"Woe to me if I do not proclaim the gospel"
(1 Cor. 9:16)

Our gospel today presents Jesus as using the story of the so-called Great Flood, a time when everybody, save for Noah and his family, was...

The Hebrew term for “king” is “melek”. It has the root letters “m-l-k” from which many other words relating to the kingly context are...

“…and made five more talents… made two more talents.” (Mt 25:16-17). Our gospel today sounds like a business entrepreneurship where we...

“Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.” (Mt 25:2) We hear of the story of the ten virgins who were waiting for the coming of the...

What is religion? Most of us may probably say that it is one’s belief in a Supreme Being as expressed in a set of doctrines and sacred...

“You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Mt 22:39). The Greek word “plesion” is used in the New Testament (NT) to refer to “neighbor”...

“Very well, give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar – and to God what belongs to God” (Matt 22:21). This statement of Jesus logically...