Biblical Reflections

“Love your enemies”. The command that Jesus gives us today is very hard. Personally, I am convinced that it is impossible to love enemies. Either we hate them, or we fear them, or both. Maybe we also despise them, but we can never love them. If so, how can we obey this command of Jesus? Is it possi…

Last Sunday, the 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time, year C, the Gospel (Luke 5:1-11) helped us meditate on the miraculous catch of fish by Peter and companions. After a fruitless fishing night, Jesus who was teaching the crowd from Peter’s boat, ordered him to “put out into the deep” water and lower thei…

“Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but at your command I will lower the nets.” Lk 5,5 Peter was an experienced fisherman, spending his life in this family trade from a very young age. Jesus for his part, was the son of a carpenter, from the mountains, with little or no…