 23-24; Psalm 29; 2Cor. 8: 7-9, 13-15; Mark. 5: 21-43 Read: Now there was a woman who had suffered from a haemorrhage for twelve years ……..When she heard about Jesus, she mixed with the crowd, came up behind him and touched his clothes, because she said “If I can even touch his clothes, I shall be well again.” The …
Jesus is telling you: “Do not be afraid, just believe.” Read More »
12th Sunday of the Year – B Job 38:1, 8-11; Salm 106; 2Cor. 5: 14-17; Mark. 4: 35-41 Read: “And a strong wind started blowing, and the waves started breaking into the boat, swamping it and it was getting full of water. He was in the stern, his head on the cushion, asleep. They woke him and said to him ‘Master, do you not care that we are going down?’ …
11th Sunday of the Year – B Ezek. 17: 22-24; Salm 91; 2 Cor. 5: 6-10; Mark 4: 26-34 Read: “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the land. Night and day, while he sleeps, when he is awake, the seed is sprouting and growing; how, he does not know. Of its own accord the land produces first the shoot, then the ear, …
God’s word, “the seed”, is waiting to be sown in abundance in all the world. Read More »
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Ex. 24:3-8; Psalm 115; Heb. 9:11-15; Mk. 14:12-16, 22-26 Read: Then he sent two of his disciples and told then: “Go into the city and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him, and say to the owner of the house which he enters, ‘The Master says: Where is my dining room in which I can eat the …
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Deut. 4: 32-34, 39-40; Psalm 32; Rom. 8:14-17; Mat. 28: 16-20 Read: Jesus approached them to speak to them and said to them: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, make disciples of all the nations; baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teach them …
Show me Lord by mind and heart your holy life which is love. Read More »
Pentecost Sunday Acts 2: 1-11; Psalm 103; Gal. 5:16-25; John 15: 26-27; 16: 12-15 Read: Jesus said to his disciples: “When the Advocate comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who issues from the Father, he will be my witness. And you too will be my witnesses, because you have been with me from the outset”. Reflect: Jesus imparted in us the Spirit …
7th Sunday of Easter Acts 1: 1-11; Psalm 46; Eph. 4:1-13; Mark 16: 15-20 Read: Jesus appeared to the Eleven and said: “Go throughout the world proclaiming the Gospels to all mankind”. Reflect: What did Jesus infer when he said that the Gospels should be proclaimed to “all mankind”? Surely, he meant “to all people”, but not just that. He wished to widen the horizon and to contemplate salvation being …
All of us are able to collaborate as tools in God’s hands in caring for creation… Read More »
The Story of the Black Madonna Statue Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida BRAZIL A fishing session in the river Paraiba On 12 October 1717, when Brazil was still a Portuguese colony, three fishermen (Domingo Garcia, Joao Alves u Filipe Pedroso) went out fishing in the river Paraiba, situated between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo, because Governor Dom Pedro de Almeida was due to pay a visit to that area. …
6th Sunday of Easter Acts 10: 25-26; 34-35; 44-48; Psalm 97; 1 St. John 4: 7-10; John 15: 9-17 Read: Beloved, let us love one another because love is coming from God and everyone who loves is born from God and recognises God. Anyone who does not love does not recognise God, because God is love. Reflect: Unlike other people who tied the names of their gods to the places …
