THE HOLY EUCHARIST: OUR SACRIFICIAL LAMB
Sacrifice or thanksgiving is an act of giving; not sharing of the abundance. For true thanksgiving is an act of self-giving (sacrifice). A worthy sacrifice of thanksgiving acceptable to God always comes with a costly prize. If it costs us nothing, then it is not a sacrifice.
Moreover, the Holy Eucharist is the very sacrifice of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which He instituted to perpetuate His redeeming Sacrifice of the Cross… It is also the medicine of immortality as well as a Powerful ? Divine nourishment for our souls, which when one eats and drinks, will no longer hunger nor thirsts nor die spiritually, but lives eternally.
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A CALL TO SACRIFICIAL LOVE LIKE THE LAMB OF GOD Sunday Readings – First: Isaiah 49: 3, 5-6; Second: 1 Corinthians 1:1-3; Gospel: John 1:29-34… Read More »HOMILY OF 2ND SUNDAY READINGS, YEAR A
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WITH LOVE, WE SHALL FACE THE END-TIME REALITIES! 1st Reading: Daniel 12:1-3; 2nd Reading: Hebrews 10:11-14, 18; Gospel: Mark 13:24-32. The book of Ecclesiastes made… Read More »Homily of 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
