Category: Kitab Suci

 

Painting:Kathe Kollwitz, German Children Starve,1924

Year A

34^th week

The Feast of Jesus Christ the King of The Universe

Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17

1 Corinthians 15:20-26, 28

Matthew 25:31-46

Truly I tell you,  whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.

 

Today is the end of the liturgical year and next week will be the new liturgical year. The end of liturgical year is closed with the feast of Jesus Christ the king of the universe. The feast of Christ king of the universe is the crown of the liturgical year because by the end of time, Christ the son of man will come in his glory, all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne and all the nations will be assembled before him. Continue reading ” Jesus Christ: The King of the Universe, The King of Service”

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33rd ordinary Sunday

Year A

Proverbs 31: 10-13, 19-20, 30-31
1 Thessalonians 5: 1-6
Matthew 25: 14-30

Master, you gave me two talents. See, I have made two more

Before coming into the kingdom of God the disciples of Christ have to prepare themselves in order to be merit to enter it. All the reading of mass today tells about an invitation to enter into the kingdom of Christ and how to prepare oneself to come into it Continue reading “Being The Best Version of The Self”

Lukisan: Nico Jungman, A Boy Smoking Volendam, 1904

Mazmur 8

 Jika Aku Melihat Langit-Mu, Buatan Jari-Mu

8:1 Untuk pemimpin biduan. Menurut lagu: Gitit. Mazmur Daud.

(8-2) Ya TUHAN, Tuhan kami, betapa mulianya nama-Mu di seluruh bumi! Keagungan-Mu yang mengatasi langit  dinyanyikan. 8:2 Dari mulut bayi-bayi dan anak-anak yang menyusu telah Kauletakkan dasar kekuatan karena lawan-Mu, untuk membungkamkan musuh dan pendendam. Continue reading “Mazmur 8”

 

Painting of Vincent van Gogh, Avenue with Flowering Chesnut Trees at Arles, 1889

Numbers 6:22-27,

Galatians 4:4-7;

Luke 2:16-21

But Mary treasured up all these things  and pondered them in her heart

There is a beautiful little story about a long, tedious train journey, made one Christmas day by some elderly nursing home residents who were on their way to a vacation spot. Continue reading ” Solemnity Of Mary The Holy Mother Of God”

 

Lukisan: Raoul Dufy, Treading The Blue Sky, 1949

Minggu Adven I

Yesaya 2: 1-5

Roma 13: 11-14

Matius 24:37-44

 “Hendaklah kamu juga siap sedia

karena  Anak Manusia datang

pada saat yang tidak kamu duga”

 

Kita memulai Minggu Adven I dan itu berarti kita memasang kalendar liturgi yang baru. Tahun liturgi yang baru selalu ditandai dengan tradisi lingkaran Adven bersama keempat lilin dan hiasannya yang indah. Memang, lingkaran Adven penuh dengan simbol akan misteri iman. Continue reading “Siap Sedia Dalam Menyambut Kedatangan Kristus”

 

 Church of Santa Giustina Padua: An Abbey Altar Is Painted With Eucharist Chalice

I Corinthian 10: 14-22

Luke 6:43-49

“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’

but not do what I command?

 

St. Paul has reminded us of the danger of idolatry which is said as the demon. It is called a demon because its mechanism has reigned in the heart and the mind that determines all aspects of one’s life so softly without knowing and realizing that it is idolatry. Continue reading “Eucharistic Man”

 

Painting of: Albert Birkle, Bearing THe cross, 1924

 

Amos 8:4-6, 9-12

Matthew 9:9-13

 Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do.

I desire mercy, not sacrifice.

The sin is depicted by the prophet Amos as the ones who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land. It means that sin is equalized with evil doings that cause suffering for others. To do evil to our fellow and also to the other creature is to do evil to God himself. Continue reading “The Jesus’s Calling to Matthew: The Calling for The Sacrament of Forgiveness”

Lukisan: Waldemar Flaig

Tamu Tuhan

15:1 Mazmur Daud. TUHAN, siapa yang boleh menumpang dalam kemah-Mu ? Siapa yang boleh diam di gunung-Mu yang kudus?

15:2 Yaitu dia yang berlaku tidak bercela, yang melakukan apa yang adil dan yang mengatakan kebenaran dari hatinya, 15:3 yang tidak menyebarkan fitnah  dengan lidahnya, yang tidak berbuat jahat terhadap temannya dan yang tidak menimpakan cela kepada tetangganya; 15:4 yang memandang hina pelaku kejahatan, tetapi memuliakan orang yang takut akan TUHAN; yang tidak menarik kembali sumpahnya walaupun rugi; 15:5 yang tidak meminjamkan uangnya dengan makan riba dan tidak menerima suap melawan orang yang tak bersalah.

Siapa yang berlaku demikian, tidak akan goyah selama-lamanya.

Continue reading “Mazmur 15”

Lukisan: Edouard Vuillard, Walking In The Vineyard,

Matius 25 :14-30

“Setiap orang yang mempunyai akan diberi sampai ia berkelimpahan”

 

Kesebelasan Porto secara mengejutkan menjadi juara piala champion tahun 2002. Bermaterikan pemain yang tidak dikenal, Porto mengalahkan klub-klub besar yang memiliki pemain-pemain hebat. Tentu kemenangan Porto tidak bisa lepas dari tangan dingin sang pelatih Porto, Jose Mourinho. Continue reading “Talenta”

 

Painting of: Vincent van Gogh, Red Vineyard at Arles, 1888

You also go and work in my vineyard

Mathew 20: 1-16

Today, through the parable of the landowner, Jesus himself helps us to deepen God’s mercy and His justice in order that our life is fulfilled by gratitude. The parable of the landowner describes how God’s mercy works and saves men. Continue reading “God’s Mercy is His justice”