ENKWENTRO: Recent Episodes
Father Ferdinand Santos
Love desires what is good for the other person; it also embraces and respects his freedom.
The Father affirms Jesus in the work he has done and in the task that still lies ahead.
Sorrow and pain are part of life. Allowing ourselves time to go through them is normal and good, but at some point Jesus invites us to “pick up our mat and walk”. And he’ll be walking with us.
There’s something hidden deep in the simplicity of ordinary everyday life, something that gives a joy like no other.
Peter and John heal a crippled beggar and two of Jesus’ disciples meet him on the road to Emmaus.
When the pains and burdens of life overwhelm and even blind, listen to Jesus calling your name.
God’s compassion, His empathy for us, is the source of our ability to put ourselves in the other’s shoes and to overcome fear itself.
Christ is risen! The chains that have bound us are broken, the doors of the cells that have imprisoned us have swung wide open. We are free!
Jesus’ death on the cross is the final unmasking of the world’s pretensions to power and greatness, revealing it to be nothing but a hollowed-out shell.
Jesus entered his passion without fear, and with full control, laying down his life willingly, because his will was one with the Father’s.
Jesus wasn’t just handing Judas a piece of bread, he was handing himself, if only to remind him perhaps, one last time, of their friendship.
There’s an extravagance to love that is deep, passionate and complete. It is the key to having no regrets in life.
God enters fully into our lives so that nothing about us will be beyond his power to redeem.
Jesus turned the idea of power on its head, identifying his Kingdom with the poor, the outcast, the lost and the sinner. That’s all of us.
Routine is part of life; what shouldn’t be part of it is forgetfulness of the reason and purpose of our life’s routines.
The tragedy of Herod is that he still had a sliver of goodness in him, this is what drew him to John. But since he neither fed nor nurtured it, it was overwhelmed by darkness.
The admonition to “enter through the narrow gate” is an invitation to see life’s challenges and hurdles as instruments God uses to build us up , strengthen us, and make us more resilient.
Jesus condemned, not wealth, but what it often does: making us forget our utter dependence on God.
Happiness isn’t something that just happens. It is something we must choose, again and again. Heaven doesn’t have to wait till we pass away. It is something we can live even today.
Mary’s greatness lies in her willingness to be like the moon, merely reflecting the light of Jesus, the Sun.
“If I your Master washed your feet, so must you wash one another’s feet. As I have done, so must you do.” (John 13:14-15)
A very brief look into the mind of a titan of the Catholic intellectual and spiritual life.
On the Damascus road, Jesus speaks to Saul, teaching him the meaning of true obedience.
Jesus teaches his disciples to understand things the way he did, not the way the world wants them to.
Celebrating the feast day of one of the greatest defenders of the poor in ancient Christianity.
Jesus tells his disciples to be ready and awake when the moment of reckoning finally arrives.
The martyrs of the faith have discovered the secret of a truly great life: giving it away.
To one who has more will be given, to one who has not, the little he has will be taken away.
Despite criticism from the self-righteous, Jesus visits the home of the tax collector Zacchaeus.
Jesus cleanses the temple, reminding people about something important they’ve forgotten.
Life, for the Christian, is Never Ended; it is Merely Changed. Remembering our Dearly Departed on All Souls Day.
Celebrating the Band of Men and Women Who Chose Christ, ‘Losers’ to the World, Winners to the Only One that Matters: the Lord
“Strive to enter through the narrow gate”, Jesus encourages us - revealing to us an important secret to success, fulfillment and joy in life, here and in the next.
The Kingdom of God, Jesus tells us, is like the mustard seed, small yet having within it, tremendous power.
Jesus encounters blind Bartimaeus and asks him, “What do you want me to do for you?” “Master,” he says, “I want to see.” And his darkness is ended, his sight is restored.