Christmas Day | December 25, 2009 Christmas is for Everybody Jn 1:1-18 Merry Christmas! Nowadays this greeting is gradually being replaced with “Happy Holidays”, “Yuletide Greetings”, “Season’s Greetings.” But instead of harboring negative feelings about this, let us try to consider a positive view. Perhaps one reason for this is because even peoples of...
Rejoice? What Do You Mean? Lk 3:10-18 The third Sunday of Advent is called “Gaudete Sunday.” “Gaudete” means “Rejoice!” This is the theme expressed by St. Paul in his Letter to the Philippians: “Rejoice in the Lord always!” The word “rejoice” is composed of two words: “re” (again) and “joy”. So St. Paul repeated...
Trust the Parachute, not the Knapsack! Lk 21:25-28, 34-36 A small private plane was flying with three passengers on board: an old priest, a rich businessman and a boy scout. Suddenly, the engine sputtered and stopped altogether. They all rushed to get their parachutes. They were horrified to realize that there were not enough...
