Today’s Gospel says: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” When you throw a stone into a calm lake, you’ll see small ripples. Those small ripples gradually spread into larger ones. Love for our neighbors is the same. We need to prioritize bringing happiness and joy directly to those right in front of us, those around us, and those closest to us. That love will spread like ripples.

There’s a sarcastic saying: “It’s easier to love humanity than to love your neighbor.” In reality, we’re often so preoccupied with grand ideals that we tend to overlook the small things. But in truth, it is precisely these small things that are the most meaningful and that truly touch the human heart...

“Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s,” as it says in today’s Gospel. This means returning things to their rightful owners. Returning things to their rightful owners is not just a matter of being honest; it is also a way to preserve self-respect and trust. Honesty is an irreplaceable treasure, and returning what belongs to others is a way to keep that treasure shining. Please do not hold on to things that do not belong to you. For a pure heart protects only what is right. Restoring others’ rights is a small step toward making the world a fairer place...

Today’s Gospel reading is a parable about a king who invites people to his son’s wedding. None of the invited guests came to the wedding for various reasons. One went to work in the fields, another went off on business, and the rest seized the king’s servants, mistreated them, and killed them. The king in this Gospel reading represents God, and the king’s invitation symbolizes God’s call. In our daily lives, aren’t we often so busy that we end up forgetting God’s call...?

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Today’s Gospel reading is the parable of the wicked tenants who refused to return the harvest to its rightful owner, God, and tells the story of people who lack a spirit of gratitude.

“Ephphatha” is a Greek word meaning “Be opened.” While each of us has our own situations in daily life where we say “Be opened,” I would like us to reflect together on the fact that “ultimately, we are all the same.”...

“Lord, if my brother sins against me, how many times should I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus replied, “Not seven times, but seventy times seven,” as written in today’s Gospel.

Through this Gospel passage, what Jesus is trying to say is, “It’s not about the number; let’s always forgive one another.” Jesus’s only wish is for us to become people who forgive, not people who criticize others’ mistakes...

Today’s Gospel passage states, “Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” This Scripture passage reveals the true nature of the Church. The church is not a “place” or a “building,” but a “gathering of people.” It is not just any gathering, but a gathering for God. It is a gathering in which God is present. Now, in our gathering today, is our focus directed toward God? In all our spiritual activities, is God the center of our attention? A gathering without God is not a gathering at all—it is merely a crowd...

To the world, the cross may symbolize “curse” or “death,” but to us, the cross symbolizes “forgiveness,” “pride,” “salvation,” and reconciliation with God.
“We must gaze upon Christ crucified with faith, hope, love, and longing,” said St. Bonaventure. “When we gaze upon the cross, we realize just how much Jesus loves us...”

The Latin phrase “Duc in Altum” means “put out into the deep.” These are the words spoken by Jesus to Peter, a poor fisherman, and his companions in the New Testament—specifically in Luke 5:1–10—after they had fished all night without catching anything and were washing their nets the next day...

Today’s Gospel passage is striking for Jesus’s seemingly cold words and actions. It says that even when a mother whose daughter was possessed by a demon pleaded with him about her suffering, “Jesus did not say a word in reply.”...

“Do not be afraid; it is I. Do not be afraid,” it says in today’s Gospel. I think everyone has felt fear at some point. What are we afraid of in our daily lives?

Today's Gospel reading is the miracle story of how Jesus fed 5,000 hungry people with five loaves of bread and two fish...

No matter how materially fulfilled or economically prosperous we may be, if we are not healthy in both mind and body...

In my hometown, a type of poisonous bean called "koto" grows wild. Although it's poisonous, it can be eaten after being boiled several times. ...

Today's Gospel reading is the parable of the sower. In our daily lives, we reap what we plant and what we sow...

One day, a teacher wrote the number 100 three times on the blackboard. Then, he said to the students, "Do something to make these numbers appear smaller..."

Today is the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time. In the West, "speaking" is essential. Everything in life is expressed through words...

One day, a child asked their father, "How can I overcome hardship and find joy?"

It was a simple conversation in the kitchen of a warm family home. "Share these apples with overflowing love," the mother said to her second son.

Today is the Feast of Corpus Christi. Humans are creatures of longing.

Today is the feast day of the Trinity. The foundation of Christianity is the doctrine of the Trinity. In biblical teachings, God is "one God," but at the same time, He is "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit."

Today is the feast day of Pentecost. It occurred ten days after Jesus Christ's ascension to heaven.

It was one evening, on my way home. As I was about to enter the grounds of the Society of the Divine Word House, I heard a boy, about elementary school age, greet me from across the road: "Good evening, sir..."

"There are many rooms in my Father's house," it says in today's Gospel reading...

Today's Gospel reading is "The Road to Emmaus," depicting the scene where the Lord Jesus Christ comforts his disciples who have lost hope...

A few years ago, I visited four cities—Milan, Florence, Assisi, and Rome—to collect information. The city that left the biggest impression on me was Assisi.