2 Sm 7:4-5, 12-14, 16; Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24 Today, we celebrate the feast of St. Joseph. Interestingly, St. Joseph’s character has been so written that he does not get to speak anything, though he was the Father of Jesus, the spouse of Mary, and the head of the Holy Family. […]
Deut 4:1, 5-9; Mt 5:17-19 In today’s Gospel, we find Jesus reclaiming the relevance of God’s law. When Jesus declares that he came not to abolish but to fulfill the law or the prophets, we might wonder what he meant when he disobeyed the Sabbath laws. Our perspective needs a corrective. Jesus always fulfilled God’s
Is 49: 8-15; Jn 5:17-30 Today’s Gospel highlights sacrifice as a relative virtue thanks to the fact that what we sacrifice depends on how much we love someone. I believe that a story can help us understand the mutuality of love between Jesus and his Father. As he was walking on the street, a man