John 11:1-45, Fifth Sunday of Lent Let me start with a confession – about my own experiences of coming to confession before I became a priest. As a teenager, I used to be terrified of coming to confession, and really embarrassed to tell all my sins. Naturally, I don’t think any of us are comfortable…
Month: April 2017
Do We Get It? – Rudolf Horst, SVD
John 11:1-45, Fifth Sunday of Lent This semester I teach the 3rd year theology students the Gospel according to John. Last week we reached chapter 11, the raising of Lazarus, and had a long discussion. So many questions popped up and puzzled the students. For example: Why did Jesus not go to see Lazarus when…
Sigh – Jett Villarin, SJ
John 11:1-45, Fifth Sunday of Lent Or in Greek, embrimasthai. It is a word that is variously translated as a groaning, a thundering within, a trembling inside. It is what Jesus lets out when he sees his dear friends Martha and Mary weeping, when he asks where his beloved Lazarus lies. “Jesus said in great…
Origin – Jett Villarin, SJ
Homily for the Senior High School Graduation Mass, Ateneo de Manila University, 31st Mar 2017 So Jesus cried out in the temple area as he was teaching and said, “You know me and also know where I am from. Yet I did not come on my own, but the one who sent me, whom you…
One Lost Sheep 