"STAY WITH US, LORD" (Luke 24:29)

1st Reading     Gen. 14:18-20 Resp. Psalm    Ps. 110:1.2.3,4 (R. 4cd) 2nd Reading    1 Cor. 11: 23-26 Gospel              Luke 9: 11b-17 FEED LIKE JESUS Dear Friends, today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi). We celebrate the "source and summit" of our Christian lives, the Holy Eucharist. Consequently, we celebrate the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist as he is present under the Eucharistic species (SC, 7) through the words of consecration spoken by the Priest. By extension, I believe we can also underscore the celebration of unity of the Church, the mystical body of Christ, brought to reality by the Eucharist. The readings of this Sunday are apt in reminding us and teaching us about the Eucharist and the issue of feeding. The first reading from Genesis 14:18-20 is the last event of Chapter 14,and narrates the return of Abram from his defeat of mighty Chedorlao...

  1st Reading    Proverbs 8:22-31 Resp. Psalm   Ps. 8 (R. 2a) 2nd Reading   Romans 5:1-5 Gospel             John 16:12-15 BE ONE Dear Friends, today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. We celebrate the mystery of three divine persons in one God. It is then important to underline the unity in God. God is One and the number one represents Him as such. The First Reading from Proverbs 8:22-31 draws our focus to an element which catches attention —  WISDOM . The first reading is located within the wider context of a poem on WISDOM in chapters 8 and 9 of the Book of Proverbs. We are reading from the end of Chapter 8 which gives us an imaginative, picturesque view of the origin, value and purpose of WISDOM from a poetic perspective.  A particular feature we must take into consideration is that WISDOM is personified, made like a person who speaks and gives credentials about herself. Indeed, WISDOM i...

1st Reading Acts 2:1-11 Resp. Psalm Ps. 104 (R. 30) 2nd Reading Romans 8:8-17 Gospel John 14:15-16. 23b-26 COME, HOLY SPIRIT Today we bring the season of Easter to an end and we begin the Ordinary Time. This is sandwiched by the feast of Pentecost. This feast has been the focus of many Christians as we prepared towards it.  The feast of Pentecost is traced to the Old Testament where it is called Feast of Weeks (Lev. 23:15-22; Num. 28:26-31), or Feast of Harvest (Ex. 23:16), or SHAVUOT and it is part of the three pilgrim feasts of the Jews (Deut. 16:16). All males shall appear before the Lord in the place which he chooses and they shall not appear empty-handed. The males in Jewish houses are leaders and, hence ensure that every member of the household travels to Jerusalem to worship and offer his thanksgiving offering to God for the blessing of harvest . If you like, the Feast of Weeks is a thanksgiving day for Divine Providence. On this day, first fruits a...