The Parable of the Sower
Reflection on the Gospel of Wednesday In The Sixteenth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 13:1-9 This is a wonderful parable! It draws you to introspect and search yourself, to gain clarity about your walk with God. The normal way that this parable is looked at is that the Sower is God and he is […]
The True Family of Jesus
Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday In The Sixteenth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 12:46-50 Take a look at the passages found in Matthew 12, and you will realise it is about identity and faith. Jesus’ identity strongly comes out in all the miracles and signs he is doing amongst the people. And […]
The Sign of Jonah
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Sixteenth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 12:38-42 Jesus had been performing many miracles of healings and eventually had broken many Jewish man made rules, mainly concerning the Sabbath. He allowed his disciples to pluck grains and eat it, healed a man with a withered hand […]
Crowds Follow Jesus Everywhere
Reflection on the Gospel of the Sixteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time Mark 6:30-34 The introduction (6:30–34) highlights the contrast between Jesus’ desire for solitude and his concern for the large mass of people who come from “all the cities.” Since the crowds prevent Jesus and his disciples from enjoying the solitude they sought (6:31), […]
God’s Chosen Servant
Reflection on the Gospel of Saturday In The Fifteenth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 12:14-21 Today’s Gospel passage clearly describe the role of the servant chosen by God. God had chosen His servant (Jesus) and had given him his spirit, in order that he may bring judgement and teaching to the nations and accomplish […]
Plucking Grain on the Sabbath
Matthew 12:1-8 The Pharisees criticised Jesus as his disciples plucked grain on the Sabbath to feed themselves, but Jesus responds with a practical answer and gives the example of David eating the Bread of Presence as an analogy. Our reaction to a situation requires a wholesome approach and not just by going by the […]
The Yoke of Jesus
Matthew 11:28-30 Do we work individually or do we partner with God in all that we do? Are we weary working for ourselves and by ourselves, or relaxed in working for Him? In today’s reading of three verses, Jesus invites us to work with Him (yoke), so that we gain his experience and perspective, […]
Jesus Thanks His Father
Matthew 11:25-27 In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus is shown preaching an Upside-Down Gospel, i.e. the world sees Jesus’ message as being opposite to what the world values, and to the casual reader, Jesus’ message is strange, possibly of a mad man, and down right controversial. To be first be last, to receive give, […]
Woes To Unrepentant Cities
Matthew 11:20-24 Is a woe something that Jesus decrees on people who do not accept his message or on those who do not recognise Him. That is a definite no. So what is the meaning of this passage? The answer to this is in the stories of destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19) […]
Not Peace, But A Sword
Matthew 10:34-11:1 Hearing the first paragraph, might shake our faith. Before I studied the Word of God, I just skipped this passage as I thought this teaching was contrary to the earlier teachings of Jesus, love one another as I have loved you, honour your father and mother. What did Jesus mean by saying […]