Matthew 13:1-9, 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time. With the help of brain imaging, neurologists can actually hook us up to a machine and see parts of our brain light up as they get activated by stimulus—like a picture of a loved one, a whiff of cologne, a song. What neuroscientists find fascinating is when someone…
Month: July 2017
Wasting Time with God – Fr Tito Caluag
Matthew 11:25-30, 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time On the highest point of the Ateneo de Manila campus in Loyola Heights used to stand an imposing statute of the Sacred Heart. The statue was moved to the plaza of the University Church, the Church of the Gesu, when it was built on the same site as…
And my burden is light… – Rudolf Horst, SVD
Matthew 11:25-30, 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time “Come to me, all you labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” That sounds wonderful. Isn’t this good news for all of us because who among us is not burdened with problems? But Jesus is not finished. He continues, “Take my yoke upon you and…
Yoke – Fr Harold Parilla
Matthew, 11:25-30, 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Gospel passage for today can be a great source of consolation for many people. Come to think of it, who among us do not experience getting burdened by the cares of the world? Who among us have not felt the weight of our responsibilities in the family…
In Exile – Ron Rolheiser, OMI
Matthew 11:25-30, 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time A comedian recently quipped that today’s information technologies have effectively rendered a number of things obsolete, most notably phone-books and human courtesy. That’s also true for human rest. Today’s information technologies (the internet, email, software programs like Facebook, mobile phones, IPhones, pocket computers, and the like) have made…
Try a Little Gentleness – Ben Sim, SJ
Matthew 11:25-30, 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Seven hundred years before Jesus was born, a Greek slave, by the name of Aesop, compiled a collection of stories known today as Aesop’s Fables. One of the fables deals with a dispute between the sun and the wind. The dispute was over which of the two was…
Space for God – Willy Samson, SJ
Matthew 11: 25-30, 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Gospel today brings us closer to the heart of Jesus, especially his desire for us to develop a deeper relationship with Him and with the Father through our prayers. I remember preacher Bo Sanchez sharing his experience of sitting in a chair and watching his children…
The Enemies of Love – Willy Samson, SJ
Matthew 9:1-8, Thursday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time In our Gospel today, Jesus expressed his disappointment with the Pharisees after he attempted to forgive the sins of the paralyzed man and was branded doing a blasphemous act. He said, “Why do you have such wicked thoughts in your hearts?” Think about it. Like…
Worth It – Rudolf Horst, SVD
Matthew 10:37-42; 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Let us be honest, it’s not easy to follow Jesus, but it’s worth it. That sums up the message Jesus is trying to communicate to us in today’s Gospel passage – and it’s a message that we constantly need to be reminded of, especially when age and illness…
Coming in Second – Fr Harold Parilla
Matthew 10:37-42, 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time If we read the Gospel more closely, we will certainly find it intriguing, if not outright disturbing. Jesus says that our parents and our children should only come second in our hierarchy of loves. They are secondary; God comes first. If parents and children come first, we become…
What if God were one of us – Mark Aloysius, SJ
Matthew 10:37-42, 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time I. There was once a monastery which was dying as it only had five monks left. Despairing over the eventual demise of his monastery, the Abbot went to see a wise Rabbi who lived nearby for advice. The Rabbi welcomed the Abbot in his little hut. The two…
Thaw – Arnel Aquino, SJ
Matthew 10:37-42, 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time You’ve heard of parents who would love for a son or daughter to enter the priesthood or to be a nun. My parents were like that. Funny how you remember some things like they happened only yesterday, but it was one rainy night when Dad and I sat…
One Lost Sheep 