For some Sundays now, the second reading has been taken from the New Testament writing known as the Letter to the Hebrews, which is actually a very well articulated sermon. This sermon explains how Christ’s sacrifice on the cross and his glorification at the...
We continue in the synodal context and an image that brings me to reflect this time is the figure of the table, a table that evokes unity, family, food, Eucharist and many other things that we can reflect on. At the table we are all invited; in this synodal moment we...
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...
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,...
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...
