Jesus is the one who makes God known.  And this God chooses the small things and folks, so that all glory may just be his.  He chooses Bethlehem-Ephrathah and Galilee, Nazareth, in concrete.  And we read that Bethlehem is too small to be a clan of Judah.  Galilee, for...

Jesus makes known to us his joy and his peace.  Hence, it is enough for us to go to him to get an answer to the question, “What should we do?” We can thus be full of his joy and his peace. It seems that the one who calls folks to repent and be baptized touches their...

Jesus is God’s concern for us in person.  So, it is right that Paul asks us Christians to let all see our concern for others.  The prophet Baruch and the prophet Isaiah proclaim God’s concern for us, though not in an express way.  For the first reading and Is 40, 1-5...

Jesus brings light to those who dwell in the dark and in the shadow of death. He gives strength to those who ask him for it. In that way, they can escape the troubles that are coming upon them and stand before him.

Jesus witnesses to the truth that sets us free. Those who are of the truth are forgiven of every sin they can accuse themselves of.  The Jews, who consider Jesus an enemy, bring him to the praetorium. But they do not go in, so that they may stay clean to eat the...

Jesus empties himself and humbly obeys, to the shameful death on the cross. So, God lifts him up, fills him with glory. Through him, with him and in him, defeat is triumph. 

Jesus became poor, a curse and sin for our sake. That is how needy his disciples are to become. And they should hope in God alone.

Jesus brings light on those who live in the dark and guides our feet into the way of peace.  Hence, he seeks to open the eyes of the blind.  Jesus does not fail to open the eyes of a blind man, Bartimaeus, who keeps crying out, “Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me!”...

Jesus is the greatest mystery of all the mysteries God makes known to those who are like children and hides from the wise and the learned. Jesus’ predictions of his passion, death and resurrection are “mysteries,” so to speak, to them.  That is to say, they do not...