Speaking of blasphemy, today’s Gospel theme: Blasphemy. Blasphemy in religious context simply  means ‘Great disrespect to God or something that is holy‘. Always remember this.

Blasphemy  means disrespect shown to God or something that is holy.

By the way, if you disrespect me, that is not blasphemy. Don’t worry about it. But if during Mass you disrespect me as I take the Persona Christi, it is a blasphemy.

Brothers and sisters, in the Old Testament, when a person commits sins of blasphemy, he or she will be stoned to death, not worthy to be alive.

However, in the New Testament, Jesus spoke a special type of blasphemy – Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Sin of blasphemy.

There is a reason why Jesus spoke about this. The Pharisees were eyewitness of the many works of the Holy Spirit, of the miracles done by Jesus but yet, the Pharisees attributed the work of Holy Spirit to the presence of demon. That is why Jesus calls them blasphemer, unforgivable.

Likewise, my dear friends, my message to you today is: