My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, let us be appreciative, grateful and thankful to God for His love for us, as we listen attentively to His words, as we wholeheartedly accept His words, as we truly follow Him, and as we sincerely live out His words and His love in our world.
My dear brothers and sisters, as we are reminded by Jesus Himself in today’s gospel reading to be His witnesses in the world, let us do so by truly repenting of our sins, by renewing our lives, and by sincerely obeying and keeping God’s commandments.
Hence, if our actions should always reflect Christ to others and bear the fruit of love to manifest His love to the world and if the resurrection of our Lord is a call for us to show our faith in Him as we proclaim our risen Lord to the world, let us continually deepen our faith in God by praying daily, reading the Scriptures daily, and by living out the gospel of Christ always.
Hence my dear brothers and sisters, this Easter season, we are called to become the light of Christ in the world because we have been reborn in Him and are new beings. So let us seek what is above, and not what is on earth and carry this light of the risen Lord into the world; testifying and preaching to the world that Jesus Christ our Lord is truly risen from the dead.
So my brothers and sisters, since today’s Palm Sunday celebration calls us to pledge our allegiance and loyalty to God who loves us through penance, mortification, fasting, charity and prayers, let us do so today with Humility, Patience and firmness of faith in Him as we participate in His passion and death this Holy Week.
So my dear brothers and sisters in Christ, look fervently and devoutly to the crucifix today and compare your willingness to endure the sufferings that come your way like Jesus did, so that you can bear fruit in the future. During this Lenten season, let us join Christ in His suffering, passion and death by giving up ourselves for love of Christ and our neighbors, so that we can bear good fruit this Easter season, with His joyful and glorious resurrection.
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, since Jesus said, “Whoever believes in Him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned,” it is time to deepen our belief in God, by giving more attention to Him when we listen to His Word and teachings; by accepting His word we have listened to, and lastly, by striving and working very hard daily to live out His Word. Amen!
My dear brothers and sisters, let the zeal for God’s house consume us and propel us into the world today, to preach, teach and live out the Word of God like Jesus Christ did.
My brothers and sisters, as we mortify ourselves during this Lenten season, let us not forget that Jesus is with us and journeys with us. So let us transfigure ourselves to become better children of God by Repenting of our sins, by Reconciling ourselves with God, and by wholeheartedly Returning to Him.
My brothers and sisters, we are called not only to abstain from luxuries during Lent, but to a true inner conversion of heart and spirit, as we seek to follow Christ's will more faithfully. Hence, let us challenge ourselves this Lenten Season by changing the way we think and act, by not ignoring the Gospel but by accepting it, and lastly, by using the practices of prayer, fasting and Almsgiving to wholeheartedly return to the Lord and reconcile ourselves to Him.
It is time to take a cue from the leper’s approach to Jesus in today’s gospel reading. Let us go to Jesus like he did, fearlessly and courageously, with absolute trust in Him, with humility, and with faith, because He loves us, cares about us and is compassionate to us.
So my dear friends in Christ, as God’s children and as disciples of Christ, let us obey His command to “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation,” by ministering to all, especially to those in need, by praying always to God and by teaching and proclaiming the Good News to all.
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, like Jesus said, “this is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.” So let us repent and believe in the gospel by hearing and answering Jesus’s call to follow Him, by promptly and positively responding to that call, and by being obedient to Him as His children.
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, as we begin this season of Ordinary Time, let us follow the examples of the disciples in today’s gospel reading as we answer our call to discipleship by constantly following Christ, by sincerely being open to Him, and by consistently listening to Him.
My dear friends in Christ, do you truly trust in God? Do you really follow Him, His teachings and His ways? Today, God has revealed the mystery of our salvation in Christ as a light for the nations, and when Christ appeared in our mortal nature, He made us new by the glory of His immortal nature. So let us manifest God in our lives today by truly trusting in Him, and by sincerely following Him.
