by Mons. Mario Alberto Molina OAR | Sep 21, 2024 | A friendly word
Jesus and his disciples have arrived in Capernaum; they are already in the house, and there, in the quiet of the domestic conversation, Jesus asks them what they had been discussing on the road. It is not that Jesus did not know, for he had listened to them; but what...
by Mons. Mario Alberto Molina OAR | Sep 13, 2024 | A friendly word
In today’s Gospel passage, three parts are easily recognized. In the first, Jesus is alone with the twelve disciples and questions them about their identity: about what people think of him and about what his own disciples think of him. What is his deeper...
by Mons. Mario Alberto Molina OAR | Aug 24, 2024 | A friendly word
This Sunday we listen to the fifth and last passage of chapter 6 of the Gospel according to John. In past Sundays, the Church has been presenting us with segments of that chapter in which Jesus expounds and develops his teaching about the need to believe in him and to...
by Mons. Mario Alberto Molina OAR | Aug 17, 2024 | A friendly word
One of the characteristics of Catholic theology on the Eucharist is its realism. According to the Catholic faith, the consecrated bread and wine do not symbolize, represent or evoke the Body and Blood of Christ, but are the Body and Blood of Christ in a real,...
by Mons. Mario Alberto Molina OAR | Aug 9, 2024 | A friendly word
This Sunday’s Gospel passage continues Jesus’ teaching on the bread of life. Let’s take a brief look at it. A crowd has gathered in a lonely place to listen to Jesus. In pity for them, Jesus has multiplied five loaves and two fish to feed them, and...
