A Vincentian reading of the Sunday readings

To see Jesus is to see the merciful God who is caring towards those in the outskirts who cry out to him. Jesus is a Jew.  It seems he is even portrayed as siding with those who show their contempt for the Gentiles by calling them dogs or swine.  This closed and...

Jesus, the astounding Son of Man, will astound us even at the last judgment.  He wants us to put him in the center. Among other things, the way Jesus teaches is astounding.  He teaches with authority.  This means, says St. Gregory the Great, that his authority does...

Even without a figure that would draw us, Jesus is still the epiphany of God. The figure of Jesus makes appear above (epiphanein in Greek), that is, on the surface, the mystery of God.  But it is hard for us who are still in the world to welcome Jesus. The ambivalence...

In Jesus Christ is hidden the priceless treasure that can make us wholly happy.  In him begins and ends, therefore, the search for the true treasure. Jesus starts his public ministry by announcing that the kingdom of heaven is at hand.  He points out in some way that...

Jesus is the patience of God.  God is, undoubtedly, great and does wondrous deeds.  Yet he is merciful at the same time. We need patience, those of us who are in a hurry.  So, little wonder we love fast food. We do not like, besides, long lines of people at the bank...

Jesus is the very imprint of the being of God. He shows by words and deeds what it means to mirror faithfully the God who created us in his image. No one has ever seen God.  Nor can we go near the light where he dwells.  But this invisible and unapproachable King of...

Jesus is the embodiment of the truth that it is better to receive shame than praise from the world. The world cannot accept the Word.  The Word is in the world but the world does not know him even.  Though coming to his own, the Word is still not acceptable.  Worldly...

Jesus alone makes us see the Father fully. We can see the Father fully, even here below, through his only Son.  He is in the bosom of the Father there above. That is because the only Son has become flesh and dwelt among us in Jesus.  He is the same as the one who is...

Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, God reveals his love to us.  He wants us to enjoy the communion of the Holy Spirit. Grace is ours through Moses.  Grace, on the other hand, comes to us through Jesus Christ.  God gives him to the world, so that we may have...