Religious Education - Children
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Jesus said to his disciples: “You have heard that it was said. You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on...
Thank You from the Sister Parish Ministry
SISTER PARISH ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP DRAWS TO A CLOSE Thank you so much for your continued generosity to our brothers and sisters at Santa Ana parish, located in the outskirts of Lima, Peru. All the children who were in need of scholarships have been sponsored. Do you...
An eye for an eye
In today’s gospel from Mark, Jesus continues His discourse called the Sermon on the Mount. It is from a section of the Sermon which is marked with “you have heard it said… but I say to you…” He is not overturning the Ten Commandments and the Law of Moses, but rather...
Head or Heart
Some people lead with their heart while others are very rational and use their head in making decisions. Today’s Solemnity of the Sacred Heart might make us think that Jesus always leads with His heart. There is some truth in this view since Jesus teaches that mercy...
The Higher Law is Love
After Jesus said that He has come to fulfill the Law and not abolish it in yesterday’s Gospel, He goes on to point out concrete cases. The first refers to the command “you should not kill.” One evening a TV executive was eating dinner with his family. During the meal,...
The Lens of the Covenant
The gospel text for this Wednesday of the 10th Week is taken from the “Sermon on the Mount” in Matthew’s gospel: 17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.18 Amen, I say to you, until heaven and...
Discipleship, Salt, Light
“Give Glory to God” In today’s Gospel Jesus continues his Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-7:28). This Sermon begins with the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-12) whereby Jesus teaches us what it means to be his disciple: it means to be “poor in spirit”, that is, to be...
Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
This week, we celebrate The Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a devotional with long and historic provenance within Christianity, and in modern times has been established as a Solemnity for the universal Church. The Solemnity was first celebrated in France. The...
Peacemaker
A Buddhist monk was asked to teach meditation at a prison near the monastery. Many of the inmates had never met a monk. After the first session, they began to ask him about his life in the monastery. “We get up at four o’clock every morning,” the monk explained. ...
The Christ is the Son of David
In many parts of the Gospel the most significant groups of Judaism from the time of Jesus (Pharisees, scribes, Sadducees) ask and Jesus answers. Yesterday’s Gospel was one of them. Today we hear that it is Jesus' turn to ask. While Jesus was in the temple, He takes...