Martin Jumbam

Catholic Meditation - Eighteenth Sunday of Year A

Mother Church celebrates Sunday, August 02, 2020 as the 18^th Sunday of ordinary time, year A.  In this Eucharist, we celebrate the great love of God that not only gives us life, but also sustains that life with the food of the Eucharist, which is the love of God made visible in Christ our Lord. In the entrance antiphon we pray: “God, come to my help. Lord, quickly give me assistance. You are the one who helps me and sets me free. Lord, do not be long in coming. Amen.”

Catholic Meditation - Seventeenth Sunday - Year A

Mother Church invites us to celebrate Sunday, July 26, 2020 as the 17^th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A. In the entrance antiphon we pray: “God is in his holy dwelling; he will give a home to the lonely, he gives power and strength to his people. Amen.”

A reflection on “Bearing Witness: Poems from a Land in Turmoil”

I have read through these poems a number of times already and each time all my senses are on the alert. Clearly visible before my tear-soaked eyes is glaring proof of the senseless destruction of whole villages, with piles and piles of bloated corpses rotting in the sun and emitting an awful stench that floats in the air wherever the infamous bearers of death come knocking. In these poems, I hear the helpless cries of our men, women and children as they desperately flee for shelter into forests. Audible in the thick bushes is the agony of women in the pangs of child birth followed by the weak whimpers of new born babies, who barely have time to take in their first breath and then they are gone!

Catholic Meditation - Sixteenth Sunday of Year A

Mother Church invites us to celebrate Sunday, July 19, 2020, as the 16^th Sunday of ordinary time, year A. In the entrance antiphon we pray: “God himself is my help. The Lord upholds my life. I will offer you a willing sacrifice; I will praise your name, O Lord, for its goodness. Amen”

Catholic Meditation -Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Year C

Mother Church invites us to celebrate Sunday, July 12, 2020 as the 15th Sunday of ordinary time, year A. The Entrance Antiphon of this day’s Holy Mass says: “In my justice I shall see your face, O Lord; when your glory appears, my joy will be full. Amen.”

Catholic Meditation - Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Year A

Mother Church invites us to celebrate Sunday, July 05, 2020 as the 14th Sunday of ordinary time, year A. In the Entrance Antiphon we pray: “Within your temple, we ponder your loving kindness, O God. As your name, so also your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with justice. Amen”