Deep in the heart of every human person there is a question that never goes away: What will truly make me happy? We search for joy in many places—success, security, recognition, comfort....
On this Sunday of the Word of God, the Church invites us to pause, listen, and let the Word of Christ dwell deeply within us (Col 3:16). The Word we...
The Gospel of John introduces us to a decisive moment, not by narrating Jesus’ baptism directly, but by placing before us the humble and luminous figure of John the Baptist....
In the Bible, places are never neutral in neutral in gender. Seas, deserts, mountains, rivers, and borderlands carry deep theological meaning. When Jesus comes to be baptised, he chooses a...
The Feast of the Epiphany celebrates a manifestatio—epiphaneia—the revealing of a light. But whose light? And to whom is it revealed? To grasp the Gospel of today, it helps to...
The liturgical calendar commentary posted on the catholicculture website tells us this; “Scripture tells us almost nothing about the first years and the boyhood of the Child Jesus. All we...
How the birth of Jesus happened begins today’s gospel’s passage.Matthew emphasises the intervention of the Spirit from the beginning of his story to avoid a misunderstanding that Jesus may have...
Educated by the prophets, Israel had been waiting for the saviour for centuries. But when he came, even the more spiritually prepared and well-disposed struggled to recognise and to welcome...
Every Year on the second Sunday of Advent, the liturgy offers us the preaching of John the Baptist, who prepared the people of Israel for the coming of the Messiah.Today,...
We begin the Season of Advent today—a season that is always full of quiet longing. There is something beautiful in these early Advent days: the evenings grow darker, yet our...
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