Matthew 13:24-30, 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time When I was a teenager, our English teacher wore a t-shirt that amused me immensely. On it was written the caption, the older I get, the better I was! I remember him using the t-shirt to both educate us about tenses and also about life. As time passes,…
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Listen to the Groaning – Johnny Go, SJ
Matthew 13:24-43, 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time In his letter to the Romans, St. Paul uses an intriguing description to refer to the sound of the Spirit praying in us: “The Spirit himself intercedes with “inexpressible groanings.” There’s a reason why the Apostle didn’t liken it to something more conventional and even appealing. Like why…
The Heart of the Gospel – Mark Aloysius, SJ
Matthew 13:-19; 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time In the film Inception, a team of skilled thieves, who steal corporate secrets through entering the dreams of others, are given the task of planting an idea in the mind of an heir of a major corporation. The idea that they are tasked to plant is to dissolve…
Sower – Rudolf Horst, SVD
Matthew 13:1-9, 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time For people who live in a city, the parable of the sower and the seeds are difficult to understand. And for people who live in the province it is also not easy to understand. Wasn’t the farmer careless throwing the seed on a path, among the thorns and…
Lit – Arnel Aquino, SJ
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…
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…
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…
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 