The Question about Fasting
Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday In The Thirteenth Week Of Ordinary Time Matthew 9: 14-17 Fasting is fashionable word used by many people in today’s world. Many keep fasting for several health benefits like weight loss, improved blood sugar control and decreased inflammation hardly few people keep fasting to seek God through […]
The Question about Fasting
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday Of The Twenty-Second Week In Ordinary Time Luke 5:33-39 Jesus answers yet another tricky question with ease but with meaning. He presents himself as the bridegroom, an image which was used for ‘God’ himself in the Old testament. His mission of repentance and reconciliation is the feast […]
Jesus and the Question of Fasting
Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday Of The Thirteenth Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 9:14-17 Before Jesus started his public ministry, John the Baptist came before him to announce his coming, because he was God’s Messiah, the Second Moses, the one to reconcile back with God, therefore the Baptist asked one and all to […]
The Question about Fasting
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday After Ash Wednesday Matthew 9:14-15 Fasting was an essential part of penance followed by the Jews. The followers of John also fasted like the Pharisees or any other jew. Jesus also fasted and prayed to his father, for 40 days while he was facing the temptations and again […]
The Question about Fasting
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday Of The Second Week In Ordinary Time Mark 2:18-22 The Jews had a few occasions when it was mandatory to fast, especially on the day of Atonement and this was as per the law laid by Moses and if one does not fast, one had to face consequences. […]
The Question about Fasting
To Read Click Matthew 9:14-15 Mark here is trying to teach us a reality The disciples of John the Baptist and the Pharisees fasted in anticipation of the Messiah We fast in our desire for God’s Kingdom to be fully realised in the world But the disciples of John the Baptist missed a […]