nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp The nbsp astounding salvific nbsp revelations to Mary about the identity of her Son deserve to be the subject of homilies on this Feast of the Annunciation nbsp What Gabriel makes known to Mary becomes the patrimony of the Gospel reader with these revelations he can unde

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp This Gospel reading pleads that we be assured that we are loved by God He has given us eternal life by having his Son raised on the cross on our behalf nbsp Only love of us could move God to have his Son die for us nbsp How can we ever say ldquo God does not love me r

nbsp nbsp This brief notice Mark gives illustrates a number of points of his interest as he writes to Christians in Rome nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp First there is the fundamental central interest of the public life of Jesus the announcement of the presence of the Kingdom of God nbsp This means

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Two stories about Jesus that I think will be a guide for Lent are His nbsp calling at the time of his baptism and nbsp his temptations in the desert which immediately follow this baptism story nbsp The descent of the Spirit into Jesus and the words from on High yo

The Presentation of Jesus and the Purification of Mary is one of the seven stories which make up Luke 1 and 2 Luke chose to introduce the adult life of Jesus and eventually the Acts of the Apostles Certainly Luke continued to solidify the Holy Family s fidelity to the Old Testament religio

They entered Capharnaum on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee that is Jesus and his disciples He taught on the Sabbath in the synagogue he is the only teacher in his group The people in the synagogue were astounded by Jesus teaching because he was teaching with authority i e

This Sunday s Gospel is a selection from the Gospel of John specifically a passage that tells of two of John s disciples becoming disciples of Jesus To preach on this text can be made relatively simple certainly to change one s religious dedication and devotion in the light of new understa

Nothing less than pivotal is the baptism of Jesus Matthew our Gospel writer of Sunday tells us nothing about Jesus after the notice that the Holy Family settled in Nazareth nothing till this moment when Jesus seeks baptism from John Lest this turning to John for a religious act seem

The ancient world in all its parts had what we strictly or loosely call Philosophers that is those who love wisdom which is what Philosopher means Wisdom is avidly searched for because wisdom is the prerequisite or requirement for happiness and happiness perfect happiness is what we al

Mark s Gospel has been called The Gospel that tells of Jesus who announced the Kingdom of God Certainly the Gospel does tell that story It emphasizes at least for awhile the wondrous deeds of Jesus These are miracles that seem only possible if God does them indeed the conscious hist