The Mission of the Seventy
Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The Twenty-Sixth Week In Ordinary Time Luke 10:1-12 Jesus sends his disciples to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He transfers his power and Authority to the seventy he chose. This is parallel to Moses himself being guided to choose seventy elders and […]
Jesus and Nathaniel
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday In The Twenty-Sixth Week In Ordinary Time John 1:47-51 (Feast: The Archangels) In this passage there are two interesting things to note. 1) Nathanael has reservations about Jesus when Phillip tells about him. Indeed what good can come from the land of the former Kingdom of the Israel […]
A Samaritan Village Refuses to Receive Jesus
Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday In The Twenty-Sixth Week In Ordinary Time Luke 9:51-56 This passage is giving us 3 insights. 1) Jesus knows his hour has come, and he sets himself resolutely to embrace the glory that awaits him in Jerusalem. 2) James and John, have seen the transfigured glory of Jesus […]
True Greatness
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Twenty-Sixth Week In Ordinary Time Luke 9:46-50 Two messages in one passage. Both are so relevant in our lives today. The first one is about humbling ourselves. Just as the disciples were getting to know Jesus more and seeing the works and wonders done by him […]
The Concern Over Another Exorcist Casting Out Demon’s In Jesus’ Name
Reflection on the Gospel of the Twenty-Sixth Sunday In Ordinary Time Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 A man becomes a true disciple of Jesus when he truly believes in Him. Jesus isn’t exclusive, His love, His power, His healing, His mercy is accessible to anyone who believes in Him. Thus all of us Christians, who consider […]
Jesus Again Foretells His Death A Third Time
Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday In The Twenty-Fifth Week In Ordinary Time Luke 9:43b-45 Today’s Gospel passage is followed by the transfiguration of Jesus and the healing of the epileptic boy. After these events disciples and people admired Jesus for his mighty healing power and the great work of God. The praising and […]
Peter Identifies Jesus as the Christ
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The Twenty-Fifth Week In Ordinary Time Luke 9:18-22 Jesus has been preparing his disciples for their mission with clear instructions. With the crowds following him, the authorities, Pharisees and the people themselves, are all trying to identify who Jesus is. Some guessed John the Baptist, some Elijah […]
Herod Considers Jesus to be John the Baptist Resurrected
Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The Twenty-Fifth Week In Ordinary Time Luke 9:7-9 While Jesus’ teaching and Healing brought comfort to many, Herod was somehow uncomfortable, not because of Jesus’ ministry but because of his own previous actions and guilty conscience of having put John the Baptist to death.. Are we ready […]
The Mission of the Twelve
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday In The Twenty-Fifth Week In Ordinary Time Luke 9:1-6 This is training in advance, for when the young Church would have to live by what it professes (Church of the Acts of the Apostles), and these very 12 would then be the pillars on which the Church will […]
The Call of Matthew
Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday In The Twenty-Fifth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 9:9-13 (Feast: St. Matthew) In Isaiah chapter 1; we hear the anguish of God’s heart, narrated to us through the prophet Isaiah. He recounts how Israel, though a son of his, has been dishonourable to him, cut himself from him […]