by maureen | Mar 12, 2024 | Gospel Explained, Uncategorized
CLEANING THE TEMPLE OF OUR BODY Jesus entered God’s Temple and drove out all the traders who had transformed the building from a place of prayer into a commercial marketplace. In baptism, our bodies are transformed into sanctuaries as holy temples to honour and...
by maureen | Mar 12, 2024 | Gospel Explained
TRANSFIGURATION MEANS CONVERSION OF OUR HEARTS Jesus came into the world to transfigure our sinful bodies, into copies of His Glorious Body (Phil 3:17-4). Only then, can we enter Heaven. When St. Peter said that he would build three tents for Moses, Elijah and Jesus,...
by maureen | Mar 12, 2024 | Gospel Explained
DO YOU BELIEVE THE DEVIL EXISTS TODAY? If people listening to the Gospel (Mk 1:12-15), still believe the devil does not exist, then their faith is weak. They’ve been seduced by the father of deceit. They are calling Jesus a liar, because He tells us today that Satan...
by maureen | Mar 12, 2024 | Gospel Explained
THE DISEASE OF SIN SICKENS AND CRIPPLES THE SOUL God makes it very clear today that the kingdom of sin cannot co-exist with the Kingdom of Heaven. He says that the unclean man must live outside the camp, which means that the sinner cannot live inside the camp of...
by maureen | Mar 5, 2024 | Gospel Explained
JESUS HEALS THE DISEASE OF SIN In today’s Gospel (Mk 1:29-39), we hear that (Simon) Peter was married under the Old Covenant. The Fathers of the Church, such as St. Clement of Alexandria, believed that Peter’s wife had died before Jesus came to call Him into the New...
by maureen | Feb 6, 2024 | Gospel Explained
SATAN ALWAYS CHALLENGES THE AUTHORITY OF CHRIST Have you noticed (Mark 1:21-28), how the unclean spirit recognised Jesus immediately. All demonic evil spirits cannot help themselves shouting the identity of the Holy One of God, when in the presence of Truth. They know...