REFLECTIONS TODAY Alleluia! Alleluia! Jesus is risen! This is the night when the tomb is found empty. There is no sense looking for Jesus among the dead. Jesus is the living One who will die no more (Rom 6:9). Tonight, we complete our Paschal Triduum. We have received the commandment to love one...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Today is Good Friday. We worship the Lord Jesus as he lays down his life for us. Moreover, we worship the Lord by living up to the challenge of accomplishing the mission he handed on to us. Jesus’ earthly mission is over, but God’s work of salvation continues through the new...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Today is Maundy Thursday The word Maundy, from Latin mandatum, means “commandment.” As we enter the Paschal Triduum, we reflect on Jesus’ act of washing the feet of his disciples. We may reflect on the virtue of humility. Jesus is the master who washes the feet of his...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Today’s Gospel narrates that Judas Iscariot goes to the chief priests to betray Jesus. He asks them money in exchange for his betrayal of Jesus. Judas wants to have more. Evil catches us when we are not contented with what we have. Not to be contented with whatever is...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Today’s Gospel passage narrates the announcement of Judas’ betrayal. After Judas has left, the narrator of John’s Gospel emphatically writes: “It was night” (v 30). Night implies darkness. The imagery of darkness applies not only to the situation of Judas for...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Today’s Gospel passage tells of the anointing of Jesus’ feet by Mary of Bethany. The anointing of Jesus’ feet is connected with the offering of Jesus’ life. Mary anoints the feet of Jesus with costly perfumed oil while Judas Iscariot entertains evil thoughts about...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Gospel • Lk 22:14—23:56 [or 23:1-49] When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him and the criminals there, one on his right, the other on his left. Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.” They divided his garments by...
REFLECTIONS TODAY The signs (miracles) performed by Jesus in John’s Gospel are meant for people to believe and, in believing, have life in the name of Jesus (20:30-31). However, today’s Gospel passage narrates that the many signs which Jesus has performed cause an alarm among those in...
REFLECTIONS TODAY In John’s Gospel, the word (ho logos) and the works (erga) of Jesus are profoundly inseparable. We have already reflected on the challenge of keeping the word of Jesus so that we will remain in him and in God the Father. We recall that Jesus is the eternal Logos of the...
REFLECTIONS TODAY In the Gospel of John, Jesus offers the fullness of life both in the here and now (10:10) or in the life hereafter (20:31). In today’s Gospel passage, Jesus tells us that those who keep his word will never taste death. Only those who do not keep Jesus’ word will...
REFLECTIONS TODAY It is not easy to break away from the shackles of untruthfulness because it is also never easy to remain in Jesus’ word. Jesus’ word has the power to free us from the enslaving chains of falsehood. However, we need to truly accept Jesus’ word if the full effect...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Jesus is the true light coming into the world (1:9). With the light that he provides, the sin of humanity is also exposed and that those who are in sin reject the light because they do not want their evil deeds to be exposed (3:19-21). In today’s Gospel passage, Jesus...
