DISCIPLESHIP MEANS DETACHMENT, PERSEVERANCE AND FAITHFULNESS: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS OF THE WEEK: 13TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME, CYCLE C, 2022

Being a disciple of Christ is a call to detachment, perseverance and faithfulness. It is a challenge, we cannot be committed to Christ and his gospel if we are attached to someone or something. The call of Christ to discipleship entails endurance through hard times. Above all, it is a call of faithfulness from the beginning to the end without lukewarmness, complacency or giving up when challenges come to us as a result of following Christ. 

CORPUS CHRISTI, COMMITMENT,
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CORPUS CHRISTI: AN ACT OF THANKSGIVING: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTION: THE SOLEMNITY OF THE BODY AND THE BLOOD OF CHRIST OR 12TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, CYCLE C, 2022

The Solemnity of Corpus Christi was intended to affirm Catholic belief in the Real Presence of the Risen Christ in the consecrated bread and wine at Mass. A firm belief in the Body and Blood of Christ and regular reception of the Blessed Sacrament or Holy Communion is fundamental to Catholic doctrine, spirituality and growth in holiness. It is our inheritance.

communion, holy trinity, mystery
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THE GOD OF COMMUNION AND COMMUNICATION: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS: SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY SUNDAY, CYCLE C, 2022

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity is not just the central mystery of the Christian faith, but also the demonstration of three persons of the Divine Trinity as God of communion and communication.  In this Mystery of the Most Holy Trinity, the Church celebrates our belief that God is One and yet Three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, equal in majesty and glory, One in Three and Three in One.

pentecostal experience, pentecost,
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NO CHRISTIANITY WITHOUT THE PENTECOSTAL EXPERIENCE: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTION OF THE WEEK: PENTECOST SUNDAY, CYCLE C, 2022

It is an indisputable fact that no Christianity or Christian is living without the Pentecostal experience. This is because it is the Pentecostal experience that transforms, renews and makes us authentic witnesses of Christ in the world.