This book ‘Chúa Nói Ta Đáp’, Năm B is dedicated to:

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Chuyên mục: Scripture Reflections on Sundays and Feast Days, Year B

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Introduction: This is a preface of of a book, titled: ‘Every Week God Speaks We Respond’, intended to be published in English, Cycle A, then Cycle B and finally Cycle C by Reverend John TB Trong (Gio-an Trần Bình Trọng) in the near future.

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Presentation of the Lord, C: Two Examples of Obedience and Sacrifice

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Presentation of the Lord: A, B, C

Ml 3:1-4; Heb 2:14-18; Lk 2:22-40

 According to the Law of Moses, every first-born male child had to be presented to the Lord in the temple. That is why the parents of the child Jesus brought the infant Jesus to the Temple to be dedicated. The book of Exodus teaches that the first born son belongs to God because of being delivered from the slaughter of the born sons in Egypt in the Passover on the way to the promised land (Ex 13:2, 15).

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Contents of a book: ‘Every Week God Speaks We Respond’, Cycle B to be published

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Chuyên mục: Scripture Reflections on Sundays and Feast Days, Year B

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Introduction: This is the ‘Table of contents’ of a book titled ‘Every Week God Speaks We Respond’, Cycle B, intended to be published in English by Reverend John T. B. Trong. The book was published in Vietnamese in the US in 2008 and re-published in Viet Nam in 2011.

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Christ the King, C: Accepting God’s sovereignty

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Christ the King, Year C

2 Sm 5:1-3; Col 1:12-20; Lk 23:35-43

 As Christian Catholics, we have double citizenship: citizens of our homeland and citizens of the kingdom of heaven. As citizens of God’s kingdom, God has made us: a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people set apart as the Preface of the Feast of Christ the king points out.

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Christ the King, C: Accepting God’s sovereinty

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Christ the King, Year C

2 Sm 5:1-3; Col 1:12-20; Lk 23:35-43

 As Christian Catholics, we have double citizenship: citizens of our homeland and citizens of the kingdom of heaven. As citizens of God’s kingdom, God has made us: a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people set apart as the Preface of the Feast of Christ the king points out. Today with the universal Church, we celebrate the feast of Christ the King. When Pilate asked Jesus, whether he was the king of the Jews, Jesus answered that was Pilate’s idea. Pilate must have understood that Jesus’ response meant he denied the title of king of the Jews.

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6 Sun. Ord., C: Living four Beatitudes and avoiding four woes

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6 Sunday of the Year C

Jer 17:5-8; 1Cor 15:12, 16-20; Lk 6:17, 20-26

 In ancient times, the Romans considered getting possession of material goods as a way to happiness. Poverty in the Roman colony at the time of Jesus was regarded as a disgrace, even a punishment for sin committed.

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Dedication of St John Lateran: Entering the House of God

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Entering the House of God

Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12; 1Cor 3:9-11, 16-17; Jn 2:13-22

 Philosophers as well as theologians always seek to find out where and how God is present in the universe. Man knows God is present everywhere, but man also reserves some special place for God’s presence in a special way. In the Old Testament, the temple and the ark of the covenant were considered special places for God’s presence as God said: I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name will be there forever (2 Chr 7:16; 1Kgs 9:3) [1]. That is the reason why Jesus was upset with the moneychangers because they had made God’s house of prayer a market place (Jn 2:16).

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Baptism of the Lord, C: Paaarental Responsibility for Baptism for Children

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Baptism of the Lord, Year C

Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Ti 2:11-14; 3:4-7; Lk 3:15-16, 21-22

 When John the Baptist preached a baptism of repentance, people rushed to him in great numbers to be baptized.  Jesus himself ratified John's baptism by asking to be baptized by John at the Jordan River.

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Death is not for ever distant

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The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed. 

Is 25: 6a, 7-9, Rom 8: 14-23, Lk 23: 33, 39-42

 Every day we have seen, heard, or read in the newspaper about deaths caused by old age, sickness, accident, war, violence and natural disaster. We think death is something happening to other people, not to us. Most people can cope with life despite strenuous hardships.

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1 Sun. /Adv. C: Patient to wait for the coming of the Lord

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1 Sunday of Advent, Cycle C

Jer 33:14-16; 1Thes 3:12-4:2; Lk 24:25-28, 34-36 

The first Sunday of Advent, which, we are celebrating today, is the New Year day of the Church, or better termed, the New Liturgical Year, and we know Christmas is not far away. According to Jeremiah’s prophecy, it was written: In those days, in that time, I will raise up for David, a just shoot; he shall do what is right and just in the land (Jer 33:15).

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SS Peter & Paul: In honor of the two great Saints

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Solemnity of SS Peter and Paul: A, B, C

Acts 12:1-11; Tm 4:6-8, 17-18; Mt 16:13-19 

Today the universal Church celebrates the two pillars of the Church: Saint Peter and Saint Paul, who lived in the early days of the Church. Why does the Church celebrate them together in one feast? The answer is the Church considers them inseparable because their roles and their works are complimentary to each other. The two were persecuted, suffered and martyred in the same city of Rome, the capital of the Church.

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29 Sun. Ord. / C: Being persistent in prayer

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29 Sunday of the Year C

Ex 17:8-13; 2 Tm 3:14- 4:2; Lk 18:1-8

Introduction: This is a homily/Scripture reflection in a book, titled: ‘Every Week God Speaks We Respond’, Cycle C, intended to be published in the future by Reverend John Tran Binh Trong.

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