top of page


"Woe to me if I do not proclaim the gospel"
(1 Cor. 9:16)
Search
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
3 views
0 comments
A: Pentecost Sunday (4 June 2017) - BIRTHDAY OF THE CHURCH - Jn 20:19-23
Happy Birthday to all of us! I say this because today is the known birthday or beginning of the Church of the followers of Christ when...
Rex Fortes
Apr 19, 20193 min read
3 views
0 comments
A: Ascension Sunday (28 May 2017) - GREAT COMMISSIONING - Mt 28:16-20
I am always perplexed by the name “elevator,” which is also called “lift” among English speakers and “ascensore” in the Italian language....
Rex Fortes
Apr 19, 20193 min read
1 view
0 comments
A: Easter Sunday (16 Apr 2017) - WE REMEMBER - Jn 20:1-9
Our gospel today on Resurrection Sunday presents the episode of the Empty Tomb, known as the very pillar of our Christian Faith. With it...
Rex Fortes
Apr 19, 20193 min read
4 views
0 comments
A: 5th Sun of Lent (2 Apr 2017) - JESUS WEPT, SO DO I - Jn 11:1-45
Jesus wept (Jn 11:35). It is rendered by most English Bible translations as the shortest verse from the time Robert Estienne introduced...
Rex Fortes
Apr 19, 20193 min read
5 views
0 comments
A: 3rd Sun of Lent (19 Mar 2017) - BEYOND NAMES AND CLASSIFICATIONS - Jn 4:5-52
“How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria (Jn 4:9a)?” This was the straightforward question of the...
Rex Fortes
Apr 19, 20193 min read
4 views
0 comments
A: 2nd Sun of Lent (12 Mar 2017) - TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD - Mt 17:1-9
The 2nd Sunday of Lent dwells on the so-called Transfiguration of Our Lord. The word “transfiguration” is uniquely used to refer to the...
Rex Fortes
Apr 19, 20193 min read
3 views
0 comments
bottom of page