5th Sunday of Lent
To All the Lenten Pilgrims of Hope of the Epiphany Where Misery Meets Mercy: The Gaze of Christ Transforms The Fifth Sunday of Lent (06 April 2025), John 12:1-8 On this Fifth Sunday of Lent, the liturgy presents us the episode of the adulterous woman (John 8:1-11). In it, there are two contrasting attitudes: that of the […]
4th Sunday of Lent
To All the Lenten Pilgrims of Hope of the Epiphany Grace Welcomes Home What Pride Casts Away The Fourth Sunday of Lent (30 March 2025): Luke 15:11-32 On this Fourth Sunday of Lent, the Gospel of the father and the two sons better known as the Parable of the “Prodigal Son” (Lk 15:11-32) is proclaimed. This […]
3rd Sunday of Lent
To All the Lenten Pilgrims of the Epiphany Call to Repentance and the Patience of God Third Sunday of Lent (Luke 13:1-9) The Gospel for this third Sunday of Lent (Luke 13: 1-9) speaks to us about God’s mercy and of our conversion. Jesus recounts the parable of the barren fig tree. A man has planted […]
Second Sunday of Lent
To All the Lenten Pilgrims of Hope of the Epiphany of the Lord The Transfiguration: The Glory of Love The Second Sunday of Lent, Luke 9:28b-36, (16 March, 2025) On this Second Sunday of Lent, the liturgy leads us to contemplate the event of the Transfiguration in which Jesus allows the disciples Peter, James and […]
First Sunday of Lent
To All the Lenten Pilgrims of Hope of the Epiphany The Triumph of Christ: Overcoming Temptation Through God’s Word The First Sunday of Lent: Luke 4: 1-13 (March 09, 2025) The Tempter seeks to divert Jesus from the Father’s plan, that is, from the Way of Sacrifice, of the Love that offers itself in Expiation, to make […]
8th Sunday in Ordinary Time
To All the Parishioners of the Epiphany of the LordA Call to Authentic Discipleship: The Heart as the Wellspring of Life This vocation to perfect love is not restricted to a small group of individuals. The invitation, “go, sell your possessions and give the money to the poor”, and the promise “you will have treasure […]
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time
To All the Parishioners of Epiphany of the LordThe Culture of Mercy: The Christian Style This command, to respond to insult and wrongdoing with love, has created a new culture in the world: “a culture of mercy” — we need to learn this well!And properly practice this culture of mercy — which “can set in […]
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time
To All the Parishioners of the Epiphany of the Lord Luke 6:17, 20-26The Discourse of the Plain: A Life Program and a Catalog of Virtues Today’s Gospel presents us Saint Luke’s passage on the Beatitudes (Luke 6:17, 20-26). The text is arranged into four beatitudes and four admonitions denoted by the expression, woe to you. […]
Feast of the Notre-Dame de Lourdes
To All the Marian Devotees of the Epiphany of the Lord The Feast of the Notre-Dame de Lourdes: I am the Immaculate Conception The Virgin Mary herself desired this tie: What the Sovereign Pontiff defined in Rome through his infallible Magisterium, the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God, blessed among all women, wanted to confirm by […]
Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time
All Parishioners of the Epiphany of the Lord The Gospel of Luke 5:1-11 Duc in Altum!: Put Out Into the Deep! This Sunday’s Gospel (09 February) tells us – in St Luke’s narrative – of the call of Jesus’ first disciples (Luke 5:1-11). Jesus gets into one of the boats, that of Simon, called Peter, whom […]