advent, grace, season
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ADVENT: A SEASON OF GRACE: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS: 1ST SUNDAY OF ADVENT, CYCLE A, 2023

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Once again, we begin the season of Advent and a new liturgical calendar of the Church´s year of grace in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ. Advent is a moment of grace to be awake while waiting. It is a new season of waiting, preparing, and being alert for the coming of the Lord. The world awaited his coming more than 2000 years ago. The world anticipates his coming in glory at the end of time. Equally, the world awaits his coming daily in every event and experience of our lives.

hearts, christ, the king
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CHRIST THE KING OF PEACE REIGNS IN OUR VIRTUOUS HEARTS: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTION: 34TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, SOLEMNITY OF CHRIST THE UNIVERSE KING, CYCLE A, 2023

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There is nowhere Christ the King can reign more than in our hearts and over our lives. The truth is that Christ does not want to be a proclaimed King on the lips of men and women. He wants to be enthroned in our lives, marriages, families, churches, communities and everyday affairs but above all in our hearts.

accountability, christian life, stewardship
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CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY: CATHOLIC SCRIPTURE SUNDAY REFLECTION: 33RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, CYCLE A, 2023

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Life is a gift of God to us without any merit of ours, but the Christian principle of fulfilling or doing the will of God calls us to a life of stewardship and accountability. We are not only challenged by service but also the transparency of rendering account to God for his trust to confide us with able talents or gifts according to our capability.

endtime, preparedness, hope
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PREPAREDNESS OF HOPE: THE END TIME: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS: 32ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, CYCLE A, 2023

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We are not meant to live forever and the thought of dying one day can be very scary especially when there is no preparedness or hope for the end time. As Christians what gives our human existence a a sense of meaningfulness is our hope of the resurrection. Hence, amidst the uncertainty of earthly life, the Christian hope assures of a bright tomorrow.

true, religion, liberation,
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TRUE RELIGION LIBERATES US: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTION: 31ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, CYCLE A, 2023

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This is an irrefutable statement any form of true religion liberates us from the shackles of enslavement not to only sin but to persons and things. This is what makes Christ different from other religious leaders. His life, deeds and teachings have one principal motive to direct men and women to God freely them from all internal or external enslavement.

love, God, neighbour
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GOD IS LOVE! LOVE IS ALL! CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTION 30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY SUNDAY CYCLE A, 2023

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Love is all that there is to life and Christian living. Hence, no matter our intelligence and knowledge of the Holy Scripture, doctrine and theological discourses on God, the Church and Christian life, faith and spirituality. If our lives do not reflect the basic empathy to relate, connect, feel or love, then all is nothing. Love is all there is in the Christian faith, life and spirituality.

good, chirstian, citizen,
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A GOOD CHRISTIAN IS GOOD CITIZEN: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS: 29TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, CYCLE A, 2023

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A good Christian is a good citizen is the principle of Dual citizenship and dual obligations: This doctrine is sometimes called the “doctrine of the two powers,” or the “two realms,” meaning that the life of a Christian involves a twofold allegiance: to the ruling government in civil and secular issues, and to God and the Church as regards spiritual and religious issues.

JOY, FEAST, GRACE
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FEAST OF JOY: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS: 28TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, CYCLE A, 2023

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One basic and undeniable fact of our Christian life is that God always calls or invites us to the feast of joy. The Eucharist and communitarian liturgical celebrations are enriching with the Word of God and the communion of brothers and sisters.

God always invites us to a life of grace, joy, and celebration. He invites us to an intimate, rich, and abundant life with Him and in Him. God´s invitation is with a wide-armed, open-hearted, and generous hospitality. That is gratuitous, full, and lavish.

fruits, giving, God
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GIVING GOD HIS FRUITS: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS: 27TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, CYCLE A, 2023

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The Christian life and testimony are about giving God his deserved fruits for investing richly and graciously in us. We are the choicest vine planted on a well-prepared and fertile land. We are enriched in all graces and blessings to bear abundant fruits to the glory of God.

Therefore, a Christian needs to bear fruits that last and are commensurate to the grace and blessings lavished on us. No, to bear fruits is a waste of the kingdom project of God. Hence, the greatest tragedy of Christianity is a Christian who lives a fruitless life upon all the graces and blessings God bestowed on him.

christian
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WHO, THEN IS A CHRISTIAN?: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTION: 26TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, CYCLE A, 2023

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Being a Christian is not a matter of good disposition or intention to do good. It is not about answering the name Christian. Neither, it is about going to church, belonging to a pious society or organisation or even to the priestly or religious bodies. It is not an identification of wearing societal or organisational memberships or uniforms.

As well, it is not with a priestly collar or religious habit. Of course, the hood does not make a monk as the saying goes. Equally, being a Christian is not having theological, pastoral or biblical knowledge of God and the Church. Who, then is a Christian?