Introduction: this Year the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus falls on the 19th of June 2022 and the Gospel given for that day is Luke 15:3-7, “the Lost sheep”. Since we don’t find a text in Continue reading →
Introduction: Luke in 5:12-16, portraits Jesus healing a leper. Leprosy was considered morally speaking “unclean”, and therefore had to be alienated from his family, society and the community of religious practices. In other words, he was totally isolated from human Continue reading →
Introduction: As we approach Christmas, I would like to suggest the texts of Luke 1:5-25 and 1:26-38, for our reflection. They deal with the visit of the Archangel Gabriel to Zachariah and to Mary, announcing both the coming of the Continue reading →
Introduction: In Luke 5:1-11, we find Jesus preaching the people who were following him from Capernaum to the lake of Gennesaret, there He meets fishermen on their boats mending their nets. He teaches them and works a miracle before them, Continue reading →
Introduction: In Luke 4:42-44, the writer continues describing Jesus’ mission and ministry as he makes his way to Galilee. Notice that his activities, preaching or teaching or doing miracles, are done in dialogue with the Father through his prayer. In Continue reading →
Introduction: The whole purpose of journeying with the word of God spoken by Jesus is to be enlightened by it, to be guided by it, to be transformed by it and therefore to be conformed to it, because the Continue reading →
Introduction: Jesus, after receiving the Holy Spirit at his baptism in the Jordan and filled and led to the desert by the same Spirit to be tempted, Luke continues to stress the importance of the presence of the Holy Spirit Continue reading →
Introduction : John 21:15-19. We conclude the series of Lectio Divina with this text of John’s Gospel. As it was said from the beginning that our approach to the Gospel of John would have been that of the relationships of Continue reading →
