Seabad sudah berlalu, namun paroki ini masih tetap eksis, setelah melewati sekian banyak badai sepanjang perjalanannya. Di usianya yang sudah tidak muda lagi ini, Gereja ini coba menarik nafas dan berhenti sejenak untuk memaknai badai-badai historisnya, bersyukur, belajar dan menimba kekuatan baru. Badai selain menakutkan tetapi juga membuat mereka yang keluar darinya menjadi semakin teg…
In his other books for Advent, Christmas, and Lent published by The Liturgical Press, Father Brown has made the rich insights of modern biblical exegesis conveniently available for reflection during the great feasts of the liturgical year. Here he does the same for the Easter season by commenting on the Gospel stories of the risen Christ. Rather than focusing on the differences between the evan…
Matthew's Gospel is the most significant Jewish-Christian document of the New Testament. For Matthew, the story of Jesus is the underlying tale of his own community, summoned from Israel by the living Jesus and now, following Israel's rejection, sent to the Gentiles. Matthew's Jesus story bears much the same relation to the Matthean community as does the Pentateuch to Israel, hence the profound…
"Matthew…was absolutely convinced that Jesus was the One sent by God to establish the Reign of God in the final days as promised by the prophets of ancient Israel. The Evangelist then presented Jesus as the fulfillment of his people's expectations.…But Matthew believed that Jesus was something more. He was also a reinterpreter of those traditions.…Matthew believed that Jesus was the fulfi…
Ascend the mountain of hope with the first evangelist in this contemplative reading on the Gospel of Matthew. Through lectio divina, or "sacred reading," you are invited to reflect on Jesus as the Messiah--the teacher of crowds, resister of temptation, compassionate shepherd, healer of the sick, and sharer of the Good News. Complete with an Introduction and Epilogue situated on the mountain as …