SUNDAY REFLECTIONS with
FR. Francis

Genesis 12: 1-4a; 2 Timothy 1: 8b-10; Matthew 17: 1-9 (Rev. Dr. Francis Perry Azah) Today, as we continue our faith journey in this Lenten period, let us take note of God’s call to Abraham; note that God clearly "calls" Abraham. God doesn't simply suggest to Abraham that he might consider joining God's great work. God gives Abraham a clear imperative: "Go forth from the land of your kinsfolk and from your father's house to a land that I will show you." God takes the initiativ

Genesis 2: 7-9, 3: 1-7; Romans 5: 12-19 or 5: 12, 17-19; Matthew 4: 1-11 (Rev. Dr. Francis Perry Azah) Last Wednesday, we began the season of Lent, which is our preparation for the Easter celebration of Jesus’ resurrection. It is a period in imitation of Jesus spending forty days in the desert. Jesus fasted in the desert and overcame the devil’s temptations. Jesus never sinned, but in the desert he was tempted. During these forty days of Lent, we remember Jesus in the desert

Sirach 15: 16-21; 1 Corinthians 2: 6-10; Matthew 5: 17-37 (Rev. Dr. Francis Perry Azah) On this Sunday, we heard Jesus telling us: “Unless your holiness surpasses that of the scribes and the Pharisees, you shall not enter the kingdom of God.” Now, how could anyone be holier than the scribes and the Pharisees? They dressed in numerous images of their religion — phylacteries, or miniature lists of the Ten Commandments hung from their headbands — so that whenever they turned th