Some Women Accompany Jesus
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The Twenty-Fourth Week Of Ordinary Time Luke 8: 1-3 In today’s gospel, Luke presents Jesus as an itinerant preacher travelling in the company of the Twelve and of the Galilean women who are sustaining them out of their means. These Galilean women will later accompany Jesus […]
Mary and the Disciple At the Cross
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The Twenty-Third Week Of Ordinary Time John 19: 25-27 In today’s gospel the hour of Jesus has come when he will be lifted up on the cross. His Mother Mary and his beloved disciple John are at the foot of the cross. Jesus reveals the new […]
The Virginal Birth of the Saviour
Reflection on the Gospel of the THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Matthew 1: 1-16, 18-23 Today we celebrate the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Throughout salvation history, God prepared his people for the coming of Jesus. The Holy Spirit completed these preparations in Mary. In today’s gospel Mathew […]
The Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The Twenty-First Week Of Ordinary Time Matthew 25: 1-13 In today’s gospel, the virgins are waiting for the bridegroom to take them to the marriage feast. It is the Christian tradition that Jesus is the Bridegroom of His Church, his faithful Bride. The bridegroom is Jesus The […]
The Greatest Commandment
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The Twentieth Week Of Ordinary Time Matthew 22: 34-40 In today’s gospel, the Pharisees come as a group to test Jesus again. They select one of their members, a scribe who was an expert on the Law, to ask Jesus another question. The scribe asks Jesus […]
Divorce
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The Nineteenth Week Of Ordinary Time Matthew 19: 3-12 In today’s gospel, Jesus stresses the importance of the sanctity of marriage. The Pharisees ask Jesus a question ‘Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?’. They had in mind Deuteronomy […]
The Cross and Self-Denial
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The Eighteenth Week Of Ordinary Time Matthew 16: 24-28 In today’s gospel Jesus addresses his disciples of the condition for true discipleship that is to follow Jesus even to giving up one’s life for him. He indicates that suffering and self denial are central to the […]
The Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The Seventeeth Week Of Ordinary Time Memorial: St. John Marie Vianney Matthew 13: 54-58 In today’s Gospel Jesus comes to his own hometown, Nazareth and began to teach the people in their synagogue. In a close-knit village, everyone presumes to know everything about Jesus, yet he startles […]
The Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The Sixteenth Week Of Ordinary Time Matthew 25: 1-13 In today’s Gospel, the parable of the ten Bridesmaids emphasizes the need for watchfulness. It’s story centers on a Jewish marital custom: following the period of betrothal, the groom would lead a procession to bring his wife […]
Plucking Grain on the Sabbath
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The Fifteenth Week Of Ordinary Time Matthew 12: 1-8 In today’s gospel Jesus draws on the parallels between 1 Sam 21:1-6 and his own situation. As David’s companions were hungry, so were the disciples of Jesus. As David was heir to the united kingdom of Israel, […]