The Parable of the Rich Fool
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Twenty-Ninth Week Of Ordinary Time Luke 12: 13-21 Yesterday we were teaching on Matthew 8, which presents Jesus in Ministry. It also asks what type of a response we give, when presented with Jesus’ love in action in healing the sick, doing miracles and are […]
Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Twenty-Fourth Week Of Ordinary Time Luke 7: 1-10 The Jews prided their racial purity, and it was drilled into them to maintain this purity after coming back from their Babylonian Exile. This they assumed because their had not kept everything Moses had instructed them to […]
The Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Twenty-Second Week Of Ordinary Time Luke 4: 16-30 In today’s Gospel Passage at one hand is Jesus proclaim his manifesto to the world, starting here at His home town, and at the other end of the passage is His rejection by family and friends (that […]
The Scribes and Pharisees – Blind Leaders
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Twenty-First Week Of Ordinary Time Matthew 23: 13-22 The people who returned from the Babylonian Captivity came to be known as Jews. They were overzealous to be faithful to Yahweh, and under the leadership of Ezra and Nehemiah, religious reforms were put in place. One […]
Jesus and the Temple Tax
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Nineteenth Week Of Ordinary Time Matthew 17: 22-27 Why did Jesus pay the tax? The same reason He was baptised? He was the Lord of the Temple, and by right He did not need to pay the taxes. Yet He chose to pay to show […]
The Sign of Jonah
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Sixteenth Week Of Ordinary Time Matthew 12: 38-42 The Sign of Jonah, speaks of Jonah being brought to life by God, not that he was worthy, but he humbled himself, Jesus who is the New Jonah on the other hand is found worthy and given […]
Jesus Truth Vs. Worldy Understanding of Truth
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Fifteenth Week Of Ordinary Time Matthew 10: 34-11: 1 Today’s is an oddball Gospel Reading. It stands contrasted against the Beatitudes, and everything that Jesus stood for. So what is Jesus saying in this passage? Is he contradicting Himself? I don’t think so. Firstly, passage […]
Jesus and Thomas
Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday In The Thirteenth Week Of Ordinary Time Feast: SAINT THOMAS APOSTLE OF INDIA John 20: 24-29 There is nothing that Jesus cannot turn to gold, even your doubts. If you do have doubts about the Christian Faith, ideally it means that you have an analytical of logical way […]
The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Ninth Week Of Ordinary Time Mark 12: 1-12 Seeing that many Pharisees had come to Jesus, not to listen and contemplate on what Jesus is teaching but to condemn him. These Pharisees were the ones who had read the scriptures, knew every word on the […]
Jesus has overcome the world
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Seventh Week Of Easter John 16: 29-33 After finishing the Passover meal and Judas leaving the team, Jesus had started preparing the 11 Apostles for the events to happen and also his leaving them and going to the Father and most importantly that they would […]