Love for Enemies
Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday In The First Week In Lent Matthew 5:43-48 Today’s gospel passage is part of the Sermon on the Mount. Moses got the Law by spending 40 days and nights on Mount Sinai. God gave him the 10 commandments for the welfare of the Jewish community. Similarly, Jesus after […]
Concerning Anger
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The First Week In Lent Matthew 5:20-26 The background of this passage is the Sermon on the Mount or the teaching of the Beatitudes. Jesus is explaining about the attitude that one should have towards his brother. He is encouraging us and giving us, his disciples, a […]
Ask, Search, Knock
Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The First Week In Lent Matthew 7:7-12 Ask, Seek, Know, by now we are grown in friendship with our Lord God, We approaching him as our Father and his overwhelming Love, compassion has enveloped us, how much in abundance are we awaited to receive, the key revealed […]
The Chosen :: Season1 Episode 3: Jesus Loves The Little Children
Again like in the previous episode, there is no specific Gospel Passage to confirm the events shown in this episode, however there are many references that tell us that Jesus liked children. This entire episode is dedicated to children and Jesus may come out as boring but serves in driving home some truths which we […]
The Sign of Jonah
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday In The First Week In Lent Luke 11:29-32 What is this Sign of Jonah? Yes Jonah in a way pre-represents Jesus’ own death and resurrection, but to the people of Nineveh, he represents the voice of a prophet. A prophet who passed judgement on behalf of God, on […]
How to Pray
Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday In The First Week In Lent Matthew 6:7-15 Pray is to have a relationship with God. This relationship is not that of friends or the relationship between brothers and sisters. It means to have a relationship with a Father. Let that sink in… In classical society, it is […]
The Judgment of the Nations
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The First Week In Lent Matthew 25:31-46 The above passage does not need explanation. It is the high point and grand finale of Jesus’ public ministry Jesus is talking of the judgement day when we all will one day come face to face with Our Father in […]
The Temptation of Jesus
Reflection on the Gospel of the First Sunday Of Lent Luke 4:1-13 Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit and then the Spirit leads him to the desert for testing. Each one of us find ourselves asking this question every time after a recharged Spirit filled Retreat; Why does getting back into the world seem […]
Jesus Calls Levi
Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday After Ash Wednesday Luke 5:27-32 At the age of 30 Jesus took baptism and started his mission publicly. Jesus predicted his mission and started calling disciples to partake in his mission thus first he called Peter and then he called Levi and followed by remaining 10 disciples. Let’s […]
The Chosen :: Season1 Episode 2: Shabbat
“Shabbat” is the seventh day when God rested after making all of creation. A day of rest, which is a Saturday according to Jewish customs. For the Jews Shabbat started on Friday evening at 6pm and ended on Saturday evening at 6pm. This episode draws the viewer towards the importance of Shabbat and connects it […]