The Work of the Spirit
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Sixth Week Of Easter John 15: 26-16:4a The Holy Spirit, the third person of the trinity, though not much known to the apostles, was always part of the trinity and working through the Kings, Prophets, Judges and we see this in the Old Testament. Here […]
Who is it that Will Keep Jesus’ Words?
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Fifth Week Of Easter John 14: 21-26 In today’s Gospel reading Jesus clearly states that if we want Jesus and the Father to be with us, we need to follow the commandments and keep them and if we love Jesus, the Father will love us […]
Nicodemus Visits Jesus
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Second Week Of Easter John 3: 1-8 As you are aware the Pharisees were the very learned Jews and at the same time rigid people. They knew the scriptures very well and wanted all the Jews to follow them without faltering but they themselves would […]
Mary Anoints Jesus and the Plot to Kill Lazarus
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In Holy Week John 12: 1-11 The Passover Feast was nearing and Jesus was aware that he would be taken captive and so wanted to spend some time with his close friends. He could not go back to his home town as they had rejected him. His […]
Jesus the Light of the World
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Fifth Week Of Lent John 8: 12-20 The above passage spoken by Jesus, was not only difficult for the Pharisees to understand but blasphemy. They were so rigid that they were not willing to accept Jesus’ identity as their messiah for whom they have been […]
The Annuciation to St. Joseph
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Fourth Week Of Lent SOLEMNITY: SAINT JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Matthew 1: 16, 18-21, 24a Mathew, the apostle of Jesus wrote the Gospel for the Jews and so it was important for him to prove to the Jews that this Jesus was […]
A Prophet is Not Acceptable in His Own Country
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Third Week Of Lent Luke 4: 24-30 The connector between today’s First Reading and the Gospel is ‘Humility’. Humility is the first pillar to being transformed, the second being Gratitude, both in abundance on the part of Naaman the Syrian Commander. But we find this […]
The Judgment of the Nations
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The First Week Of Lent Matthew 25: 31-46 Jesus is talking about his second coming. We hear so many prophecies on this statement that the world would end when Jesus comes back. In the past few years, many had said that the last day was near, […]
The Healing of a Boy with a Spirit
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Seventh Week Of Ordinary Time Mark 9: 14-29 Prayer and Fasting, Jesus before starting his ministry went to the wilderness and prayed and fasted for 40 days and while preaching and working miracles, he did not stop praying. He daily without fail spent time alone […]
The Demand for a Sign
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Sixth Week Of Ordinary Time Mark 8: 11-13 The Pharisees, the learned Jews who knew the Scriptures well but were blinded in their faith, could not see the works of Jesus. They did not accept Jesus as their Messiah as Jesus was challenging them in […]