Christ calls his First Disciples

Jesus calls his first Disciples; two each from two families, Peter and his brother Andrew, James and his brother John. What could the reason be; they may have experienced Jesus’s ministry, though they were very busy in their daily business. Probably they must have had a relationships with God.

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The Thirty-Third Week Of Ordinary Time   Luke 19: 41-44 Jesus wept, this was the time and era all were waiting for, the Saviour, Messiah was amongst them, He gave signs, He revealed his authority and power, gave teachings, worked miracles, yet they failed to recognize him. […]

Jesus the Kingdom of God

Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The Thirty-Second Week Of Ordinary Time   Luke 17: 20-25   We, too, have the same issue as the Pharisees in today’s gospel, although in different form and thought. When/where is God’s Kingdom? Is it true? what we must do to achieve it, is it a specific […]

Jesus Cleanses Ten Lepers

Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday In The Thirty-Second Week Of Ordinary Time   Luke 17: 11-19 Today’s gospel draws attention to two important themes in Luke: 1. Jesus’s love knows no discrimination between rich and poor, between the sick and healthy, between sinner and saints. 2.Our attitude towards Jesus our provider after receiving […]

The Will of the Father in Heaven

Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The Thirtieth Week Of Ordinary Time All Souls Day John 6: 37-40 The will of the Father is to give Eternal life to all who believe in his Son. Jesus Christ the Eternal Word, who became flesh for our sake is Life itself. And those of us […]

Jesus the Cause of Division

Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The Twenty-Ninth Week Of Ordinary Time   Luke 12: 49-53 The family which prayers together, stay together, but in todays Gospel Reading, Jesus talks about division and contradicting He brings to peoples life and in society? He illustrates it by saying everyone He will be cause for […]

The Blindness of the Pharisees & Scribes

Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The Twenty-Eight Week Of Ordinary Time   Luke 11: 47-54 “…you build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed… you have taken away the key of knowledge.” Jesus pointed to the Pharisees and Scribes that they took away the key of knowledge. What does he […]

The Mission of the Seventy

Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The Twenty-Sixth Week Of Ordinary Time   Luke 10: 1-12 The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. There were many who were coming for help and healing to Jesus. In Jesus appointing and sending the seventy to different parts of the land, we get a […]

Herods Perplexity

Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The Twenty-Fifth Week Of Ordinary Time   Luke 9: 7-9 “John I beheaded; but who is this about whom I hear such things?” Herod, despite the fact that he had beheaded John the Baptist, had a guilty conscience and was not at ease with himself. The good […]

The Call of Matthew

Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The Twenty-Fourth Week Of Ordinary Time   Matthew 9: 9-13 “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.” Jesus calls Mathew, the tax collector to follow him, and He chose him as his disciple. After that Jesus visits a tax […]