The Cost of Discipleship
To Read Click Luke 9:22-25 The understanding I see here is that discipleship here is linked to Baptism into Christ Because the difficulties Jesus states here to be his disciple Are the same that are required to be truly and fully Baptised into Christ Self-Denial and the Cross are two elements that are […]
Concerning Almsgiving, Fasting and Prayer
To Read Click Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Today starts the time of Lent when we in a special way focus on our interior life, Our life which is connected to God, and see how we need to order it And Give God the First place The Gospel reading focuses on Jesus’ instructions on how to […]
The Yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod
To Read Click Mark 8:14-21 What is the Yeast of the Pharisees It so happened that when Jesus made this statement His disciples had foolishly forgotten to being sufficient bread for all of them They realised it too late. And when Jesus spoke of the Yeast of the Pharisees They by guilt, felt Jesus […]
The Demand For A Sign
To Read Click Mark 8:11-13 The Pharisees are asking for a sign. Do you have any doubts? Would you want a sign? Ask for a sign But not like the Pharisees Who came not to believe but condemn And not like Zechariah the father of John the Baptist Who limited what God could do […]
Lenten Reflections
Jesus Heals A Leper
To Read Click Mark 1:40-45 Mark now starts inserting some miracles and cures by Jesus. These are really, But they are arranged altogether To tell us something about Jesus. Jesus the High Priest The office of healing was that of the High Priest As was the office of certifying the full healing of one. […]
Jesus Feeds Four Thousand
To Read Click Mark 8:1-10 This passage is making a reference to God feeding the Israelites in the Desert. God is provider God is aware of our needs and God will provide for us This is a second story of feeding a huge crowd. The first was in Jewish territory This is in the […]
Jesus Cures a Deaf Man
To Read Click Mark 7:31-37 Jesus heals yet another person This individual is deaf And with Jesus’ intervention in his life He can now hear. When Jesus heals He heals wholly Therefore when Jesus restores his hearing He is now able to proclaim Jesus’ action in his life without Any problem Jesus heals And […]
The Wedding at Cana
To Read Click John 2:1-11 This reading is in commemoration of the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, which we celebrate today. The reading proper for the day is the awesome and inspiring faith of the Syrophoenician Woman. Even Mary’s faith is exemplary It is she who helps Jesus understand that moment when he […]
The Yeast of the Pharisees
To Read Click Mark 7:14-23 In Mark 8:14f Jesus will warn his disciples of the Yeast of the Pharisees. This is it i.e. yesterday’s reading where Jesus pointed to the double standards of the Pharisees They claimed to fulfil the law by keeping to its demands only technically. Not what God really wanted. They […]