Jesus and Zacchaeus
Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday Of The Thirty-Third Week In Ordinary Time Luke 19:1-10 Zacchaeus in today’s Gospel is one of the many Biblical characters, who will be etched in our memory because of his instant response to Jesus’ invitation. The Gospel states that Zacchaeus ‘wanted to SEE what Jesus was like’. Is […]
Jesus And Nathanael
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday Of The Twenty-First Week In Ordinary Time (Feast: St. Bartholomew Apostle) John 1:45-51 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.” Moses had in his farewell speech (Deuteronomy […]
Woe To the Scribes And Pharisees
Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday Of The Twenty-First Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 23:23-26 The Scribes and the Pharisees adhered to the smallest of the commandments of the Law and were careful, come what may to keep the Law, like they had to give tithe for all products. For seasoning herbs like mint, […]
The Birth of Jesus Foretold
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday Of The Twenty-First Week In Ordinary Time (Memorial: the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary) Luke 1:26-38 The Israelites had been waiting for about 400 years for a prophet as they were told that their Messiah would be coming from the line of David and he would reign […]
The Narrow Door
Reflection on the Gospel of the Twenty-First Sunday In Ordinary Time Luke 13:22-30 Unlike a lot of other passages in the Bible that may require more explanation, this reading is probably the most straightforward and easy to understand. Jesus tells us the path to salvation, the path to the Father and the path to heaven […]
Jesus Denounces Scribes and Pharisees
Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday Of The Twentieth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 23:1-12 God gave the Law (Ten Commandments) through Moses and guided the Jewish people to live their lives in holiness and fullness, in the world. God had chosen Israel from the people of the world and set them aside to […]
The Lament over Jerusalem
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday Of The Twentieth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 23:34-40 How very practical and true! If we are unable to love someone who is in front of us, a fellow human being, another creature or creation of God, then how can we profess to love God whom we do […]
The Parable of the Wedding Banquet
Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday Of The Twentieth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 22:1-14 Today’s Gospel of the Parable of the Great Banquet has two themes to offer and they tell us two truths. The first theme is of the eternal and steadfast love of God, which will be properly completed in the […]
The Laborers in the Vineyard
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday Of The Twentieth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 20:1-16a God My Nagging Father As parents we tend to repeat ourselves and constantly correct or remind our children to act or respond in a certain manner based on what we think are important lessons in life. We do so […]
The Gate of Heaven Compared to the Eye of A Needle
Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday Of The Twentieth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 19:23-30 The Christian faith is moulded around the the sacrament of Baptism. Baptism means a disconnect, a cutting away to worldly ways and thinking, a dying to the self that has been moulded by the world and the way it […]