The World’s Hatred
Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday In The Fifth Week Of Easter John 15:18-21 In today’s Gospel passage Jesus talks about hatred from world. Jesus is teaching his disciples to prepare and accept the positive and negative feedback from the community and encourage them to stand for truth. Whenever we speak about truth definitely […]
Jesus’s Commandment to Love One another
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The Fifth Week Of Easter John 15:12-17 Today’s passage is a part of the ‘Commissioning discourse’ that Jesus give his disciples, knowing that he was to take up his cross soon and he will no longer be present with his disciples. He compares himself to the life […]
To Live God’s Commandments Is To Abide In God’s Love
Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The Fifth Week Of Easter John 15:9-11 We are invited to abide in his Love. To abide in Jesus, to Abide in The Father, To be grafted in The Father-Son-Holy Spirit, and we be able to Love others the same way Jesus Loved us. Jesus exemplified the […]
Jesus the True Vine
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday In The Fifth Week Of Easter John 15:1-8 The meaning here is clear. Jesus is the Source of all true life, not only as the author/creator or all life, but also as everything has life which has Him, because he is the integral part of true life. Since […]
Jesus As Peace
Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday In The Fifth Week Of Easter John 14:27-31a “Because Lord you have made us for Yourself, our hearts will be restless till they find their rest in You,” these are the words of St. Augustine, and they are profound. To put it a little differently, we have a […]
Obedience Should Flow Out From Love
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Fifth Week Of Easter John 14:21-26 The above teaching of Jesus is immediately after the Passover Meal, the Last Supper. Jesus knows the events that are going to take place from the next few moments. He encourages them to face the next few days and for […]
The New Commandment
Reflection on the Gospel of the Fifth Sunday of Easter John 13:31-33a, 34-35 Jesus was all set to complete his mission on earth. Through His passion, death and resurrection He would redeem sinful humanity. The death and resurrection of Jesus couldn’t be the end, the mission to save as many souls as possible had to […]
Abide In Jesus Love
Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday In The Fourth Week Of Easter (Feast: St. Matthias) John 15:9-17 In the Gospel of John there are a total of 7 “I AM” statements of Jesus. Today’s gospel reading is part of one of these “I AM” statement, ie. ‘I am the true vine‘. Jesus is the […]
True Blessedness
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The Fourth Week Of Easter (Feast: Our Lady of Fatima) Luke 11:27-48 Kindness, Challenge, Assertiveness….. these are the thoughts that pop up while reading today’s gospel passage. When a child continues to behave badly inspite of repeated warnings and admonitions, the parents finally make the child sit […]
Jesus Prophesies His Betrayal and Death
Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The Fourth Week Of Easter John 13:16-20 God is Love, God has chosen us, and each of us has a unique role and set of responsibilities in life. and He adores each and every one of us. The one who ate my bread has lifted his heel […]