Jesus Cleanses a Leper
Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The First Week Of Ordinary Time Mark 1: 40-45 Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, let’s reflect on this. Are we willing to associate with the outcast, like Jesus? Leprosy was a feared disease, and lepers were thought to be the living dead. People […]
Jesus Heals Many at Simons House
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday In The First Week Of Ordinary Time Mark 1: 29-39 Today’s gospel reading gives us an idea of how Jesus lived His ministry. We read how Jesus HEALS Simon’s mother-in-law and everybody who was brought to Him that day. He CAST OUT demons. He went about PREACHING […]
Jesus Teaches with Authority
Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday In The First Week Of Ordinary Time Mark 1: 21b-28 Today’s Gospel speaks of the AUTHORITY of Jesus, which was not found in anyone prior to Jesus. The same power that enabled Jesus to drive out demons is also present in Him when He preaches and teaches. […]
The Baptism of Jesus
Reflection on the Gospel of the THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST Matthew 3: 13-17
The Visit of the Wise Men
Reflection on the Gospel of the THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Matthew 2: 1-12 In today’s Gospel, I was struck by the contrasting attitudes of the gentile wise men and the ruling, religious classes of Israel. The gentile wise men came to Israel seeking Jesus from far away but Herod and his religious wise […]
The Wedding at Cana
Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday In Christmas Time John 2: 1-11 Our blessed mother Mary was very sensitive and caring from the birth to death of Jesus at calvary. Mary played an important role in Jesus public ministry as well as in apostles mission. Miracle took place in Cana wedding is the […]
The Chosen :: Season2 Episode 4: The Perfect Opportunity
In the Gospel of John, the invalid tells Jesus that he has no one to put him in the water, this episode of The Chosen depicts him as having a brother who abandoned him in order to pursue life as a Jewish Zealot. While the Chosen depicts Simon the Zealot as the brother of Jesse, […]
The Baptism of Jesus
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In Christmas Time Mark 1: 7-11 John the Baptist was going about his task preparing the people, asking them to repent and baptising them in the Jordan. Mark points out that Jesus also joins them, indicating Jesus’ stand to stand with the people and to reveal the […]
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael
Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In Christmas Time John 1: 43-51 Do we as friends talk and have discussions on the the word of God, are we eager to live the scripture. From Philip and Nathanael’s short conversation we can draw that they were very close friends, studying and discussion scripture regularly […]
The First Disciples of Jesus
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday In Christmas Time John 1: 35-42 I was just listening to Fr. Mike Schmitz’s Catechism In A Year Podcast, where Jeff Cavins was explaining what is Biblical Faith. And he says that just to say I believe is neither belief not faith. But to accept it as […]