Matthew 22:34-40, 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Singer/songwriter Howie Day has a couple of great lines in his 2003 hit, “Collide”: Even the best fall down sometimes. Even the wrong words seem to rhyme. Never mind the rest of the song–which, of course, is a love song–but I think those two lines capture something pretty…
Month: October 2017
Diyos, Bayan, Pamilya, Barkada, Sarili – Jonjee Sumpaico, SJ
Matthew 22:34-40, 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Every time I have the opportunity to come home to Loyola Heights in Quezon City, I am amazed at how the activity in the area has changed so much all these years. It was just a four-lane road when I began my studies at the Ateneo in 1978….
Look What Love Is Doing – John Foley, SJ
Matthew 22:34-40; 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Kids go through grade school and high school with important questions to face. Am I “in” with the crowd? Could I hold my own against the bullies, can I get along with girls/boys, did I wear the right clothes, am I cool enough, what about sex? And so…
Are You Really Seeking The Truth? – Francis Alvarez, SJ
Matthew 22;15-21, 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time “Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God” (Matthew 22:21). This verse has launched many heated discussions and tirades about the relationship between religion and the state. But I do not think Jesus set out to pronounce something definitive about faith and politics…
Power – Joel Liwanag, SJ
Matthew 22:15-21, 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Have you ever been asked a trick question? Have you ever been pushed into a difficult situation wherein, as they say, you were damned if you do, damned if you don’t? How did you manage to escape from such trap? In today’s Gospel, Jesus is pushed into such…
Sunday Christians, Cafeteria Catholics, Etc – Johnny Go, SJ
Matthew 22:15-21, 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time In today’s Gospel reading, our Lord utters his famous line: “Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and repay to God what belongs to God.” At first glance, the Lord seems to be proposing a division between our usual lives and our so-called spiritual lives. Sort of like Sunday Christianity, when people act…
Which One? – John Foley, SJ
Matthew 22:15-21, 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time There seem to be two realms, God’s and Caesar’s. Jesus says so in Sunday’s Gospel. “Give to God the things that are God’s and to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s.” But can’t we live in both worlds? We want to, don’t we? Jesus made his statement to…
Wider and Wider Circles – Arnel Aquino, SJ
Matthew 22:1-14, 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time When I was a novice, I was assigned to Culion island, in Palawan, for a month. I visited patients in the hospital everyday. And there was always one or two patients who would go down memory lane and tell me lovely stories about Jesuits who had been assigned…
The Big Feast – Willy Samson, SJ
Matthew 22:1-14, 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Gospel today describes God as generous, loving and caring. He is a laboring God who thinks not of himself, but of us. Then he even prepares a big banquet for us – to feed us with plenty and nourish us with his heavenly feast! When we think…
Feast or Fast – John Foley, SJ
Matthew 22:1-14, 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Do you remember the movie Babette’s Feast? Maybe you saw it or at least have heard of it. The Gospel parable reminds us of that movie. Babette, an impoverished cook, made her way into a small town where the religion of the area made people hard and cold…
A Full Heart – Arnel Aquino, SJ
Homily for Fr Archie Intengan, SJ I wish you had the chance of living with Fr Archie Intengan. He was one of the kindest, gentlest brothers we’ve ever had. Every day since Fr Archie died, I would hear at least one fellow Jesuit say that he cried when he got the news. Ganong klase siyang…
Don’t Shoot the Messenger – Arnel Aquino, SJ
Matthew 21:33-43, 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time What I find very disturbing in today’s parable is that the landowner wasn’t even asking for his land back. He just wanted his share of the harvest from a vineyard that he himself planted and grew. So, the truth of the matter is, he didn’t have to be…
One Lost Sheep 