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Have we “resurrected” too?
Many years ago, I was puzzled by the mystery of the Incarnation, not of its credibility, but the manner in which Jesus became man. It was later I learned that God chooses to come to us in silence, humility and hardships. But then, a bigger puzzle follows – the mystery of the Resurrection. If salvation […]
Publish date: 2019 - 4 - 21
Our own forty days in the desert
If the genealogy of Jesus in Luke’s Gospel, which begins from His human origin “He was the son, as was thought of Joseph . . .” (Lk 3:23), is meant to underscore His human background; the temptations in today’s Gospel reading further prove the reality of His human nature – “He had to become like […]
Publish date: 2019 - 3 - 10
Our own forty days in the desert
Temptations are like litmus papers, revealing the depth of our faith and love in God.
Publish date: 2019 - 3 - 10
“We three kings of orient are . . .”
Let yourself be transformed by the good news
Publish date: 2019 - 1 - 6
Salvation history is human history
Let us widen our lens when reading the Bible and do not dissociate its stories with our present age and the world we are in now
Publish date: 2018 - 12 - 9
Why is the love of God verified by the love of neighbours?
Loving our neighbours reveals God's love to them.
Publish date: 2018 - 11 - 4
As it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever and ever
God's eternal plan encompasses all that He has predestined to occur
Publish date: 2018 - 10 - 7
Pass on or pass over traditions?
The transmission of the Holy Tradition is indeed the transmission of “the living memorial of God's Word”
Publish date: 2018 - 9 - 2
We are what we eat
One basic and unchangeable fact is that we need nourishment for our human body to grow and sustain life. Nourishment comes from food and drink. Today’s readings put alongside two kinds of food: food for the body and food for the soul. Though later generations refer it as “grain from heaven” (Ps 78:24) or “bread […]
Publish date: 2018 - 8 - 5
Which kind of branches are we?
A search for a favourite word of John in his gospel would easily lead to the Greek verb meno which is usually translated as “abide/remain”. The word signals a relationship. It suggests a relationship with deep attachment, loyalty and constant union in contrast to a contact which may be intense but short lived with no […]
Publish date: 2018 - 4 - 26
Do we see what he sees?
To see - with eyes of the intellect or eyes of the heart?
Publish date: 2018 - 4 - 1
He is willing, so be cleansed!
Blessed are those who are aware they are spiritual lepers
Publish date: 2018 - 2 - 11
“. . . peace among people of good will” (Lk 2:14)
Be it as simple as the shepherds or as wise as the Magi, God's blessings are the same for those who seek Him with good will and humility.
Publish date: 2018 - 1 - 7
“. . . among those born of women there has not risen a greater than John the Baptist”
Is it because of His status? His relation to Jesus? His role?
Publish date: 2017 - 12 - 10
Is Jesus’ law of love a continuity or a discontinuity to the law of Moses?
Jesus' authority as the risen Christ underwrites the interpretation of the Law
Publish date: 2017 - 11 - 5
What can we learn from the teaching of “repaying good for evil” ?
Free ourselves from taking revenge and we merit God's blessings as His children in perfection
Publish date: 2017 - 10 - 8
“Am I my brother’s keeper?”
We are each others' keepers in God's plan of salvation.
Publish date: 2017 - 9 - 10
Faith is a gift, an immense privilege of belief
“Each believer is thus a link in the great chain of believers”
Publish date: 2017 - 8 - 27
Are we willing to become the anawim?
The joy and peace that Jesus gives will surely far outweigh the weight of the yoke.
Publish date: 2017 - 7 - 9
Whose fault is it of not knowing the truth?
The inability to understand the truth is largely a result of arrogance, not ignorance.
Publish date: 2017 - 6 - 18
Loving Jesus from the heart-knowledge
Jesus' promises to us are as true as they were to the apostles.
Publish date: 2017 - 5 - 21
