Reflection: John 8:1-11 Although the author of the gospel penned this episode of the adulteress, but the leaders of the early Church could not accept a God who contradict the law of Moses. They were afraid that Jesus’ words, Neither do I condemn you, could lead to the justification of adultery as licit and permissible. […]
FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT Look First into Your Own Heart When they have sinned, especially when grievously, some people are afraid that God is out to catch them, like a policeman who has to implement the law. Today we learn from Jesus that God goes beyond the law, for he forgives and keeps forgiving. […]
FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT Throw No Stones Look First Into Your Own Heart Greeting (See Second Reading) With St. Paul we say today: ”I forget the past and I strain ahead for what is still to come, for the prize to which God calls us.” May the strength of the Lord Jesus be […]
Reflection: John 7:40-53 The Gospel today presents yet another confrontation of Jesus with the ruling class – as we read through, we immediately realise it as, all too familiar occurrence of our present times, in our society. Invariably majority of people in power, be it in the time of Jesus or in the present day, […]
Saturday of 4th Week in Lent Sign of Contradiction It is hard for a person who “has been seduced by God,” as Jeremiah says, to be rejected by the very community to which one has dedicated one’s life and before which one bears witness to the spiritual. He is a source of division. So […]