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Fr. Michael's Thoughts on Biblical Imagery: Fire
Posted by Debbie Faith Formation on 8/19/19
FR MICHAEL’S THOUGHT ON BIBLICAL IMAGERY
(Fr. Michael Boakye Yeboah, Vice Rector: St Gregory Seminary, Kumasi-Ghana)
FIRE
The 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time’s Gospel is among the hard sayings of Jesus. In the Gospel Jesus uses fire to bring home his lesson to his listeners. Let us take a ... Read More »
Fr. Michael's Thoughts on Biblical Imagery: Departing
Posted by Debbie Faith Formation on 8/12/19
FR MICHAEL’S THOUGHT ON BIBLICAL IMAGERY
(Fr. Michael Boakye Yeboah, Vice Rector: St Gregory Seminary, Kumasi-Ghana)
DEPARTING
Based on the readings of the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C), let us reflect on the biblical imagery of “DEPARTING.” The readings (Wisdom 18:6-9; Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19; Luke 12:32-48) ... Read More »
Fr. Michael's Thoughts on Biblical Imagery: Wealth
Posted by Suzanne Najman on 8/05/19
FR MICHAEL’S THOUGHT ON BIBLICAL IMAGERY
(Fr. Michael Boakye Yeboah, Vice Rector: St Gregory Seminary, Kumasi-Ghana)
WEALTH
The Church on the 18th Sunday in Ordinary time presents to us the biblical image of WEALTH for our reflections.
The Oxford Learners Dictionary defines wealth as a ‘large amount ... Read More »
Fr. Michael's Thoughts on Biblical Imagery: Intercession/Intervention
Posted by Suzanne Najman on 7/29/19
FR MICHAEL’S THOUGHT ON BIBLICAL IMAGERY
(Fr. Michael Boakye Yeboah, Vice Rector: St Gregory Seminary, Kumasi-Ghana)
INTERCESSION/INTERVENTION
The biblical image of intercession or intervention can be visible to the eye and heart of the believer in the texts provided for us for our 17th Sunday reflections. For all of ... Read More »
FR MICHAEL’S THOUGHT ON BIBLICAL IMAGERY
Posted by Suzanne Najman on 7/23/19
FR MICHAEL’S THOUGHT ON BIBLICAL IMAGERY
(Fr. Michael Boakye Yeboah, Vice Rector: St Gregory Seminary, Kumasi-Ghana)
MARTHA’S HOUSE (LUKE 10:38-42)
[HOUSE OF GOD; LITURGY OF THE WORD AND THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST]
I see an image of a household of God who welcomes Jesus to lead in a ... Read More »
Fr. Michael's Thoughts on Biblical Imagery: The Good Samaritan
Posted by Suzanne Najman on 7/16/19
MY THOUGHT ON BIBLICAL IMAGERY
(Fr. Michael Boakye Yeboah, Vice Rector – St. Gregory Seminary, Kumasi-Ghana)
THE GOOD SAMARITAN (LUKE 10:25-37)
This story of “KINDNESS” is pregnant with varied meanings. One needs to pay attention to this pericope from the pen of Luke, for at first sight one may ... Read More »
Fr. Michael's Thoughts on Biblical Imagery
Posted by Suzanne Najman on 7/11/19
MY THOUGHTS ON BIBLICAL IMAGERY
(Fr. Michael Boakye Yeboah, Vice Rector – St. Gregory Seminary, Kumasi-Ghana)
I SEND YOU AS SHEEP IN THE MIDST OF WOLVES (MATTHEW 10:16)
Jesus used a lot of “coded” words in his public ministry and once he told his disciples of the rational behind ... Read More »
Tom DiGiovanni's Thoughts on St. Joseph
Posted by Suzanne Najman on 5/24/19
“The sight of the world in which we live, the need and misery, and an abyss of human malice, again and again dampens jubilation over the victory of light. The world is still deluged by mire, and still but a small flock has escaped from it to the highest ... Read More »
7 Churches
Posted by Suzanne Najman on 4/04/19
Seven Churches on Holy Thursday Sonia Kieras’ Reflection from 2018
My very first experience of visiting 7 Churches last year was very joyful, exhilarating and prayerful.
It was so enjoyable seeing so many young people praying and enjoying themselves.
All my years as a Roman Catholic, I never knew ... Read More »
What are you Thankful for? Week 2
Posted by Suzanne Najman on 12/11/18
In his Thanksgiving homily, and last week's blog post, Fr. Peter reminded us to be thankful for the little things. The heating bill, the yard work, and even that person singing off key, or the parent speaking too loudly (because they can't hear too well).
This week, we asked ... Read More »