Our lives are full of complexities, but the best solution to these challenges or problems is through Mary’s intervention or prayer. With Mary’s powerful intercession, whatever difficulties there are in our lives, marriages, families, communities, societies, churches, or the world have quick and effective solutions.
Fundamentally, the sacrament of baptism opens us up to God’s grace and the Christian life. Hence, it is the most fundamental sacrament that initiates us into the divine life of God, the Church, and personal freedom from sin and slavery to Satan.
The Epiphany manifests Christ’s salvation for all and the universal. Fundamentally, the Feast of Epiphany demonstrates that God is an inclusive God. He does not exclude anyone or anything from his saving grace and mercy.
“The family, is so to speak, the domestic church.” This is the image the Second Vatican Council’s on the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church: (Lumen Gentium #11) paints for us.
God is love, and his love manifests itself in the great and little things of life—the great things like the mystery of the Incarnation and the little things around us daily. The theme of love is our principal focus. Indeed, we celebrate the moment of encounter with God and one another that is life-changing forever
We are called as Christians to live and share in the joy of the Lord. God intends us to live happily and joyfully despite the ups and downs of life. Therefore, to be joyful is to be a Christian, thus proclaiming the good tidings.
True peace cannot exist without forgiveness and reconciliation. Peace is vital in our hearts and lives, marriages and families, communities and societies, the Church and the world. Indeed, Advent and Christmas cannot be whole if we do not reconcile with God and our brothers and sisters.
This annual season of Advent in the Church invites us to a life or moment of hope, grace and freshness of spirit as we begin a new journey of grace. 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 Solemnity of Christ Our Universal King is a celebration, where we proclaim Him as the Lord of our human history and Saviour of our spiritual souls. This implies Christ must be King, Lord and Saviour of our hearts and lives.
The abiding and assuring presence of God is all we need to endure the precarious moments of our lives. Hence, today’s readings assure us that our God will be with us throughout our lives. God promises us the continuous presence of the Holy Spirit, who will guide, protect, and strengthen us despite the uncertainties of the end times.