Easter Reflections on this past Sunday’ Readings at Mass: By Robert Zünd – joyfulheart ; upload Dezember 2008 ; upload by Adrian Michael, Public Domain, Link It was impossible for Christ to be held by death because Christ is life. How can life be held by death? The joke is on death, death thought it had the upper hand …
Category: Scriptural Arson
On the Scripture Readings we had in Lent
During the past few Sundays of Lent, the Church, being an extension of Christ, has ventured into the desert in the footsteps of her spouse. And as a result, I’ve contemplated the cohesive illustration painted by the Sunday Mass readings which Holy Mother Church has offered. 1st Week: Adam and Eve were exiled out of the garden …
St. Mary Magdalene and the Gardener
Every year on July 22 the Church honors St. Mary Magdalene. There is so much i’d like to say about her… i’ll have to post another one of these. The Gospel tells us that Jesus cast seven (as in 7 deadly sins) demons out of her and that she was at the Foot of the …
Some thoughts about the rich man and Lazarus…
The rich man was so preoccupied with himself that he probably didn’t even notice Lazarus was right there in front of him. It seems that he pretty much spent all his time on fancy clothes, rich food and nothing else. He eventually went to hell— not for being rich but for not doing anything, for …
Suffering: endure your trials as discipline
For the past few days I haven’t been able to get around easily because my wheelchair controller is fried. All of a sudden it just wouldn’t turn on. The new controller has been ordered and the tech at the company hopes to install it before the weekend. It is a little bit more than inconvenient …
Candlemas
Yesterday was the Feast of Presentation of Our Lord Jesus which is celebrated 40 days after his birth: And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every …
Epiphany: Nothing to Fear!
Take courage, be not afraid, it is I… This is what Jesus tells the terrified 12 as he walks across the face of the water. Having control over the water having mastery over it are attributed to God. Jesus shows himself here, reveals himself as God. Earlier he had just multiplied the fish and the …
St. Jerome: all things are possible with God
Born in 342AD in the Roman territory called Dalmatia, St. Jerome was one of the greatest Scripture scholars of all time. He was baptized later in life and became a monk. A student of Greek, St. Jerome studied Hebrew under a rabbi in Syria. He served as priest secretary for Pope Damasus in Rome. Moving …
Holy Week ’08: Palm/Passion Sunday
Holy Week has begun. Today is Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday. Jesus has set His face like flint and He won’t back down. “He humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.” The Lord GOD is my help, therefore I am not disgraced; I have set my face like …
Epiphany!
Some thoughts on Epiphany… The word epiphany means manifestation–a revelation or disclosure of information about someone. Yesterday was the Feast of the Epiphany. That of Jesus to the Magi, Wise men/Kings from the East. It’s the revelation of God-in-the-flesh to all the nations, to the Gentiles, represented by the Magi. The Magi were astronomers, believed …