A reflection for the 16th Sunday, Ordinary Time, Year B. The readings are: Jeremiah 23:1-6; Psalm 23; Ephesians 2:13-18 and Mark 6:30-34.
Psalm 23 is the most popular or well-known Psalm: The Lord is my Shepherd.
“The Lord is my Shepherd… there is nothing I shall want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. To restful waters He leads me… He refreshes my soul.”
It’s a beautiful Psalm. You should learn it. It’s a great prayer.
I just came back from Bolivia – from the 5th Missionary Congress of the Americas. It was great because there were missionaries from all over the continent, but also a lot of people who are not missionaries. That’s good because we are all called to be missionaries; to have missionary hearts. We are all called to go and announce the Gospel of the Lord.
A reflection for the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B. The readings are Ezekiel 17:22-24; Psalm 92; 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 and Mark 4:26-34.
It’s Father’s Day today and all I can think of is…. The World Cup!
I love how people decide who they will cheer for during the World Cup. Of course you will likely first cheer for your home country, but if your country didn’t classify (sorry Italy!) then, how do you decide who to cheer for?
If I were to ask you right now, who’s going to win the World Cup, you’d be divided into two groups: The people who go with the usual suspects; the big and powerful soccer nations: Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Germany, France, England and Portugal. We can maybe even include Sweden, Belgium and Uruguay in that group.
Read more…
A reflection for the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B. The readings are Ezekiel 17:22-24; Psalm 92; 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 and Mark 4:26-34.
Hoy celebramos el dia del Padre, pero el tema que nos consume es el Mundial.
Me encanta preguntarle a la gente a quien le va en el Mundial. Obviamente en Panamá todos queremos que Panamá gane, aunque sabemos que no es posible. Pero tenemos esperanza.
Pero después que descalifiquen a Panamá, ¿a quién le vas?
Siempre que pregunto hay dos tipos de respuestas. Hay el grupo de gente que apuestan por los mas fuertes y los mejores – los que de verdad pueden ganar: Brasil, Argentina, España, Francia, Alemania, Inglaterra, Portugal. Quizas hasta podemos incluir a Suecia, Bélgica y Uruguay.
Read more…
A reflection for the 3rd Sunday, Easter, Year B. The readings are Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; Psalm 4, 1 John 2:1-5a and Luke 24:35-48.
We have three readings and I have three words for you: Three readings and three words: Ignorance, Knowledge and Understanding.
But first, I have a few questions. We’ll start with the bonus question so you have time to think about it: Who, this past week, said, “Oh, we need Jesus”? Think about that and we’ll get back to that later.
Next question: When is the Feast of the Annunciation?
If you said March 25th you are correct. 100 points. But do you know what day was March 25th this year? If you said, Palm Sunday, you are correct again. 200 points. So we didn’t celebrate the Feast of the Annunciation on Palm Sunday. For 500 points, do you know when it was celebrated? If you said last Monday, April 9, correct once again. Now for the big one, 1000 points, on April 9th, Feast of the Annunciation, Pope Francis released a document: What is it called? If you said Gaudete et Exsultate, you are correct yet again!
deacon pedro 