Jesus Heals a Paralytic

Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday Of The Thirteenth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 9:1-8 In general, we are always eager to see miracles, healings, signs… In today’s scripture reading we reflect on Jesus’ Healing of a paralyzed man, and the passage starts with (vs 1) ‘And after getting into a boat he crossed […]

Peter’s Declaration about Jesus

Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday Of The Thirteenth Week In Ordinary Time (Solemnity: St. Peter and St. Paul) Matthew 16:13-19 Today we celebrate the two giants of the New Testament, St. Peter and St. Paul! Both in their own way have strengthened the Church. One is not above the other. Peter is a […]

Jesus Stills the Storm

Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday Of The Thirteenth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 8:23-27 We see in today’s Gospel, Jesus and his child-like faith in God. He is not anxious and definitely there is no worry in his heart. Therefore he was enjoying sound sleep. The disciples on the other hand, like Martha […]

Would-Be Followers of Jesus

Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday Of The Thirteenth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 8:18-22 Today’s reading is parallel to yesterday’s reading. The theme is the same and the message is the same, i.e. the single-minded pursuit of God, even to the extent of neglect of loved ones and family. This neglect comes off […]

Discipleship of Jesus

Reflection on the Gospel of the Thirteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time Luke 9:51-62 Love is not a feeling it is a decision. The best illustration to this is God himself. He has been loyal to us, even though humanity rejected his advances in the beginning, in the form of Adam, and it has always been […]

The Boy Jesus in the Temple

Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday Of The Twelfth Week In Ordinary Time (Memorial: The Immaculate Heart of Mary) Luke 2:41-51  

The Good Shepherd

Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday Of The Twelfth Week In Ordinary Time (Solemnity: THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS) Luke 15:3-7 The evangelist presents 3 parables in chapter 15 with a common theme  ‘the joy of finding what was lost’ The first parable is of a shepherd who has a hundred sheep under his […]

The Birth of John the Baptist

Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday Of The Twelfth Week In Ordinary Time (Solemnity: THE BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST) Luke 1:57-66, 80 Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son When the wold is looking down on us, criticise and mocks on our situation, it is the […]

A Tree and Its Fruit

Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday Of The Twelfth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 7:15-20 Yesterdays Gospel was about practical wisdom in pursuit of spiritual wholeness. Today’s Gospel continues with the same. Today everyone claims to be the voice of God and give marvellous teachings, and some even do signs and wonders. What then […]

The Narrow Gate

Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday Of The Twelfth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 7:6, 12-14 The Narrow Door in the time of Jesus was a small narrow door next to the main door of a city. The main door was shut at sundown, to be only opened at sunrise. This was so that […]