Notes from Mass Sermons or Rather Homilies

I might kept adding the new notes at the top. I would see. Now writing brief notes from memory for the week Feb 1 to Feb 8, 2026.

Sunday, February 8, 2026

Celebrant: Fr. Xavier. Be the salt and light of this world. [Bit of background noise now]. A few facts. I might be able to construct the holistic context other time. He mentioned that in Aramaic [using a bit of google here to support my facts or complete the context], salt seemed that it was close to earth? I mean in terms of meaning. Ovens were made of earth at that time. Let’s say earth-oven or can also be a clay-oven. The fuel in that time was dry dung. [Now mixed with some interpretation]. Dung is excrement or feces. Generally, of domestic animals. In some cases, it seems even human feces were used (Wikipedia, 2026). It seems that we have lost several sustainable practices and or fully disconnected with some of the source material. There are several things we can still do with dung. It is an energy source at the end. Of course we need to trace carefully the diseases. But diseases, I might be wrong here, are also, in many cases, a way of corruption. Particularly, if we do not know the original source. But to the topic. And I need to learn this part. It seems that in order that combustion happened salt must been needed for the dried dung to catch the fire. Well, I will learn the technicalities. And here it is something, I might not read, because of time constrains, but I keep it for reference. This metaphoric. The point here is without salt there is not fire. Also fire can be light. I have not read things related the analogy to dung yet. Here comes the part to be added to the dung, or if one might be that dung at times. In any case, that dung it is useful, but only with salt. The word useful is quite complicated. But another analogy could be that salt allows or it is the catalyst to covert the dung into fire. The Lord might be asking us to allow that salt in? Well, he is asking to be the salt of the world. It is always complicated to see things from an upper position though. I would check the dung meaning. Ok. If there is not more salt, it seems that the dried dung needs to be throw away because it lost the fire. Another, thing, I more or less caught, but I am helping my self with a brief extraction of this text, which I might also not read entirely. My role here is completing some of my sentences or notes. I do not know the Greek meaning of the word salt. But it seems that the translation, when Jesus, said “lost its taste”, that word in Greek is moraino. It seems that moraino means moron. Or stupid. Or intellectual simpleton, according to the linked text above.

Thursday, February 5, 2026

Celebrant: Fr. Xavier. One should be a gift to others. [A mix here with the words of Venerable Fulton Sheen]. How hard is to pick up a cross and to carry it? One can carry the external causes and others. That is the cross. [Here a few words from Venerable Fulton Sheen]: But if there is resentment or bitterness towards other person. That might create to get stuck. Because a person with such a heart, who might think not in live, or who might not feel love for the other, but remen [not sure which word I wrote there, hard to correct not in first draft, I would need to read it again], or revenge, had to carry that additional cross. And two carry two crosses, seems that it is not really possible. [A mix with my own interpretation and extensions]: At the end, even Our Lord, I believe, felt twice on His way to Calvary, while carrying His cross. Yet, He was able to carry all those externalities. He is God of course. But also His Father was working through Him. When we have a light heart, probably, at least that it is the theory, and one should be able to be more attentive and feel it, when one is present and with a loving heart, the Lord works on us, to being able to carry others. Our Lord, on His way to calvary, which is quite a significant journey…, was spitted, laughed, wiped, and had to carry his cross. Then even His clothes, I believe, or hopefully I recall it right, were cast out and torn? I think the lesson is to be present. That is quite the most important gift to others. Then, of course, carry the cross.

Sunday, February 1, 2026

The Lord enter to your lives through your wounds. I guess the Lord heal you through your wounds. Celebrant fr. Pious.