Elijah and the Passover
Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday In The Second Week Of Advent Matthew 17:10-13 God spoke directly to the Israelites through the prophets and gave them forewarnings of the events to come. He even made his presence felt among the people in different forms, yet the people kept straying away. They could not follow […]
Wisdom and Folly
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The Second Week Of Advent Matthew 11:16-19 God spoke directly to the Israelites through the prophets and gave them forewarnings of the events to come. He even made his presence felt among the people in different forms, yet the people kept straying away. They could not follow […]
The Greatness of John The Baptist
Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The Second Week Of Advent Matthew 11:11-15 Jesus speaks about and praises John the Baptist for his boldness, his humility, detachments, preparedness to die, to witness, his role as a prophet, this also reflect his mother(family) bringing him up in the understanding of Gods love and teachings. […]
The Birth of Jesus Foretold
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday In The Second Week Of Advent Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Luke 1:26-38 The Birth of Mary, the Mother of Jesus the Christ, is intrinsically tied with the Announcement and Birth of Jesus our Lord and Saviour. We believe that Jesus was born […]
The Prodigal Shepherd
Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday In The Second Week Of Advent Matthew 18:12-14 We have heard this Gospel and also possibly read it, many times. And possibly we are used to this Gospel, and do not wait to marvel at the strange way, how it is not in sync with worldly standards, for […]
Jesus Heals a Paralytic
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Second Week Of Advent Luke 5:17-26 In the above passage Jesus is teaching in someone’s house and the Pharisees and teachers of Law from different places have been following Jesus wherever he went, not as disciples but to pick him for any wrong he did and […]
The Proclamation of John the Baptist
Reflection on the Gospel of the Sunday Second Sunday Of Advent Luke 3:1-6 It was approximately 400 years since the last prophets gave divine messages to the Jewish people. There was absolute silence from the heavens during this time. The people were unsure if God would ever communicate back to them but they were […]
The Harvest
Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday In The First Week Of Advent Matthew 9:35-10:1, 5-8 Jesus throughout his life journey on earth worked restlessly for the kingdom of God. Day and night he was concern about people and kept on moving from one city to another city and proclaimed the gospel and healed many […]
The Mission of the Seventy
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The First Week Of Advent Luke 10:1-16 Today’s gospel passage narrates the mission of the seventy. Jesus was preparing them and sending them out in pairs to spread the Word of God. One of the first steps is to pray to God to send more people to […]
Hearers and Doers
Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The First Week Of Advent Matthew 7:21, 24-27 Are we Hearers and doers of the word of God? Jesus insists in putting this teaching into practice, transmits the strength gained during prayer and worship in doing good to the Neighbours. Mere listening or feeling good in praying […]