Mary Visits Elizabeth and Her Song of Praise

Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday In The Seventh Week Of Easter (Feast: The Visitation of The Blessed Virgin Mary) Luke 1:39-56 Blessed is she who said Yes to God, she opened the gate of God’s graces for all humanity. And humanity needs to imitate Mary in saying yes to God. She is the […]

Jesus Foretells the Scattering of The Disciples, at His Arrest

Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Seventh Week Of Easter John 16:29-33 After the Passover meal and after Judas leaves to trap Jesus, Jesus had started giving the eleven Apostles instructions to live life and do things according to the teaching they received. And when he finished telling them of his impending […]

The Ascension Of The Lord Jesus

Reflection on the Gospel of Ascension Sunday Luke 24:46-53 Jesus had a deep and personal relationship with his disciples.  The disciples became his followers because they experienced this personal relationship with Jesus.  They witnessed great miracles before their eyes, they paid attention to his teaching, tried their best to understand the Gospel, felt hopeless during Jesus’ […]

The Disciples and The Father in Heaven

Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday In The Sixth Week Of Easter John 16:23b-28 Jesus throughout his public ministry have taught many valuable teaching to his disciples and people in the form of parable. Many times disciples could not understand the parable but Jesus privately explained to them, thus disciple understood and believed in […]

Jesus Speaks of His Passion and Resurrection

Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The Sixth Week Of Easter John 16:20-23a A farewell is always heavy with emotion, mixed feelings of sadness and happiness for the person who is making a move; eg when a child leaves home for higher education, or  taking up a job, or at office, when colleagues […]

Sorrow Will Turn into Joy

Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The Sixth Week Of Easter John 16:16-20 Jesus assures his disciples that their sorrow will be transformed into joy. Similarly, our sorrow will also be turned into joy. Let us express our sorrow to him, Why shy from asking him the tricky ways he has for us […]

The Holy Spirit As Truth And Guide

Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday In The Sixth Week Of Easter John 16:12-15 God seeks our consent to come and abide in us. Our consent is not only about believing in Jesus as God, it also means accepting the Truth (not human truth), and learning to accept it and living in it. He […]

The Promise of The Coming Counsellor And Guide in The Holy Spirit

Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday In The Sixth Week Of Easter John 16:5-11 The relationship between God and humanity went for a toss with the fall of Adam & Eve. No longer was God a part of the life of humanity, and humanity became incomplete. In this incompleteness it tried to fend for […]

The Counsellor

Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Sixth Week Of Easter John 15:26-16:4 Jesus continues to prepare the Apostles before his departure to his Father’s house.  After teaching them of the way they should live righteous life, he comes to the most important part of the of the lives of the disciples, that […]

Jesus Prays For Everyone

Reflection on the Gospel of the Sixth Sunday of Easter John 17:20-26 Sincere prayer is a reflection of the heart’s desires. We pray for ourselves, loved ones, friends, people that our part of our lives and situations that affect us. In today’s gospel we witness the deep intimacy that Jesus shares with the heavenly Father […]