Making Friends With The Lord Jesus

Fr. Edwin
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Ways of getting closer to Our Lord Jesus Christ

  1. 23H AGO

    Your Father Who Sees in Secret Will Repay You

    On Ash Wednesday, the Church begins the season of Lent, a 40-day period of preparation for Easter. Lent invites Christians to reflect on Christ’s suffering, death, and resurrection, recognizing that sin led to His crucifixion and that His sacrifice redeems humanity. The Gospel reading from the Gospel of Matthew emphasizes that acts of righteousness—almsgiving, prayer, and fasting—must not be done for public recognition but for God alone. The root of sin is pride and vanity, a desire to replace God as the center of life—echoing the temptation of Adam and Eve to “be like gods.” Lent calls believers to repair three relationships: with others (through almsgiving), with God (through prayer), and within themselves (through fasting). The ashes placed on the forehead remind Christians of mortality and humility: earthly praise fades, but God’s reward is eternal.

    14 min

  2. 2D AGO

    Be on Your Guard Against the Yeast of the Pharisees and the Yeast of Herod 17 February 2026

    The Lord calls us to pay attention. We should be on guard. There are threats out there. This disposition is essential to a Christian. We cannot live unmindful of the world, the flesh, and the devil, not taking a vacation to snag our souls to commit sin and end up in hell. Being prayerful and responsive to God's calls at each moment will keep us safer than sorry.

    14 min

  3. 2D AGO

    No Sign Shall Be Given to this Generation

    The people persist in demanding Jesus to give them a sign. There have been so many signs in his miracles and still they ask for a sign. There is nothing like blindness that is due to the unwillingness to see. In any case, we should learn how to converse with the Lord in prayer. Those people referred to in the gospel of today were insincere. That is not how to have a familiar discussion with the Lord.

    10 min

  4. 3D AGO

    You Have Learned How It Was Said to our Ancestors; But I Say to You...

    Jesus explains to His listeners in a way so different from that of the usual religious leaders of Israel. He speaks from personal authority, i.e., in the first person singular. This should have shocked the people, and especially their traditional hierarchy. Jesus taught with authority, unlike their rabbis, the Pharisees, and the Scribes. Jesus backed up his claims to truth with prodigious miracles. That gave them a strong motive for credibility. This should have gotten them to think more deeply about Jesus. Who is he? Or even, what is he?

    12 min

  5. 4D AGO

    They Ate and Were Satisfied

    The gospel today tells us about another miraculous multiplication of loaves and fish. Just like the time he multiplied bread and fish for the five thousand, he does it again for the four thousand before him. He did so because he had compassion with the crowds, because they had been with him for three days already. That is impressive loyalty. How are we doing in inserting some prayer time during our busy days?

    13 min

  6. 5D AGO

    He Makes the Deaf Hear and the Mute Speak- Homily for 13 February 2026

    We witness the miracle of Jesus making a deaf and mute man hear and speak clearly. He does so in a very curious way. He did that and we need to observe him very closely. How he proceeds will help us understand the largely sacramental way we should live our Christian lives.

    14 min

  7. FEB 10

    The Astuteness of the Syro-Phoenician Woman

    The gospel provides us the example of a pagan woman of Syro-Phoenician descent in how she engages with Jesus in a repartee so she could get him to grant her a favor. She was worried about her daughter who was possessed by an unclean spirit. Her humility in the end attracts Our dear Lord to listen to her petition and give in to her request.

    14 min

  8. FEB 10

    It Is What Comes Out of a Man that Makes Him Unclean

    The Lord Jesus calls out his contemporaries regarding their superficiality in labeling as unclean certain things. They were worried about being contaminated by lepers, dead bodies, blood, etc, that they lost sight of what the real evil was supposed to be. Jesus points out to them the source of being unclean as being internal to man. It is not what we touch or are exposed to that make us unclean and unworthy of converse with God.

    15 min
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