Jesus, in life and in death, is one with those who are poor, who have no power, whom others cast out. Hence, we cannot...
A Vincentian reading of the Sunday readings
Bear Much Fruit Means Die with Christ
Jesus loves others to the end, to being lifted up on the cross. His death proves true that the grain of wheat that...
Lift up the Son of Man on the Cross
Those in power lift up Jesus on the wood of the cross. In letting them do so, he proves true his word that God so...
Take Seriously the Good News of God
Jesus is the Good News of God in person. To take seriously this Good News means to have, for sure, life, bliss, salvation. There are those, of course, who do not take seriously Jesus’ proclamation that the kingdom of God has come. They say that if it were true, things...
Fill Our Life with Jesus Christ
Jesus is the bread of life. Those whose life is full of him have their fill. To go to him and to believe in him is to hunger and thirst no more. To fill their life with Jesus Christ is one of the things that missionaries are to remember (SV.EN:276). And all those,...
Homage to the King of the Jews and of All Nations
Jesus is the Prince of peace and sovereignty rests on his shoulders. We get to him, so we may do him homage, by the way of the Magi. Magi from the east turn up in Jerusalem. They seek the newborn king of the Jews, so as to do him homage. Herod hears this, and he is...
See and Hear the Word Made Flesh
Jesus is the Word made flesh and he is in our midst. Those who do not fail to see and hear him, and do what he says, turn into relatives of his. It looks like Jesus does not find it hard to see and hear folks tell him, “Your mother and brother are out there and want...
Homes in the Kingdom of Heaven
Jesus is like us in all things but sin. He is not a stranger to the joys, sorrows, light and glory that our homes know. They say that tough times bring out the best and the worst in us and, of course, in our homes. In the face of crises and uncertainties, some folks...
Go and See the Child Lying in the Manger
Jesus is little and poor. We are to go and see and live his being little and poor, so that we may be clean and free of pride and greed that spell ruin. As the shepherds get the good news about the Savior’s birth, great fear takes hold of them. For a great and...
Favors, Blessings, Graces from God
Jesus, the one anointed with the Holy Spirit and sent by the Father, brings the Good News to the poor. He proclaims the era of favors from heaven. The angel Gabriel comes to Mary. As he greets her, he does not say the name of the virgin betrothed to Joseph. Rather,...
Recognize Jesus Who Is in Our Midst
Jesus is in in our midst. Do we Christians get to recognize him? Do we give witness to him by the way we are, live and act? Priests, Levites and Pharisees grill John as if they were in court. And he does not hesitate to recognize simply that he is not the Messiah nor...
Go out of the Old World of Old Men
Jesus sees fit to go out of the bosom of the Father to announce the Good News to the poor and to bring in the new heavens and the new earth. It seems that John, like Jeremiah, has the Lord’s word in his heart as a fire one cannot put out. It makes the son of...
