Jesus Recognises the Coming of the Hour
John 12:20-33 In the Gospel for the fifth Sunday in Lent, people from Israel and beyond have come to pay homage to God in the Holy temple of Jerusalem during the festival. A few gentile Greeks are impressed with the righteous zeal of Jesus in cleansing the temple and his teachings. They wish to meet […]
Unbelief Of Those In Authority
John 7:40-53 What really is a challenge in this Scripture text is; who can understand what Scripture says fully, completely and correctly. And I will say no one. It is a unquenchable treasure trove and there is always something to understand from it, even if we think we have understood all it seeks to tell […]
Jesus’ Earthly Lineage
Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a Matthew starts his gospel with the genealogy of Jesus and presents how Jesus is the fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah, that the Son of God will be from the line of David. Joseph who is betrothed to Mary looks after Jesus like a dedicated father. He is described as […]
Witness to Who Jesus Is
John 5:31-47 This is John the Evangelist’s way of bearing testimony to Jesus He reminds us of John the Baptist Testimony to Jesus And also the works and the fruits of his own ministry. People could see the works of Jesus’ hands. But Jesus was not a crowd pleaser. Or a pleaser to the […]
The Authority of the Son of Man
John 5:17-30 God is light and love. And he loves humanity to such an extent, that he has not stopped working to bring it back to himself. This is identified as God’s Steadfast Love. Jesus is imitating, God Father in this, himself. Culturally, a Jewish son followed in his father’s work. Jesus is a Carpenter, […]
Jesus Heals on the Sabbath
John 5:1-16 The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. What does it mean? Let us travel all the way to the Seventh Day of Creation. And God rested on the Seventh Day. Does God require rest? No, but the Author has marvellously presented creation in a highly stylised form, and the […]
Jesus Heals an Official’s Son
John 4:43-54 We must accept The Lord’s presence in Our Life and Not reject Him, but many a times we are blind and we just reject Him. Let us be awake, be vigilant of the Lord’s presence and his healing around us. In surrender and reverence, pray to Jesus for wellbeing and healing for us and the […]
God’s Steadfast Love
John 3:14-21 The fourth Sunday in Lent, we are mid-way through our Lenten journey and yet for some of us the transformation of our hearts seems to have a long way to go. Looking deep within our hearts, we have buried our ugly sins and locked up its secrets. Unfortunately, it is these very ugly […]
The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
Luke 18:9-14 We all have fallen short of God’s holiness and thus sinned in some form or the other. We do not merit a relationship with God. These are things we aught to understand. But in a proper perspective. The ideas at play in this Scripture text are humility, gratitude and the proper understanding of […]
The First Commandment
Mark 12:28b-34 The background of today’s gospel is a debate on which was the greatest commandment among the myriad of Levitical laws. Jesus beautifully summarizes the ten commandments in two Love commandments i.e selfless, unconditional Love of God and Love of neighbour… and on these depend all the law and the prophets. These are more […]