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June 19 2020: Solemnity of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - A. READINGS: DT 7:6-11; PS 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 10; 1 JN4:7-16; MT 11:25-30. A German proverb says, “What comes from the heart, goes to the heart.” And a Nilotic proverb adds, “If you have a lot, give some of your possessions; if you have little; give some of your heart.” We are in a century where people use sign language more than we could imagine. We would think to be at the ages before the discovery of the writings, the period of the hieroglyph. Beside the official language of the people with physical impediments, the mutes and the deaf, the social media is the greatest horizon today of sign language. On social media, all is said in pictograph, symbol, and ideogram. In this sense, when one means that he is happy, there are the emoji of a smiling face. The one who is grieving or sad shows a face full of tears. When you love something, you give a heart. The heart is the symbol and source of love. Where love is, there too is t...

June 14, 2020 Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ - A. READINGS: Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a; Ps 147:12-13, 14-15,19-20; 1 Cor 10:16-17; Jn 6:51-58. An Indian proverb says, “The water from the river becomes salty when it reaches the ocean.” And a Spanish proverb adds, “What one does, one becomes.” How do you define a sacrament? By definition, a sacrament is a visible sign of invisible realities. The Holy Eucharist, in that sense, is the most wonderful sacrament. For, it is the visible sign of the invisible realities of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. There is a beautiful and close connection that we can perceive between the Cross and the sacrament of the Eucharist. They both talk about the Body of Christ. They both talk about sacrifice. They both talk about love. The Cross and the Holy Eucharist are a love story written in blood. This is the story of the Body of Christ. We are celebrating today the solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, the Corpus Ch...

June 7, 2020 The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity READINGS: Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9; Dn 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56; 2 Cor13:11-13; Jn 3:16-18. A Romanian proverb says, “Goose and gander and gosling are three sounds but one thing.” And a Russian proverb adds, “The Tsar has three hands but only one ear.” The Father loves the Son. The Son loves the Father. That communion of love which unites the Father to the Son is expressed into a person, the Holy Spirit. The Holy Trinity is a community and communion of love between three: The Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We all are born from that love, immersed in it, and created by it. So, our relationship with the Holy Trinity is a love story. As a student in first-year Theology, one of the most challenging questions I got to answer during our exam in Dogmatic was, how to explain the Holy Trinity in your mother tongue? Actually, the Holy Trinity is one of the most complicated dogma to explain. And it becomes harder when we approach...

May 31 2020: Pentecost Sunday. Solemnity Mass during the Day Readings: Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34; 1Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13; Jn 20:19-23. A Klingon proverb says, “For one mission, there is one leader.” And another Latin proverb adds, “Diverse grapes, through time, grow together.” The Holy Spirit is the great commissioner. He is the one who sends in mission and gives the seal of authenticity to any mission. Jesus, our Lord received his mission from the Holy Spirit the day of his Baptism and that marked the beginning of his public life and ministry as we read in Mt 3:16-17 and Lk 3:21-22. It is said that, “after Jesus was baptized… the heavens were opened [for him], and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove [and] coming upon him.” From that very moment, Jesus was sent into his mission that led him till the Cross where he died and rose from the dead. The day of the Ascension officially marked the end of the Lord’s mission. But before departing from his...