A Reflection for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Universal Call to Holiness
This Sunday the Lord assigns us with a tough task: “Be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48)
Why such a tall order?
No one knows more than Saint Paul the Apostle how difficult it is to be a follower of Christ: shipwrecked, scourged, nearly stoned to death… the list goes on. What for? In today’s Second Reading, St. Paul reminds us of the answer: “You belong to Christ!” Made in the image and likeness of God, you are a Temple of the Holy Spirit. You, like everyone else, are called to be holy (1 Corinthians 16-23). More…
For the past seven weeks we have kept the Easter Candle burning, lighting it every time we celebrated Mass.
For most Christians, the word “heaven” doesn’t mean very much.
During these Sundays of the Easter Season, the Church takes us back to the Last Supper, giving us a chance to dig deeper into its meaning.
The Apostles in the upper room, in this week’s Gospel (
Say to daughter Zion, “Behold, your king comes to you, meek and riding on an ass, and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.”
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