Mary’s Song of Praise

Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday Of The Twentieth Week In Ordinary Time Solemnity: The Assumption of the Blessed virgin Mary (India’s Independence Day) Luke 1:39-56 The first and the last line of the above passage shows the helpful and caring nature of Mary. Though she herself was pregnant, on hearing from the angel […]

Jesus the Cause of Division

Reflection on the Gospel of the Twentieth Sunday In Ordinary Time Luke 12:49-53 What is your opinion, who do you think of Jesus? This is the approach to understand this Gospel Text. Our opinion of Jesus may vary depending on “our” perception and understanding of Him. Some may accept all the statements in the Bible […]

Jesus Blesses Little Children

Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday Of The Nineteenth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 19:13-15 Jesus throughout his life journey had meet poor and sick people and bless them abudantly. In today’s passage Jesus laid his hands on children and blessed them. Through this blessing events Jesus taught us a valuable lesson to us. […]

Jesus On Divorce

Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday Of The Nineteenth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 19:3-12 The decision to make someone your life partner is one of the most important decisions one takes in their lives; one that opens up whole new path ahead. From the beginning God made ‘man’ and “woman” to be joined […]

Forgiveness

Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday Of The Nineteenth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 18:21-19:1 Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times. As human and weak as we are we take our weakness, challenges, thoughts, doubts, questions to the Lord. Every time the Lord gives us new and […]

The Process of Transformation Into God’s Children

Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday Of The Nineteenth Week In Ordinary Time John 12:24-26 What!!!!” Whoever loves his life, loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world, will preserve it for eternal life”. Isn’t Jesus who is God, is love itself? then why does He use the word hate? What does […]

True Greatness & The Parable of the Lost Sheep

Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday Of The Nineteenth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 All we like sheep have gone astray… each of us turning our own separate way… we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God This is the truth of our lives, do we acknowledge […]

Jesus, Peter and the Temple Tax

Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday Of The Nineteenth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 17:22-27 This was not the first time Jesus is telling his disciples of his impending death.  This time he is more specific and making them aware that someone is going to hand him over into the hands of men to […]

Watchful Slaves

Reflection on the Gospel of the Nineteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time Luke 12:32-48 Waiting… It’s something most of us dislike to do. We are a people of instant satisfaction and results. However, men and women of faith are called to be steadfast people who are to wait. But really do we really know when it […]

The Transfiguration

Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday Of The Eighteenth Week In Ordinary Time (Feast: The Transfiguration of the Lord) Luke 9:28b-36 The transfiguration event is recorded in the Synoptic Gospels. Of that, only Luke clearly states Jesus came to fulfill God’s will, rather than human will. Throughout Jesus’ life journey, his disciples observed that […]