Year II. The letter to the Ephesians insists on unity. Everything in our faith is a call for unity in Christ, as there is one Church, one Spirit, and one Father of all. Gospel. In its introduction, the Vatican II Constitution on the Church in the Modern World says: “The Church must continually examine the […]
Year II. Overwhelmed by the beauty and responsibility of his ministry and of the Christian life, the author of Ephesians prays that the riches of the Christian life may be found in those who believe. Then he gives thanks and praise to the heavenly Father. May this prayer also be ours. Gospel. Today our Lord
Year II. Paul, who may be the author of part of Ephesians, speaks of the grace given him to preach the good news of Christ to Gentiles, so that they could share in the mystery of Christ. In the Gospel, Luke speaks of the vigilance of Christians and their leaders. They are responsible for the
Year II. We should pay special attention to today’s beautiful first reading. Paul speaks directly about the wall of separation between Jews and non-Jews, which Christ has destroyed. All are called to be one in him. In this mission month we could ask ourselves how many are still outside God’s covenant, how many do not
Year II. Ephesians gives us the very fundamental message of our gratuitous salvation by the death and resurrection of Christ. Life, real life, comes through him. We have not done anything to deserve it and we can’t do anything to merit it. All we are, we are by the grace of God. It goes perhaps
Greeting (see Second Reading) God loves you and has chosen you and had the Good News brought to you. May the grace and peace of God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you. R/ And also with you. Introduction by the Celebrant 1. God and Caesar We love our country, and it
Year II and Gospel. When St. Paul speaks to us about God’s power at work in us and in Christ and the Church, in parallel passages he says this is the work of the Spirit. The Spirit unites and animates the Church. He is the Spirit of wisdom. He is the same Spirit of whom
Year II. Ephesians continues to praise God. In Christ we have received the truth as found in the gospel, and we were given the Spirit. We are God’s own people, whose task is to give praise and glory to God. Gospel. Christ continues to denounce the Pharisees. In the contradictions of a life that wants
Year II. From this week until Thursday next week, we read from Ephesians, which is perhaps not written directly by Paul. Today’s reading is a long “blessing’ in the Jewish style, a thanksgiving for our salvation in Christ. God has chosen us and destined us to be adopted through Jesus Christ, who is to become
Year II. Christ has liberated those who believe in him from the Jewish law, but that does not mean that they can do just anything. Freedom is not licentiousness, for that would make them slaves again, of what Paul calls “the works of the flesh.” They are now free and urged to do the good
