25 Sunday B : Become like a little Child
Michel DeVerteuil
Textual Comments
Today’s passage is in two sections:
– a narrative which gives the context of the entire passage (verses 30-32);
– two teachings on humility, both woven into dramatic narratives (verses 33-35 and 36-37) which flow from the previous teaching.
As usual, we are free to take each section separately, or then we can see an inner logic between them.
Bl.. Moreau - Holy Cross- Videos - Prayer Service
Moreau: Mystery of the Cross
(R) Redeem us and make us redeemers by the mystery of the Cross
1) Living the example of Jesus Christ, fidelity to our commitment as religious, will lead to the cross. Father Moreau writes: "Jesus himself told us that following him is reduced to three things: renouncing ourselves, taking up our cross, and walking in his footsteps. The cross is not merely a possibility in religious life, nor even a probability; it is an inevitability.
2) God, you who called the world into being, you who created women and men and set them free to live in love, in obedience and especially to those of us called to live in the religious community of Holy Cross, grant a deeper insight into the mystery of the cross, we pray
Exaltation of the Cross
1. Fr. John Speekman:
Numbers 21:4-9; Philippians 2:6-11; John 3:13-17
The Cross in our lives usually occupies the same space we put all the other unpleasant, unwanted things – disappointments, hurts, humiliations, failures - all the burdensome things we don't want to remember, all the broken relationships and sufferings of our lives. Needless to say it's not a pleasant spot to go; it's a dark, uncomfortable place, to be avoided at all costs.
Bihar: People work 5 Years to turn the Course of a River
Pratapgarh villagers turn ‘Manjhi’ for a river
PRATAPGARH/ALLAHABAD: After five years of collective work, over 10,000 people in nearly 50 villages of Pratapgarh and Allahabad districts have been successful in bringing the Bakulahi river back to its natural course. If Bihar`s Dasrath Manjhi`s resolve to break mountain was for carving out a road, these Manjhis from Mandhata block of Pratagarh were determined to end their water woes. The entire digging work of about 18 km started in August 2011 and finished by July end this year.
Apple Story: From Whatsapp Community
A lovely little
girl was holding two apples with both hands.
Her mum came in and softly asked her little daughter with a smile; my sweetie, could you give your mum one of your two apples?
Her mum came in and softly asked her little daughter with a smile; my sweetie, could you give your mum one of your two apples?
Bishop Domnic Kimengich: Dignity and Service
He is Most Reverend Domnic Kimengich. He is the diocesan bishop of Lordwar, Kenya. He equated himself as one among his people and came down keeping his dignity ...and office for a while aside and carried the food grains along with the volunteers and the local youth for the poor hungry flock of his diocese. He set a wonderful example as a servant appointed by the servant of servants, not to master but to serve, to the rest of the bishops in the world. There is much to learn from him.
23 Sunday B - Ephphatha
23rd Sunday B from Padir Neylu
Michel DeVerteuil Textual Comments
We are given the context of today’s story: it took place as Jesus was “returning from the district of Tyre”. He was passing “by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee” and this brought him “right through the Decapolis region”. This reminds us that we must know how to leave our ordinary surroundings so that we can meet people like this man.
Today’s gospel passage is a healing story. We must be careful to interpret these stories correctly. For example, we would be wrong to draw the conclusion that since Jesus healed miraculously, all his followers are called to do the same. That would be to misunderstand the meaning of the miracles.
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