Today’s Gospel passage reveals to us the significance of one’s faith and humility in God. The story describes how our Lord went away from Galilee and withdrew to the north of Israel, to the borders of the ancient towns of Tyre and Sidon which are in modern day Lebanon. Christ hoped that here, away from Jewish cities, He could find …
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“Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house” You have heard, dear brothers and sisters, the story of Zacchaeus many times. Being so distinctive, it is known to all. Who was Zacchaeus? What did he do? Today’s Gospel tells us briefly: “He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. And he sought …
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“And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned and with a loud voice glorified God” (Lk 17:15) Today’s gospel brings us the account of the cleansing of the ten lepers. We are taught just how great a sin ingratitude can be, but to be thankful is a profound virtue. These lepers lived with the fear of death …
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In today’s Gospel the Lord upon hearing of the imprisonment of John the Baptist, now comes to Capernaum, located north of Israel. This region, the heart of Galilee, was the starting place of our Lords public ministry. Galilee at this time had quite a mixed population, with many Gentiles (non-Jews) in the area; hence Isaiah called it “Galilee of the …
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Ηχος βʹ. Mode 2nd. Δόξα Τὰ σύμπαντα σήμερον ἀγαλλιά‐ σθω, Χριστὸς ἐφάνη ἐν Ἰορδάνῃ. Glory. Leap for joy today, O universe; for Christ has appeared in the Jordan. This feast day brings to us an epiphany of the true light, Jesus Christ (Isa 42:7; cf. Matt 4:16), and God’s mystery as Trinity, One God but Three Persons. Jesus does not …
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ModeOfLife Become love as God exhorts us, for this is the true starting point for changing your life and the world. For it is love that will bring respect, justice and equity into the world, not our personal opinion of what justice or equity is.