Third Week of Easter “Whoever eats of this bread will live forever.” Jn 6:52-59 Once again…obstinate in their models of who God should be, Jesus’ contemporaries and religious leaders did not accept his liberating message, nor could they understand it. That invitation of Jesus to eat his flesh and drink his blood sounded strange and …
Third Week of Easter “This is the will of the Father, that everyone who sees the Son should have eternal life.” Jn. 6:35-40 In this short reading from John’s Gospel, we can observe some categorical statements of Jesus regarding himself, his promises, teachings, revelations, the will of the Father, and the fulfillment of all this, …
Third Week of Easter “What signs do you do that we may see and believe in you? What work do you do?” Jn 6:30-35 In today’s gospel people wanted to see spectacular signs in Jesus in order to believe. They want the bread of the past, which they neither remember, nor have they eaten of …
Third Week of Easter “The Bread of Life” Jn. 6:22-29 This passage challenges us to reflect on our motivations in seeking Jesus. Do we seek Him for who He is, or only for what He can give us? By recognizing our spiritual needs and depending on his guidance, we can develop a deeper, more genuine …
Second Week of Easter Five barley loaves and two fish. Jn. 6:1-15 The gesture of a young man… That young man, without a name or face, is going to make possible what seems impossible. His willingness to share all that he has is the way to feed those people. Jesus will do the rest: He …
Today’s Gospel tells us that the one who works evil cannot bear the light because the light shines where there is truth, justice, and sincerity. Jesus came to be the light of the world as Isaiah had said: “The people who walked in darkness saw a great Light”; and the light came, but people preferred …
It is disconcerting in today’s Gospel to read that final sentence: sending on a mission that seems utopian when we stop to see who is sending, who is being sent and at what time. It is Jesus’ command to his disciples, those who had been with him, but had abandoned him at the moment of …
April 26. “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to all creation.” Mk. 16:9-15 Read More »
Once again, this account of Luke’s Gospel invites us to reflect, to discover something wonderful that we did not expect. The two disciples were going towards Emmaus full of disappointment, thinking about what they had experienced with Jesus, but disappointed because in the end everything was a failure; They never tired of commenting on what …
April 23. Didn’t our hearts burn when we heard His word? Lc. 24,13-35 Read More »
That encounter between Mary Magdalene and the Risen One is very telling and moving. She recognizes him when she is called by her name; she cannot doubt that it is He, her teacher, whom she sought full of tears and pain. She wants to embrace Him, to stay with Him, but that is not what …
On this Monday after Easter, the Gospel presents us with the passage of the women who, on going to the tomb of Jesus, find it empty and see an angel who announces to them that Jesus is risen. And while they are running to tell the disciples, they meet Jesus himself who tells them: “Go …
