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Reflection: Luke 9: 7-9 Herod Antipas ruled over Galilee and Perea from 4 BC to 39 AD. Although not strictly speaking a ‘king’, Matthew and Mark gave him that title – following popular usage. Herod has recently beheaded John the Baptist. But now he is puzzled because he is being told that Jesus is the […]
Reflection: Luke 9: 1-6 We read from chapter 9 of the Gospel of Luke today with Jesus sending his chosen Twelve on their mission. A pile of wood does not create a fire if there are no flames. In the same way, no matter how many Christians gather together, there is no church if there […]
Reflection: Matthew 9: 9-13 Today the Church celebrates the Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. He is venerated as the patron saint of accountants, money managers, bankers, book-keepers and finance officers. “The calling of Matthew reminds us that when Christ makes us his disciples, he does not look to our past but to the […]
Reflection: Luke 8:16-18 Focusing on the theme of light, Pope Francis explained this passage during one of his homilies in 2016 and said: “If you do not want to be Christians in name only, you have to carry out your daily commitment to “preserve, and not hide” the light that was given to you at […]
Reflection: Mark 9:30-37 “The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men.” What a beautiful image of love – God the lover throws himself into the hands of his beloved, even if it would involve rejection, torture and killing. The lover has no other way to express all his love than to […]
Reflection: Luke 8:4-15 The original listeners of Jesus were mostly rural landholders, farmers and day-labourers, constantly struggling against impossible odds. For them, thought of a hundredfold harvest would have represented life to the full, unthinkable joy and freedom from debt. This parable is often titled as the “parable ofthe sower.” When Jesus said this story […]
Reflection: Luke 8:1-3 This passage follows immediately from yesterday’s gospel about the sinful woman in the house of Simon the Pharisee. Jesus is accompanied by the chosen Twelve, and Luke mentions also of many women in the group of Jesus. They helped Jesus and his disciples with their material needs. Luke must have been challenging […]
Reflection: Luke 7:36-50 Today’s Gospel is set in the background of a meal. Every meal that Jesus shared says something to us about Christian community. His ‘last supper’ for example was one of many. The word ‘Pharisee’ means ‘separated one.’ As the name suggested, they were separated with the authority to teach in the meeting […]
Reflection: Luke 7:31-35 Jesus was gaining popularity and people began to raise questions: “Who is this?” Even John the Baptist who was assigned with the mission of preparing the way for the Messiah, now in prison, raises his concerns about whether Jesus is truly the Messiah. Jesus uses the occasion to speak words of high […]
Reflection John 3: 13-17 The Cross is the sacred symbol of our faith. Yet, for the first three centuries after the death of Jesus on the cross, the Christians intentionally did not use the cross as a symbol of their faith. They were recognized in other symbols—the anchor, the fish, the loaves, the dove, […]