Inspirations at your Fingertips!

Holy Tuesday John 13:21-33,36-38 "I tell you most solemnly, one of you will betray me." Betrayal is truly a loaded word.  The apostles started asking, "Is it I, Lord?" Meanwhile, in the first reading, Isaiah spoke of himself as called before he was even born: "The Lord called me before I was born,"from my mother’s womb he pronounced my name." All of us were called even before we were born.  But to speak of betrayal is a sad state.  Jesus said, But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born" (Matt. 26: 24). We betray when at the onset, we are not faithful to God because we prioritize mundane things.  We betray because we are not faithful to our vocation.  We betray because eventually, we have not fulfilled the very reason why the Lord created us in the first place. Let's stay faithful to our call, the call even before we were born.  Be attuned with the promptings of the Holy ...

Wednesday of Holy Week Matthew 26:14-16 Holy Wednesday brings us to reflect on the moment prior to the Last Supper when Jesus again prophesied who would betray him. The moment of salvation is near, but woe to that betrayer.  His sin is great indeed, far than any of us could think of.  He stayed with our Lord, traveled with him, heard his words, and seen his actions.   But he sold him for 30 pieces of silver after he ridiculed Mary when she poured perfume on Jesus' feet.  To sell person is a treatment of total indignity against him.  Much worse, when he asked the question, "Is it I, Rabbi?" he stripped Jesus of his title "Lord". We betray Jesus every moment of our active liveshere on earth.  We claim we don't have time even to greet him or visit him in the church.  No wonder we don't have time to serve him.  We become like Judas when: First, we stop listening to Jesus.   When our outlook on life is far from Jesus' outlook. When ...