Jesus is meek and lowly of heart. That is why simple folks readily go to him and they feel at ease with him. Jesus has done most of his miracles in Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum. Yet these cities do not welcome what he has taught and preached. And it is so since...

Jesus, the Messiah, is our only Teacher; he has the words of eternal life. His true disciples follow him in his suffering, death and rising.

Jesus is the one the Father has sent to world to defend the poor.  To deliver the lives of the poor from the power of the wicked is, of course, part of such a mission.  Jeremiah’s mission was tough.  But the prophet did not give it up, nor did he let the terror on all...

Jesus, the proof in person that God loves us, has pity for those who are weak and left behind.  To have such pity is the calling of those who are his. The calling of the members of the Congregation of the Mission asks them to go all over the world (SV.EN...

Jesus gives us his flesh to eat and his blood to drink.  For he wants us to live on earth as in heaven.  That is, sharing in the Eucharist commits us to live as he. We are told that the Eucharist shows that love is inventive to infinity (SV.EN XI:131-132).  For such...

Christ gives us all access to the Father in the Holy Spirit.  He announces peace to us whom sin has driven apart and scattered.  For he seeks to unite us so that we may be one body.  We must love if we are to be united with God and with each other.  For only love can...

Jesus is anointed with the Holy Spirit and sent by the Father.  In turn, he sends his disciples.  He asks them to leave what is of the world and seek what is of the Spirit. There is the belief that Pentecost reverses what happened in Babel.  Yet this is not wholly...

Christ goes up above all the heavens to fill the universe.  But he goes up since he first went down to the lowly earth.  Hence, going up means going down. Luke gives us two accounts of the Ascension:  one is in his gospel; the other in Acts.  Both accounts say that...

Christ suffered for sins to lead us sinners to God.  To be a Christian means to suffer persecution and to appear in court and receive beatings.  And also, to have as Advocate the Spirit of truth. Jesus continues to bid his disciples farewell and to get them ready for...

Jesus is the way and the truth and the life.  To get to follow him, by his grace, is to get to the full truth and to eternal life.  Those whom Jesus chose, called to follow him, are troubled.  For they have heard him say, “Little children, I am only with you a little...