In today’s 1st reading from second-Isaiah, we have a reference to the servant of God, as this prophet called the future Messiah. It is God’s will that the Servant should suffer and offer himself as a sin-sacrifice for mankind. But his life will not really end in death, it will be given back to himContinue reading ““Whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be the first among you must be a slave of all” by Fr. John Muscat, OFM”
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“The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit” by Fr. John Muscat, OFM
Our unworthiness should not, and must not, stop us from availing ourselves of this divine love and from doing what we can to prove how we value and sincerely appreciate the love and goodness of the Blessed Trinity for us. All those who would enter the new kingdom of God, the Church, were to beContinue reading ““The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit” by Fr. John Muscat, OFM”
“If You Will, You Can Make Me Clean” by Fr. John Muscat, OFM
He died on the cross for the forgiveness of sins and to make us clean from all our diseases and He was resurrected so that we will be living His saving victory over death – sin, here on earth and forever in heaven. This Sunday you are encountering not just the healing power of ChristContinue reading ““If You Will, You Can Make Me Clean” by Fr. John Muscat, OFM”
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine dresser” by Fr. John Muscat, OFM
Having the ordinary comforts of life and the possession of some of this world’s goods, is not wrong or anti-Christian, but the natural temptation is to get more and more of these comforts and riches, and the point is soon reached where this becomes the only purpose in life. The words of consolation and encouragementContinue reading ““I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine dresser” by Fr. John Muscat, OFM”
Hallelujah by Fr. John Muscat, OFM
The greatest joy we can have is to encounter the living Lord and to know him personally. Early Sunday morning the women went to the tomb to pay their last tribute to a dead body. The disciples thought that everything had ended in tragedy. No one was ready to see an empty tomb and hearContinue reading “Hallelujah by Fr. John Muscat, OFM”
“Lord, to Whom Shall We Go? You have the Words of Eternal Life”, by Fr. John
A true Christian, who realizes and appreciates what the Son of God has done and is still doing for him, will try always to make himself less unworthy, for not even the greatest saint was worthy to partake of this act of divine love. Last Sunday we read of the murmurs of objection among theContinue reading ““Lord, to Whom Shall We Go? You have the Words of Eternal Life”, by Fr. John”