by Ross Reyes Dizon | May 9, 2013 | Reflections
The blessing of Jesus – They are Jesus’ last moments with his own. He will presently leave them to enter definitively the mystery of the Father. He can no longer accompany them along the roads in the world as he has done in Galilee. No one can replace his...
by Ross Reyes Dizon | May 6, 2013 | Reflections
The Ascension of the Lord (C), May 12, 2013 – Acts 1, 1-11; Eph 1, 17-23; Lk 24, 46-53 The disciples look at the sky captivated. They get out of their ecstasy with the intervention of messengers who point out to them the similarity between the departure and the...
by Ross Reyes Dizon | May 2, 2013 | Reflections
Jesus is bidding his disciples farewell. He sees that they are sad and afraid. They all know that they are spending the last hours with their Teacher. What will happen when they need him? To whom will they go? Who will defend them? Jesus wants to give them...
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Apr 29, 2013 | Reflections
Sixth Sunday of Easter (C), May 5, 2013 – Acts 15, 1-2. 22-29; Rev 21, 10-14. 22-23; Jn. 14, 23-29 The devil induced an apostle to betray Jesus. The father of lies filled the hearts of Ananias and Sapphira that they blatantly lied, although the couple belonged...
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Apr 25, 2013 | Reflections
Jesus says aloud what the disciples are sensing, “My children, I will be with you only a little while longer.” He speaks to them tenderly. He wants his last gestures and words etched on their hearts: “I give you a new commandment: love one another; as I have...
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Apr 22, 2013 | Reflections
Fifth Sunday of Easter (C), April 28, 2013 – Acts 14:21-27; Rev 21:1-5a; Jn. 13:31-33a, 34-35 God is beauty ever ancient and ever new, confesses St. Augustine. Following this Augustinian example and guided by “God is love,” we can profess that God is love that...
