The Parable of the Ten Pounds
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday In The Thirty-Third Week Of Ordinary Time Luke 19: 11-28 Jesus spoke this parable to warn His disciples that He would depart and return again before the kingdom came in full glory, and to tell them how to conduct themselves in His absence. This parable is different […]
The Faithful or the Unfaithful Slave
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday In The Twenty-Ninth Week Of Ordinary Time Luke 12: 39-48 Be ready and waiting for your Master’s return. In today’s gospel, the parables of the householder and of the burglar reminds us to be vigilant. Today many people live worried about the end of the world. We […]
The Mission of the Seventy
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday In The Twenty-Eight Week Of Ordinary Time Luke 10: 1-9 “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few” In today’s gospel, the Lord publicly commissioned seventy-two people. The commissioning of the seventy(-two) anticipates the church’s mission to the nations (cf. Luke 24:47). References to the “harvest” […]
The Lords Prayer
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday In The Twenty-Seventh Week Of Ordinary Time Luke 11: 1-4 While Jesus was praying the disciples were watching him. There was something about watching Jesus pray that made them want to learn how to pray as Jesus prayed. There was something magnetic about the prayer life of […]
Blessings and Woes
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday In The Twenty-Third Week Of Ordinary Time Luke 6: 20-26 Jesus was giving a series of blessings and curses just like the blessings for obedience and the curses/judgments for disobedience that God told Moses to give the Israelites. Jesus gave 4 blessings followed by 4 curses. Probably […]
Healings at Simons House
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday In The Twenty-Second Week Of Ordinary Time Luke 4: 38-44 When my Husband wants to invite a friend over for lunch or dinner he will always check with me or Inform me in advance about the invitation he has extended. This gives me enough time to plan […]
The Cross and Self-Denial
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday In The Twenty-First Week Of Ordinary Time Matthew 16: 24-27 Love is a paradox for all humanity, at the least in current society. Love is a constant, Love is unchanging, Love is unwavering Love lights up the place around you because Love is the beacon of hope […]
The Laborers in the Vineyard
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday In The Twentieth Week Of Ordinary Time Matthew 20: 1-16a “ I choose to give to this last, the same as I give to you.” Finally, there is something I can do better than God. Of course, it’s Math . What? Can’t you see God’s foolishness? He […]
The Canaanite Woman’s Faith
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday In The Eighteenth Week Of Ordinary Time Matthew 15: 21-28 Dear family in Christ we have the sermon on the Mount where Jesus tells us to walk the extra mile along with our friends or family to be blessed and to become more like our Heavenly Father […]
Jesus Thanks His Father
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday In The Fifteenth Week Of Ordinary Time Matthew 11: 25-27 Who are the wise and who are the children, that Jesus is referring to in today’s Gospel Passage? Is it wrong to approach God with our understanding of things? Is childlike faith enough? Today Jesus is thanking […]