Woes to Unrepentant Cities

Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday Of The Twenty-Sixth Week In Ordinary Time   Luke 10:13-16 Jesus is preparing the 70 disciples now to send them on a mission to spread the Word of God. He repeats the instructions given to the 12 apostles, insisting on the urgency of spreading the message and not […]

Jesus And Nathanael

Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday Of The Twenty-Sixth Week In Ordinary Time(Feast of the Archangels (Michael, Gabriel & Raphael))   John 1:47-51 “Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” Jesus knows each and everyone of us, in our low and high phases of life, there is nothing hidden from […]

Would-Be Followers of Jesus

Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday Of The Twenty-Sixth Week In Ordinary Time   Luke 9:57-62 An excuse or a response. What’s your reply to Jesus invitation? Let us try to understand the response of the man whom Jesus invited and what Jesus did say to them. The declaration of the first man who […]

A Samaritan Village Refuses to Receive Jesus

Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday Of The Twenty-Sixth Week In Ordinary Time   Luke 9:51-56 This Gospel Passage is very interesting. We have just completed 1/3 of Luke’s Gospel, Jesus has not yet gone to Jerusalem, but now He is directed towards Jerusalem, and He knows His passion and death awaits Him there. […]

True Greatness

Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday Of The Twenty-Sixth Week In Ordinary Time   Luke 9:46-50 Jesus being who he is, he could read the hearts and minds of the Apostles, but he does not condemn them nor question them but answers their doubts,  How beautifully he explains to them that the one who […]

The Rich Man and Lazarus

Reflection on the Gospel of the Twenty-Sixth Sunday In Ordinary Time   Luke 16:19-31 Well, it is easy for us to condemn being rich but that isn’t the message. The rich man isn’t being condemned to hell because he was rich. He was just too self-centered. The wealthy need to be altruistic and share resources, including […]

Jesus Again Foretells His Death

Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday Of The Twenty-Fifth Week In Ordinary Time   Luke 9:43b-45 Jesus throughout his life journey in the world have done good deeds to all. His name was famous in Jewish community. People from different location heard news about Jesus preaching , teaching and  healing and received blessing in […]

Peters Declaration about Jesus

Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday Of The Twenty-Fifth Week In Ordinary Time   Luke 9:18-22 Jesus was preparing his apostles for the mission to spread the Kingdom of God. While his chosen twelve were close to him, he was keen to know what they knew about him and hence he asks them who […]

Herods Perplexity

Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday Of The Twenty-Fifth Week In Ordinary Time   Luke 9:7-9 Herod the tetrarch was continuously updated about Jesus’s teachings and healing and the service he was giving to all and everywhere. In the previous verses we see Jesus’s authority and power over unclean spirit, healing of the paralytic, […]

The Call of Matthew

Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday Of The Twenty-Fifth Week In Ordinary Time(Feast: St. Matthew Apostle and Evangelist)   Matthew 9:9-13 WHAT did Jesus see in Matthew a tax collector that he invited him to be His disciple. Well it’s not difficult to see that Jesus called not just Matthew but all his network […]