Rose Sunday? Father Pothin’s Reflection for December 11, 2016 “Gaudete” Sunday is the third Sunday of Advent in the calendar of the church year. The term is derived from the Latin opening words of the introit antiphon, “Rejoice (Gaudete) in the Lord always.” This Sunday is also called Rose Sunday, because it represents a lightening Read more …
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Advent: A Journey towards the Horizon of Hope
Advent A journey towards the horizon of hope Advent is a journey towards the horizon of hope. For us humans, it is necessary to always renew the common horizon toward which we are journeying. The horizon of hope! It is the Lord himself who guides our journey, the pilgrimage of all People of God; Read more …
I Will Make Your Nation Great Again
“I will make your nation great again” (Jer.23, 1-8) I will make you a great nation again. That is the promise of God to Israel. The book of Jeremiah, the passage we read this Sunday, contains a diverse collection of prose and poetry directed at the kings who reign after King Josiah. The prophet is Read more …
Christ, King of the Universe
Christ, King of the Universe What does this mean exactly? If to Christ our Lord is given all power in heaven and on earth; if all men, purchased by his precious blood, are by a new right subjected to his dominion; if this power embraces all men, it must be clear that not one of Read more …
Forgiveness
IN FORGIVENESS LIES THE DIFFERENCE The world contains only one thing that is truly novel, forgiveness. Everything else is an old tape repeating itself endlessly over and over again. There is normally only one song that gets sung: betrayal-hurt-resentment-non-forgiveness. That pattern never changes. There is an unbroken chain of unforgiven resentment and anger stretching back Read more …
Wrestling Against the Powers of Darkness
Wrestling Against the Powers of Darkness Speaking about the condition of man in the world, St Paul, in this Sunday’s epistle says “we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Today‘s gospel tells a sad story of a Read more …
Not everyone will enter into the Kingdom
Not everyone will enter into the Kingdom Father Pothin’s Reflection for the 8th Sunday after Trinity The Gospel. St. Matthew vii. 15. Spanish and French translations follow. Faith is not easy today for any of us. To have real faith, an actual belief in God, requires something more than simply continuing to roll with the Read more …
Feeding my hunger
Feeding my hunger Father Pothin’s Reflection for the 7th Sunday after Trinity The Gospel. St. Mark viii. 1. Spanish and French translations follow. The gospel today says that a large and hungry crowd followed Jesus. He asked His disciples where to buy food to feed them. It was a test question. What answer did the Read more …
A Blessed Nation
A Blessed Nation Father Pothin’s Reflection for the 6th Sunday after Trinity The Gospel. St. Matthew v. 20. Spanish and French translations follow. Ours is a blessed nation. Tomorrow, July 4, we celebrate the birth of a novus ordo seclorum – a “new order of the ages,” the American Era. God has blessed our nation with Read more …
Une nuit de lutte
A partir d’une nuit de lutte pour une journée de plénitude Réflexion du Père Pothin pour la 5e dimanche après la Trinité Le gospel. St. Luke v. 1. Nous avons travaillé toute la nuit et nous avons rien pris. Néanmoins, sur ta parole, je vais. –Luke v. 1. Ce qui précède est une citation célèbre Read more …
