Category: Kitab Suci

 

 Painting: Giacinto Gimignani, The Stoning of St Stephen

 

 Act of Apostles 6:8-10; 7:54-59

Matthew 10:17-22

 Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues.

 

Today is the feast of Saint Stephen. Stephen literally means crown. Saint Stephen was one of the first deacons of the Christian Church. He is also known as the “Protomartyr” because he was the first disciple of Christ to pour out his blood for Christ. Continue reading “From The Crown of Martyrdom to the Crown of Glory”

Lukisan: Johann Jungblut, Moonlit Nocturnal Cityscape, 1889

 

 

Colossians 3: 5-11

Christ is in all

A root of a tree sustains and supports the life of a tree. Continue reading “Christ Is The Root of Life”

Lukisan: Katharina Schottler, Flower Garden

Galatia 5: 18-25

 

                                                                                                                                                      “Zaman baik atau buruk,                                                                                                          biarlah asal hidup kita baik dan zaman akan menjadi baik, sebab kitalah yang membuat zaman itu”

(Thomas Aquinas)

Taman bunga apapun selalu indah dan menarik hati. Bunga-bunga taman tidak bersuara mengenai keindahannya dan justru di dalam keheninganlah mereka memekarkan keindahannya. Continue reading “Bunga Kehidupan”

 

Lukisan:Carl Wilhelm Hubner, A courting scene, 1863

Lukas 4: 16-29

Tahun rahmat Tuhan telah datang

Pada hari ini diceritakan bahwa Yesus pulang ke kampungnya Nazareth tempat ia dibesarkan. Di kampungnya itu Yesus masuk ke bait Allah dan membaca nas kitab suci yang terpampang di hadapan-Nya. Continue reading “Cinta dan Kebenaran”

 

Lukisan: Alex de Andreis,Pleasant Anticipations

Genesis 9:8-15

I Peter 3: 18-22

Mark 1: 12-15

                                                                                                                                       “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand.

Repent, and believe in the gospel”

 

The Desert is a dangerous place. There, all creatures compete with each other just to survive. Humans, animals, and plants have to face all the moments that happen suddenly and unexpectedly. Continue reading “Clear Conscience”

 

Lukisan Bartolomé Estebán Murillo,The Crucifixion

Ketika dunia selalu berubah, salib tetap berdiri teguh

‎St. Bruno

Yohanes 3: 14-21

Ada kelompok musik yaitu Eagles yang terkenal dengan lagunya Love will keep us alive: Cintalah yang membuat kita hidup.  Berikut ini adalah cuplikan lirik lagu love will keep us alive. Continue reading “Yesus Yang Tergantung Di Atas Kayu Salib: Tuhan Adalah Cinta”

 

lukisan Albert Chevallier Tayler, The Christmas Tree, 1911

 

The great light will shine on the people who walked in darkness and  on the people who dwell in the land of the shadow of the death

(Isaiah 9: 1-6)

 

One of the beauties of Christmas is the presence of a Christmas tree. It is put in every place in order to feel the presence of the greatest glee of Christmas. When Christmas is coming soon, people are busy preparing it. Continue reading “The Wondrous Message of Christmas Tree”

 

Lukisan John Constable, Cottages and Windmill Drawn

5^th Sunday of Lent

Ezekiel 37: 12-14

Roma 8:8-11

John 11: 3-45

 

Who is not fear of death? Naturally, man is fear of it. It is the final of worldly life. Then life is measured up by the time in which we change become old, get ill, or experience an accident leading to death like all the rest of the creatures.  None can escape from the dead so that it seems so powerful it comes upon everything that has life. Continue reading “Come Forth Lazarus: It is call to life”

 

 lukisan John Constable, Old Sarum

Yesaya 58: 1-9a

 

 

Pada suatu ketika ada seorang yang hidupnya sangat bermatiraga. Ia tidak mau makan atau minum meskipun berada di bawah panas terik matahari. Tampaknya cara hidupnya mendapat restu dari surga karena ada sebuah bintang yang sangat cemerlang bersinar di atas gunung yang terletak dekat dengan tempat itu. Bintang itu dapat dilihat oleh semua orang bahkan di siang hari bolong, meskipun tidak ada orang tahu mengapa ada bintang seperti itu.   Continue reading “Puasa, Doa dan Amal Kasih: Tiga Bintang di Langit Hati”

Lukisan Cesare Auguste Detti, She picked Her Favorite

Year B

13^th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24

Corinthians 8:7.9.13-15

Mark 5:21-43

Do not be afraid; just have faith

Today, from the gospel we have seen two amazing moments of faith: the faith of the woman who had suffered a hemorrhage bringing to health and the faith of Jairus saving her daughter from the dead. Continue reading “Faith: The Way to Miracle”