The difference between the poor and the rich countries is not the age of the country, the color of the people, their size, or even height. This can be shown by countries like India and Egypt that are more than two thousand years old and are poor. On the other hand, Botswana, Canada, and Australia, that one hundred years ago were inexpressive, today are developed countries and are rich. The difference between poor and rich does not reside in the available natural resources. Japan has a limited territory, 80% mountainous, inadequate for agriculture and cattle raising, but is among the top…
Happy Martyrs Day to you and your family: what are you living for?
Today, June 3rd, we celebrate the Uganda Martyrs. The people who paid the ultimate price in defense of their Christian beliefs. Fearing the possible loss of control of his Kingdom, the Buganda King at the time, Mwanga II, took drastic measures. Over the years, Christianity had been spreading with it bringing a new class of officials within the Kingdom. According to history texts, these new officers – Bishops, Deacons, and Priests – had a good education, commanded respect, and mobilized resources – giving a perceived real threat to any traditional leader at the time. And to make matters worse, most…
Homily for Wednesday, Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
2 Tm 1:1-3, 6-12 Mk 12:18-27 In the time of Jesus there was more than one understanding of death within the Jewish tradition. One group, the Sadducees, did not believe in life after death in any real sense; they dismissed any notion of resurrection from the dead. In today’s gospel reading they try to ridicule Jesus’ belief in the resurrection of the dead. According to the Jewish Law, if the husband of a woman died, his brother should marry her to ensure the deceased brother lived on through his wife’s children. The Sadducees put before Jesus the preposterous scenario of…
