Pro-life reflections and intercessions related to the Sunday readings
Interestingly, the First Reading is the only passage in the Old Testament that refers to a Gentile ruler as the Lord’s “anointed”. Unbeknownst to him, King Cyrus the Great, ruler of the mighty Persian Empire, was called by the Lord even before he knew the Lord.
Read MoreThe majority of women who are abortion vulnerable are those who are struggling to make ends meet. They feel that they can barely take care of themselves, let alone a newborn child.
While in saying, “My God will fully satisfy every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus”, St. Paul primarily intends to convey God’s providence in relation to the Philippians’ spiritual needs, given the context of Paul’s thanksgiving for the Philippians’ monetary gift, it also connotes God’s care in practical matters too.
Read MoreIn the First Reading, the famous song of the vineyard is a parable in which the beloved is the Lord and His vineyard is the house of Israel. The people realize that, rather than the Lord being negligent, their sinful ways had caused the vineyard to yield a bad harvest. Now the house of Israel must face the consequences: the destruction of the vineyard by the Lord.
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