A Vincentian reading of the Sunday readings
Miracles, Prodigious Signs of the Messiah
Jesus preaches the Good News to the poor and works miracles for those who are sick and hurting. He is the Messiah...
Beginnings in Eden and in the Desert
Jesus obeys to the point of death on a cross. He does so to lead us to God and to the beginnings in Eden and in the...
Anger that Is Just and Constructive as Jesus’
Jesus brings in the kingdom of God and his justice. So, his anger blazes as he sees us looking out for just our own...
Dead to Sin and Living for God in Christ
Jesus is the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in him, though they die, will not stay dead. In him they will live for God and be dead to sin. There cannot be dead folks among those who believe in Jesus. This flies in the face of my sorrow due to the...
Open the Eyes of Those Who Cannot See
Jesus is the light of the world. That is why to open the eyes of the blind is part of the task that his Father has entrusted to him. Jesus decides on his own to open the eyes of a man blind from birth. The latter gets to see so clearly that he recognizes him to be a...
Visions of a Better Future of Glory
Jesus is the risen Son of Man. And he is so, for, though the Son of God, he was a servant and obeyed to death on the cross. He makes our visions of glory come true. Peter does not like what Jesus says about his visions of what is to come. They seem terrible to...
Tempt Someone Is Not What God Does
Jesus let the devil tempt him just as we are tempted, though he did not sin. Hence, he can feel for us who are weak, and lift us up. James makes clear that God does not tempt us. We are tempted by our own evil desire. Today’s first reading and gospel, though,...
Perfect as Our Father in Heaven
Jesus, who is in the bosom of the Father and knows him up close, shows us the divine face. He wants us to be perfect as our Father. It is quite clear what it means to be perfect as our Father in heaven: to go beyond what the law and the prophets command and forbid. ...
Fulfill with All Our Heart What God Wants
Jesus is the most blessed of those who are blessed since they fulfill what God wants. And he is the way that leads to God, and to bliss and peace. There is much we yet have to do to fulfill Christ’s wish that all Christians be one. And that we let others know by our...
Delight the Earth and Enlighten the World
Jesus is the great light that shines on those who walk in the dark. He is the delight of those who live in the land of gloom. As God’s wisdom, Jesus rejoices in the earth and finds his delight in humans (see Prov 8, 31). And, of course, for him to be with us also...
Approach Jesus Christ with All Our Being
Jesus is the Son through whom God has spoken to us humans in these last days. We Christians are to approach and hear him, and be what he says. God wanted the Israelites to prepare for his coming down to Mount Sinai to give them the law. He told them, through Moses,...
Preach the Good News to the Poor
Jesus is the one the Lord God has anointed with the Holy Spirit and has sent to preach the Good News to the poor. In Christ are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. And the sacred writers and wise holy men and women bring them to light for us to see. We...