Jesus The Kingdom of God

Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday Of The Thirty-Second Week In Ordinary Time   Luke 17:20-25 The kingdom of God is around us and within us. I is closer and available then our own breath. Today’s scripture reading is clarifying our doubts about the distance and place between us and the Kingdom of God. […]

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday Of The Thirty-Second Week In Ordinary Time   John 2:13-22 The trading in the temple was part of the daily routine in the Jewish life. It was a technically interpreted legitimate trade to fulfil the laws as given by Moses for temple worship. Pilgrims and others who did […]

Humility, The Attitude Required To Live With God

Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday Of The Thirty-Second Week In Ordinary Time   Luke 17:7-10 Desiring God is one of the pivots to drawing God into our life, not only in our heart, but in every space of living around us. But there is another pivot that we need to accept – humility, […]

Some Sayings of Jesus

Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday Of The Thirty-Second Week In Ordinary Time   Luke 17:1-6 Temptation did not even spare Jesus.  He was tempted times while he was in wilderness for forty days fasting and praying.  But in this passage Jesus rebukes the tempter, cause more than the one who sins, the tempter […]

Jesus the God of the Living

Reflection on the Gospel of the Thirty-Second Sunday In Ordinary Time   Luke 20:37-38 Sadducees did not believe in resurrection and asked Jesus a tricky question but Jesus responded this intellectually and used a parable that amazed them. God is not dead but a living God. We do not need to worry for anything because […]

Be Faithful in Little Things

Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday Of The Thirty-First Week In Ordinary Time   Luke 16:9-15 In the competitive world different sectors, organisations and business units have various criteria to choose the best employee in their organization. In many sectors the selection process is complicated and tough, to enable good resource personnel be recruited […]

The Parable of the Dishonest Manager

Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday Of The Thirty-First Week In Ordinary Time   Luke 16:1-8 On a first quick reading of the passage, we think there’s something wrong.. why would the master commend the dishonest steward?  But on a closer look, Jesus looks at the quality of prudence in the steward. When we […]

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday Of The Thirty-First Week In Ordinary Time   Luke 15:1-10 Jesus during His ministry physically amongst us, associated with sinners and tax collector’s, visited them and eat with them. This was a taboo according to the teachings of the Pharisees, who considered associating with these people as becoming  […]

See, Believe and be Saved In and Through Jesus

Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday Of The Thirty-First Week In Ordinary Time (Solemnity: All Souls)   John 6:37-40 I was asked a question recently, ‘Why did God create Death?’ And my answer was, how could God, who is the source of Life, all Life, create Death. It is rather we, humanity, that has […]

The Beatitudes

Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday Of The Thirty-First Week In Ordinary Time Solemnity: All Saints   Matthew 5:1-12a We all know what are attitudes, they are how we decide to think and be. Jesus interestingly set eight such attitudes, that one needs to cultivate in order to merit friendship with God and become […]