by Ross Reyes Dizon | Apr 19, 2013 | Reflections
Fourth Sunday of Easter (C), April 21, 2013 – Acts 13:14, 43-52; Rev. 7:9, 14b-17; Jn. 10:27-30 Part and parcel of our experience are the gray afternoon and the dark night of discouragement and hopelessness, of fear and shame, of failure and humiliation, of...
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Apr 17, 2013 | Reflections
It was winter. Jesus was walking through the portico of Solomon, one of the outdoor galleries surrounding the large esplanade of the Temple. This portico, in particular, was a place frequented by people since it was apparently protected from the wind by a wall. ...
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Apr 12, 2013 | Reflections
Third Sunday of Easter (C), April 14, 2013 – Acts 5:27b-32, 40b-41; Rev 5:11-14; Jn 21:1-19 Many qualify as promising Pope Francis’ elevation. I myself have the fond hope that his gestures of simplicity, humility, poverty and love for the poor will stop dead in...
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Apr 11, 2013 | Reflections
Recorded in the epilogue of John’s gospel is an account of the risen Jesus’ meeting with his disciples on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. It is written at the same time that Christians are living difficult moments of trial and persecution: some are renouncing their...
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Apr 6, 2013 | Reflections
Second Sunday of Easter (C), April 7, 2013 – Acts 5:12-16; Rev 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19; Jn. 20:19-31 Many people then wanted Peter’s shadow at least to fall on them. Now, however, the figure representing those in the U.S., for example, who claim not to have any...
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Apr 4, 2013 | Reflections
Modern man has learned to doubt. It is the characteristic of our times to question everything in order to advance in scientific knowledge. In this climate, faith is left discredited. Man goes through life full of uncertainties and doubts. Hence, we can connect...
