Zechariahs Prophecy
Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday In The Fourth Week Of Advent Luke 1: 67-79 God has created each one of us for special purpose and that purpose God shall reveal in his time and fulfilled it. In today’s gospel passage God has revealed his plan of salvation to Zechariah. This Zechariah when […]
The Birth of John the Baptist
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The Fourth Week Of Advent Luke 1: 57-66 The story of Elizabeth and Zechariah is also a story of obedience and faith; they were known to be a faithful jewish couple. The Lord rewarded their faithfulness by blessing them with a child who was filled with […]
Mary’s Song of Praise
Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The Fourth Week Of Advent Luke 1: 46-56 This song of praise, shows Marian devotion existing in St. Luke, the author of today’s Gospel Readings community. The role model for the community role was Mary. It understood and appreciated Mary’s challenges to say yes to God […]
Mary Visits Elizabeth
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday In The Fourth Week Of Advent Luke 1: 39-45 Mary set out and went in haste. We all want all the blessings that our Mother Mary had. We have said many times how blessed she is to have borne Jesus our Lord and Saviour, but are we […]
The Birth of Jesus Foretold
Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday In The Fourth Week Of Advent Luke 1: 26-38 Today’s Gospel is the Divine call of Mary to be part of Salvation History. Within this Divine call, I would like to draw our attention to God’s powerful promise that is “With God nothing is impossible”, and which stands firm […]
The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Fourth Week Of Advent Luke 1: 5-25 Why was it important to highlight John the Baptist in the Gospels? Some thoughts… It was about 400 years since the last prophetic voice in Israel/Judea, and now John came and captured the imagination of the people, in […]
About The Birth of Jesus the Messiah
Reflection on the Gospel of the Fourth Sunday Of Advent Matthew 1: 18-24 In our readings we have not reached yet to Jesus’ Birth, we will definitely arrive there Next Sunday. But today’s reading does bear an interesting nugget in the episodes that happen before Jesus’ Birth. The thing we need to take into […]
The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah
Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday In The Third Week Of Advent Matthew 1: 1-17 In the world there are and have been many great individuals who have born and died. The world remember theirs achievement and their ancestors details up to four generation. In the case of Jesus’ genealogy as mentioned in […]
John the Baptist, Witness to the Truth
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The Third Week Of Advent John 5: 33-36 Jesus is accused by the Pharisees of breaking the Sabbath as he healed a man on the Sabbath and also called God his Father; a poor and selfish reaction to the great work of healing done by Jesus. […]
Jesus Expresses His Esteem of John the Baptist
Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The Third Week Of Advent Luke 7: 24-30 John’s Disciples were aware that the Kingdom of God was approaching, and this they knew because Jesus had answered and explained many a things John the Baptist and they themselves were seeking. Jesus gave them enlighten, they could […]