The Question about the Resurrection
Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday In The Thirty-Third Week In Ordinary Time Luke 20:27-40 In today’s Gospel the group of the Sadducees approached Jesus and raised a question on resurrection, as they believed there is no life after death. Their Bible consisted only the First Five Books of our Bible. Jesus answer them; […]
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The Thirty-Third Week In Ordinary Time Luke 19:45-48 Jesus was very focussed throughout his ministry on his mission. He got upset when he saw the vendors selling coins and doves etc right in front of the temple and reminded them that the temple was a house of […]
Jesus And Prayer
Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The Thirty-Third Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 14:22-33 In the first part of Today’s scripture reading we see, Jesus as always separates himself from the crowds to spend time alone in prayer with his Heavenly Father, by know we know, through spending time in prayer and in […]
The Parable of the Ten Pounds
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday In The Thirty-Third Week In Ordinary Time Luke 19:11-28 This is a mix and match parable. It looks like the Parable of Talents and the Man gone to get Rulership is mixed here. The purpose of this is to indict the Pharisees. They were the chosen People, highly […]
Jesus and Zacchaeus
Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday In The Thirty-Third Week In Ordinary Time Luke 19:1-10 This story is wonderful. Here is Jesus not preaching and teaching anyone, yet there is a total conversion of heart in a person. By now Jesus’ fame as a miracle worker, healer, man of God, prophet and possible as […]
Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar Near Jericho
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Thirty-Third Week In Ordinary Time Luke 18:35-43 The blind man was left to beg and feed himself, as he must have been abandoned by his family or might not have anyone to care for him. But the way he addressed Jesus as Son of David on […]
Watch and Be Prepared for the End Time
Reflection on the Gospel of the Thirty-Third Sunday In Ordinary Time Mark 13:24-32 The Gospel passage of today describes what the glorious coming of the Son of Man at the end of the world will be like. This is to be the real hope of the disciples in contrast to the false hopes, Jesus has […]
The Parable of the Widow and the Unjust Judge
Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday In The Thirty-Second Week In Ordinary Time Luke 18:1-8 Jesus during his ministry was busy with teaching and preaching the people. Most of his teachings are in the form of parables and useful for our day to day life. In today’s gospel passage Jesus is sharing with us […]
The Judgement of Humanity
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The Thirty-Second Week In Ordinary Time Luke 17:26-37 COVID-19 is a term etched deep in everyone’s mind today, an event that every person has experienced across the globe. Did we ever expect something like this? Never! It is unimaginable even today, after almost 2 years of living […]
The Coming of the Kingdom
Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The Thirty-Second Week In Ordinary Time Luke 17:20-25 The Pharisees questioned Jesus when will the Kingdom of God come ? But were they prepared for it and also are we prepared for the Kingdom? Jesus makes this complex question seem very easy by the way he answers […]