Month: November 2022
The Hope of Christ’s Coming
Read More: The Hope of Christ’s Coming1st Sunday of Advent, 27 November 2022 Matthew 24:37-44 Today as we embark on this new season of Advent, may the light of Christ come to you. The first Advent candle represents HOPE, which emanates from what God has been doing in our lives and, more importantly, what He will sooner or later do for…
Christ the King
Read More: Christ the King20 November 2022 Luke 23:33-43 Today we join billions of Christians around the world in celebrating the Feast of Christ the King, which marks the end of the liturgical year. We all have different questions about Christianity and our faith, but I hope that today at least we will have a glimpse of the end, which…
The Feast of All Saints
Read More: The Feast of All Saints1 November 2022 Today we celebrate with Christians all around the world the Feast of All Saints.[i] During the early centuries of the Church, Christians were being martyred, and after the number had exceeded 365, they combined their remembrance in a single feast. As we’re reminded of them today, may we be inspired by their lives. Run…
Who is Coming?
Read More: Who is Coming?Proper 28, 13 November 2022 Luke 20:39-21:4 Next Sunday, the liturgical year ends with the Feast of Christ the King. I love the liturgical calendar: We not only preach the Gospel but trace the life and footsteps of Christ through the whole year. It teaches us to anticipate and hope for the promise, seek Christ in…
ICCEC Madrid Leadership Training Seminar 2022
Read More: ICCEC Madrid Leadership Training Seminar 2022REGENERATING THE SPIRITUAL BOND OF CHRISTIAN UNITY INTRODUCTION Romanticizing “Sunny Spain” could be an enticing description that draws “sun worshippers” from the colder regions of the northern hemisphere. Yet, the “dog days of summer” is no joke at all for the long-time denizens of this European country just a few hundred kilometers north of Africa. Nevetheless, “heat” or “warmth”…
We Have a Living Hope
Read More: We Have a Living HopeProper 27, 6 November 2022 Luke 20:27-38 As a bishop, when I wake up every morning, I think about what our diocese will look like in twenty or thirty years. Many of us want to know the future; that’s human nature. We desire our future to be secured, and some resort to superstition or fortune-telling. Henri Nouwen reminds…
The Cost and Reward of Seeking Jesus
Read More: The Cost and Reward of Seeking JesusProper 26, 30 October 2022 Luke 19:1-10 Jesus is the embodiment of God’s love, mercy, and forgiveness. In today’s Gospel, He was passing through Jericho, one of the oldest fortified cities in the Ancient Near East, six miles north of the Dead Sea. It has a plentiful water supply and is sometimes referred to as an…
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