Jesus on Judging Others
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday Of The Twelfth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 7:1-5 Today we all have become judgemental. We see wrong in everything that is happening around us and in everyone around us. Even in Jesus’ time it was the same. But Jesus was explicitly rebuking the hypocrisy of the Pharisees […]
The Feeding of the Five Thousand
Reflection on the Gospel of the THE BODY AND BODY OF JESUS CHRIST SUNDAY Luke 9:11b-17 God is generous. He knows what we need even before we ask him. But the question is do we know what we truly need? We often struggle and get anxious about life simply because we have too many wants […]
Serving Two Masters & Worry
Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday Of The Eleventh Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 6:24-34 Today’s gospel passage is part of Jesus’ Sermon of the Mount. The people who came to listen to Jesus preaching were ordinary and simple people. They were more concerned about their day to day necessities and worried about their […]
Concerning Treasures & Soundness of the Eye
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday Of The Eleventh Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 6:19-23 The gospel today is a nice brief summary of how we should live our lives. The goal and the way to reach the goal is clearly outlined for us by our Lord. The way we live each day either […]
Jesus Instructs On How To Pray
Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday Of The Eleventh Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 6:7-15 Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Jesus is encouraging us to build a deeper relationship with our Father, Jesus is teaching his disciples to address God as their Father, they had never heard or known […]
Concerning Almsgiving, Prayer and Fasting
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday Of The Eleventh Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Jesus begins this section of his teachings in the Sermon on the Mount by headlining it with this text; “Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no […]
Love for Enemies
Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday Of The Eleventh Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 5:43-48 In reading this Gospel Passage I am reminded of two relevant incidents from the Old Testament. a) The cyclic advancement of evil as illustrated by the story of Lamech (Genesis 4). He murders a young boy, for possibly just […]
Concerning Retaliation
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday Of The Eleventh Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 5:38-42 The above passage does not need any explanation. This was told to me when I was less then 10 years old. When I had complained to my dad that my friend hit me, he told me to go and […]
The Holy Spirit As Truth And Guide
Reflection on the Gospel of HOLY TRINITY SUNDAY John 16:12-15 Jesus is the way and the source of life. He is the eternal truth. Everything else is temporary. But for us mere mortals thinking of heavenly things isn’t easy to take in, digest and assimilate. To experience God seems to be a distant finishing line […]
The Kingdom of God Is at Hand
Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday Of The Tenth Week In Ordinary Time (St. Barnabas, Apostle) Matthew 10:7-13 Jesus during his public ministry, he called his disciples and sent them in pairs to different village to proclaim God’s kingdom. He gave them power and authority over sick, death, and demons. Jesus instructed his disciples […]