Little Brother Avi Bala Bitra OFM Cap.

  Little brother avi bala bitra                                                                 AUG 2021 22 SUN   TWENTY FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Jos 24:1-2,15-18; Ps 34; Eph 5:21-32; Jn 6:60-69   LORD, TO WHOM SHALL WE GO? YOU HAVE THE WORDS OF ETERNAL LIFE   Welcome to a short reflection on TWENTY FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME   The people of Israel have come to the end of their exodus from Egypt and were about to begin their new life in the Promised Land. During their journey, God had entered into a covenant with them, promising to be their God, and they promised to be his people.   God proved his faithfulness time and again throughout...

  Little brother avi bala bitra                                                                 AUG 2021 08 SUN  NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 1 Kgs 19:4-8; Ps 34: 2-9; Eph 4:30-5:2; Jn 6:41-51 FAITH IS THE FOOD THAT STRENGTHENS US   Welcome to a short reflection on XIX Sunday in Ordinary Time.   Today’s first reading, taken from the first book of the Kings, tells the story of Prophet Elijah’s time of trial and the comfort and strength offered to him by God through his angel. “ Get up and eat, for the journey will be too long for you .”   Elijah is fed so that he may be strengthened for his journey. The nourishment that God gives, is always ...

  Little brother avi bala bitra                                                                 AUG 2021 15 SUN   ASSUMPTION OF THE  BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Rev 11:19; 12:1-6,10; Ps 45; 1Cor 15:20-27; Lk 1:39-56     Welcome to a short reflection on the   ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY   The Catholic Church teaches as dogma that the Virgin Mary “ having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory .”   This doctrine was dogmatically defined by Pope Pius XII on November 1, 1950 , in the Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus , while exercising papal infallibility.   But Pope Pi...