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A: 21st Sun of OrdTime (27 Aug 2017) - ROCK, ROCK, ROCK - Mt 16:13-20
In Mt 16:16-18, we find the idea of rock stated 3 times: “rock” once and “Peter” (from the same root word) twice. In the history of the...
Rex Fortes
Apr 19, 20194 min read
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A: 20th Sun of OrdTime (20 Aug 2017) - OPENING OUR DOORS - Mt 15:21-28
Our gospel today gives us pious Christians the difficulty in scrutinizing Jesus’ alleged racialized comments against the Canaanite woman....
Rex Fortes
Apr 19, 20193 min read
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A: 18th Sun of OrdTime (6 Aug 2017) - WHAT OUR TRANSFIGURATION IS AND IS NOT - Mt 17:1-9
Our Transfiguration is not a Transformation. Transformation is a significant change in one’s physical features or appearance. What sticks...
Rex Fortes
Apr 19, 20193 min read
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A: 16th Sun of OrdTime (23 July 2017) - LETTING THEM GROW TOGETHER - Mt 13:24-30
Our gospel today is the continuation of last Sunday’s when we heard of the parable of the seed. Today, the same imagery is used. However,...
Rex Fortes
Apr 19, 20193 min read
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A: 15th Sun of OrdTime (16 July 2017) - BEING IN ONE SHIP - Mt 13:1-13
On the first line of our gospel today we notice immediately a change of location: “Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea”...
Rex Fortes
Apr 19, 20193 min read
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A: 12th Sun of OrdTime (25 June 2017) - TWO WORLDS: HEAVEN AND EARTH - Mt 10:26-33
The great Greek philosopher Plato argues that there are two worlds that are existing simultaneously with each other: the World of Ideas...
Rex Fortes
Apr 19, 20193 min read
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A: Corpus Christi Sunday (18 June 2017) - BREAD OF LIFE TO CHILDREN OF LIFE - Jn 6:51-58
We are celebrating today the Solemnity of the Corpus (et Sanguinis) Christi, the commemoration of the real presence of Christ in the...
Rex Fortes
Apr 19, 20192 min read
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