The Rightful Ruler
Its Holy Week, where Jesus the King of Creation suffered, was crucified and resurrected. Was Holy Week necessary if the celebration of this Day, Palm Sunday, were genuine to the full limit and all the Jews were there to welcome the King.
The Genius and Humility of God
A sacrifice to be acceptable was required to be blemish free. Jesus is blameless and free of all wrong doings and perfect in all sense.
Believe
Denial of Truth is to deny oneself. But definitely, one can choice whether one wants to go with truth or does not want to go with it. But our choices also classify us, in terms of our intentions and character.
Never See Death
In the beginning of the Bible, it tells/shows us in Genesis that the perfection of human life, as walking with God. If we take that symbolism and develop on it, then not to be able to walk with God means death.
The Word of God
Besides the theme of the ‘Word of God’, another theme evident in today’s Gospel Reading is blindfolds or our wearing of coloured glasses and therefore seeing a coloured and a biased truth.
Humility
Abraham showed great faith in God, when he went up the peak, where he was asked to sacrifice Isaac. God reciprocated, by sending His Son to be the pleasing and redeeming sacrifice.
Justice
The theme of todays readings is ‘justice’. God is just, we are told, but do we know what is God’s Justice? For us God’s justice is to do with punishment and paying the cost, that is a strict and totalitarian God meting out judgement on people for their actions.
A Heart of Love
What is perfect love? A love that leads to transformative change and blessing for many people. A love that breaks the ties that bind people in captivity and away from God. A love that has no sin in it at all. A love that gives itself for the greater good, a love that serves all […]
Jesus the Bread of Life
Psalm 3 perfectly echoes Jeremiah’s situation in the First reading, where there are plots being hatched to shut his prophetic voice. O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; many are saying of me, there is no help for him in God. But thou, O Lord, art a shield about me, my glory, […]
Righteousness and Trouble
The First Reading from the book of Wisdom speaks of those lacking is righteousness, conspiring against the wise and the righteous man.