This homily is based on Mark 10:17-30.
One may come away reading today’s Gospel with the sinking feeling that the Lord makes too many demands. Here we meet a rich young man who desires to be good. He runs up to Jesus and asks eagerly: “What must I do to inherit eternal life?”
This reflection is based on Mark 9:38-48. was written in 2015. I am reposting this because Pope Francis needs our prayers as he faces vicious attacks even from within the Church.
I’m reading the new book from Filipino priest-poet, Fr. Albert Alejo, SJ, Nabighani. It’s a lovely book of religious poetry translated into Filipino and guaranteed to make you fall in love all over again with our language. One of its gems that immediately caught my eye was a little-known piece entitled “Upang Ako’y Ngumiti sa Buo Kong Buhay” (“That I May Smile All My Life”), a prayer written by a Jorge Mario Bergoglio on the day of his ordination on December 13, 1969.
This reflection is based on Mark 9:30-37.
I wonder how the disciples must have felt when our Lord caught them discussing a somewhat embarrassing topic. On their way to Capernaum, our Lord noticed how engaging and perhaps even heated the disciples’ discussion was getting. So when they reached their destination, it was only natural that Jesus ask them what their argument was all about.
This homily is based on Mark 8:27-35.
I found myself laughing out loud this Sunday morning over someone’s tweet. It was a short video clip of a girl applying for membership to a church group.
This homily is based on Mark 7:1-23.
I took an early morning stroll today in a city I don’t know, one I’ve never set foot in before. Learning that I had only one day in the city, a friendly Afghan immigrant in a 24-hour convenience store pointed the way to a famous park nearby.
