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Reflection: John 6: 1-15 The problem of food has been one of the most urgent issues for most of humanity throughout history. And we are referring to material hunger. Today’s Gospel tells us about Jesus feeding five thousand men who were probably together with their family with five loaves of bread and two fish, donated […]
Reflection: Matthew 13:24-30 Today the Gospel speaks of two contrasting attitudes – annoyance and irritation of man and the patience of God. The servants wants to act in haste and are impatient while the land owner represents God, who is ready to wait patiently. At times we are in a great hurry to judge, to […]
Reflection: Matthew 13:18-23 We come today to the explanation of the parable of the sower. Many scripture scholars today believe, that this interpretation to the parable of Jesus may be coming from the tradition of the early Church. The parable focuses on the sower while its interpretation looks much more at the soil in which […]
Reflection: John 20:1,11-18 Today the Church celebrates the feast of the first witness to the Risen Lord – St. Mary Magdalene. She is most remembered for her Easter testimony. She is the only woman disciple of Jesus named by all the four evangelists. Being present at the crucifixion, and at the empty tomb, she was […]
Reflection: Matthew 13: 1-9 We are reading here from Matthew 13. The whole chapter consists of “parables of the Kingdom.” Pope Francis calls the Parable of the Sower as the ‘mother’ of all parables, because it speaks about listening to the Word. The Word of God is a seed which in itself is fruitful and […]
Reflection: Matthew 12:46-50 With this question, Jesus challenged his hearers to reflect on who are the members of their family, their relatives and loved ones. Then he sets a new criterion for the Family of God: “Whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother, sister, and mother” (v. 50). The challenge […]
Reflection: Matthew 12:38-42 Evangelist Matthew presents the Pharisees and the scribes as the adversaries of Jesus. Most of the arguments against the teachings and signs of Jesus come from these religious leaders. Here they are at it again, but with a seemingly genuine request – for a sign from heaven. Matthew had already reported a […]
Reflection: Mark 6: 30-34 The task that Jesus entrusted to the Twelve was not entrusted to them alone, but to each disciple; so today he entrusts it to us. This is the invitation in today’s Gospel: to gather around Jesus to tell him what we are doing, what we have done, and what we are […]
Reflection: Matthew 12:14-21 Jesus is becoming a figure of controversy and is seen as a severe threat to the religious authorities. Matthew is presenting a series of confrontations that the religious leaders pick up with Jesus. Yesterday he was accused by Pharisees of condoning the breaking of the sabbath. Far from apologizing, Jesus came in […]
Reflection: Matthew 12:1-8 There are many “Our Ladys” in our popular devotions in the Church. Here, we usually concentrate on how the Blessed Virgin is honoured in a place – the Virgin who invites to pray the Rosary for world peace in Fatima, the Virgin inviting us to repentance and healing at Lourdes, the Virgin […]