by kathleenalford | Jul 5, 2026 | Catholicism, Homilies
By Father Emmanuel Mbuk, MSP Today’s Gospel presents two spiritual encounters that prompted a contrasting response. Apparently, Jesus had just arrived in the territory of the Gadarenes. Gadara was one of the cities of the region of the Decapolis, located eight...
by kathleenalford | Apr 25, 2026 | Blog, Book Review, Catholicism
What are the odds that the Shroud of Turin is not the actual burial cloth of Jesus Christ, Son of God, risen from the dead? According to theologian and historian Dr. Jeremiah Johnston, the probability that the Shroud of Turin belongs to any other man than Jesus is a...
by kathleenalford | Apr 24, 2026 | Blog, Catholicism, Homilies, Miracles, Sacraments
Gospel Jn 6:1–15 Today, we begin reading from the Gospel of Jn, Chapter 6. Although, in the final moments of Jesus’ earthly life, precisely at the Last Supper, where Jesus instituted the Eucharist, Jn 6 is a very unique passage that systematically develops the...
by kathleenalford | Mar 21, 2026 | Blog, Catholicism
Are Catholics called to have “blind faith” or “reasoned faith”? What did Jesus mean when He said to Thomas the Apostle, “Blessed are those who have not seen, and yet believed”? Every now and then, I will hear someone say that we...
by kathleenalford | Mar 1, 2026 | Catholicism, Homilies
R1 Ezekiel 18:21–28 In today’s R1, God seemed to speak in defence of Himself to clarify our thoughts and judgement of His mercy towards sinners and evildoers. God said: “If the wicked man turns away from all the sins he committed, if he keeps all my statutes and does...
by kathleenalford | Feb 27, 2026 | Catholicism, Homilies
R1 SIRACH 15:15-20 | R2 1 COR 2:6-10 | GOSPEL MTT 5:17-37 Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.” Dear friends in Christ, from the tone of Jesus in the...
