Jesus Calls the First Disciples
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday In The First Week Of Advent Matthew 4: 18-22 Have you dropped your net to answer the Call? When you read the verses it sounds like Jesus is calling them to leave everything and follow Him. But is that what our Lord is really telling them, when […]
Jesus Rejoices
Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday In The First Week Of Advent Luke 10: 21-24 Have you ever felt not qualified or learned enough to understand the Word of God or the various teachings by the Teaching Office (Magisterium) of the Church. If yes then let us not be discouraged, but instead rejoice […]
Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The First Week Of Advent Matthew 8: 5-11 The power of the Word of God is seen in this passage when one has great faith, like the Centurion, a non-Jew with high position humbling himself to come personally to Jesus to ask for his servant’s healing […]
The Coming Again of the Son of Man
Reflection on the Gospel of the First Sunday of Advent Matthew 24: 25-28, 37-44 This Gospel is reminding us of how we must be living our daily lives. Most of us are noosed in the cruelness of our everyday lives, and forget to understand what Jesus is truly asking from us. There are a myriad […]
Exhortation to Watch
Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday Of The Thirty-Fourth Week In Ordinary Time Luke 21:34-36 The keyword in all of today’s Gospel Reading is ‘Watchfulness’. But this watchfulness is towards self action, self movement and self desire and hope. When we loose touch of someone, it is difficult to retain real and alive […]
The Lesson of the Fig Tree
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday Of The Thirty-Fourth Week In Ordinary Time Luke 21:29-33 Jesus has come to Jerusalem and sees the predictions coming true. While doing his preaching, he predicts the destruction of the temple, the end of the world, the persecutions that will take place etc. This is a part […]
The Coming of the Son of Man
Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday Of The Thirty-Fourth Week In Ordinary Time Luke 21:20-28 In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus is teaching us to be be proactive, to be aware of the events happening around. He wants to us to be vigilant and take immediate actions on the instructions given to us. To […]
The Persecution of Jesus’ Disciples
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday Of The Thirty-Fourth Week In Ordinary Time Luke 21:12-19 We spend time doing specialised courses so that we have a better chance to get a better income. We keep our self updated about what’s happening around us in the world so that people think of us as […]
The Destruction of the Temple Foretold
Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday Of The Thirty-Fourth Week In Ordinary Time Luke 21:5-11 The Jewish people took great pride in three things: Law, Jerusalem and the Temple. When the last two were destroyed by the Romans in 70AD, the people were completely shattered and they must have thought it was the […]
The True Kindred of Jesus
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday Of The Thirty-Fourth Week In Ordinary Time (Memorial: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary) Matthew 12:46-50 This passage is often misinterpreted by the other sects, but Jesus’s message was clear and loud that all those who do the will of his Father that is God the Almighty […]