Author: Rev. Msgr. Wilfredo Andrey

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 7,312 total views Another parable, which is peculiar to Matthew (20:1-16), is read today. Though bracketed by the saying of Jesus on the reversal of fortune

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 7,174 total views Continuing last week’s lesson from the Gospel regarding the relationship of the members of the Christian community where the paramount goal is to

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 6,988 total views Considering the previous parable on the lost sheep (Mt 18:12-14) as the immediate context of the gospel reading today (vv 15-20), the motive

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 6,913 total views Now that his purpose and mission have been revealed in his confirmation of Peter’s confession of him as Messiah (cf last Sunday’s gospel),

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 4,318 total views All three synoptic Gospels narrated Peter’s confession of Jesus as Messiah (Mk 8:27-29; Mt 16:13-30; Lk 9:18-20). In today’s Gospel Matthew significantly modified

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 3,235 total views Earlier in the gospel of Matthew it was narrated that Jesus and his disciples were on the boat when a violent storm broke.

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 2,650 total views The Feast of the Transfiguration may have originated early from the three basilicas on Mt. Thabor and was celebrated in Syrian, Byzantine, and