MEDITATION by Father Duolomane (Joe) John 15: 1-8 In the Bible, the prophet Isaiah compares the people of God to a vine, cultivated with care, but which disappoints him by not bearing the expected fruit (Is 5:1-7). In the Gospel, Jesus presents himself as the true vine that gathers all believers together in Him. Jesus says that He is the ...

MEDITATION by Father Duolomane (Joe) In today’s Gospel, Jesus describes himself as “the good Shepherd”. The word “good” here means “generous, true”. The difference between Jesus and the hired man is that the sheep do not belong to the hired man. The hireling does not know the sheep, does not care about the sheep and abandons them when the wolf ...

MEDITATION by Father Duolomane (Joe) Luke 24, 35-48 The sudden appearance of Jesus in the midst of the disciples disturbed their spirits. Jesus immediately reassured them, saying “Peace be with you”. In the midst of our difficulties, distress and anguish, Jesus says to us “Peace be with you”, be full of confidence, I have overcome the world (Jn 16:33). Let ...

MEDITATION by Father Duolomane (Joe) Holy Week, which begins on Palm Sunday, opens with the shouts of people celebrating, continues in the contradiction between human hatred and God’s love, and ends with the manifestation of God’s mercy that is Easter. Today’s feast has two parts: the first is Palm Sunday, when Jesus is recognized as the Christ and the people ...

MEDITATION by Father Duolomane (Joe) Meditation He 5.7-9 The letter to the Hebrews tells us that Jesus experienced suffering and anguish in the face of death. Faced with persecution, he prayed and begged God who could save him from death. Jesus’ prayer was answered. How was Jesus’ prayer answered when he died? Jesus was not praying for deliverance from death, ...

MEDITATION by Father Duolomane (Joe) Last Thursday we celebrated the Women World Day of Prayer. We prayed for peace in our hearts and in the world, so that we can have a just and equitable society. This requires everyone to practise the virtues of humanity and patience. These virtues are given to us by Jesus who, in the Gospel of ...

MEDITATION by Father Duolomane (Joe) Jesus said: “Destroy this temple, and in three days, I will raise it up”. Jesus was speaking of the temple of his body (Jn 2, 19.21). The Gospel tells us that the temple is the body of Jesus. But Jesus calls the Church his body, made up of different races, men and women, young and old, ...

MEDITATION by Father Duolomane (Joe) The transfiguration of the Messiah in the Gospel prepares him for his passion and resurrection. What the Lord wanted to teach the three disciples with his transfiguration, he teaches us today. He teaches us our dignity in having been created in his image and likeness; he teaches us our greatness in having been set above ...

MEDITATION by Father Duolomane (Joe) Jesus had just been baptized. Driven by the Spirit into the desert, he was tempted by Satan. For a child, being tempted means wanting to do what the parents have forbidden”: eating jam or sweets… For adults, being “tempted” generally means doing things that are forbidden by the law. In the Gospel, there is a ...

MEDITATION by Father Duolomane (Joe) Today’s Gospel recounts the encounter between Jesus and a leper. In this encounter, Jesus shows himself to be the bearer of new life. The Law of Moses excluded and condemned lepers, forbidding them to approach, speak to or touch them. Jesus, God made man, shows himself to be free from the old law. That’s why ...

Meditation by Father Duolomane (Joe) In the Bible, the Book of Job tells us about one of the greatest unsolved problems of human life: suffering. While Job expresses the suffering of man to which he finds no answer, the Gospel tells us that Jesus came out of kindness to help all human beings. He devoted part of his life to ...