Reflections

GOD HAS NO EQUAL: TUESDAY, 16TH AUGUST 2022, WEEK 20, YEAR II.
EZEKIEL 28:1-10; RESP: DEUTERONOMY 32; MATTHEW 19:23-30
In the First Reading of today, we have the message of God through the Prophet Ezekiel against the city of Tyre. Occasionally, God sent warnings to states/nations surrounding Israel to show that He Read more…

THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY; MONDAY 15TH AUGUST, 2022, YEAR C.
APOCALYPSE 11:19, 12:1-6, 10; PSALM 45; 1 CORINTHIANS 15:20-26; LUKE 1:39-56
Today, the Holy Mother Church celebrates the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
This is the Church’s testimony to the fact that at the end of Read more…

TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP: 20TH SUNDAY, YEAR C, 14TH AUGUST, 2022.
JEREMIAH 38:4-6, 8-10; PSALM 40; HEBREWS 12:1-4; LUKE 12:49-53
In today’s Gospel, we have one of the most perplexing sayings of Jesus.
How on earth could Jesus say that He had not come to bring peace? Why would Read more…

ISRAEL’S INFIDELITY AND GOD’S FORGIVENESS: FRIDAY, 12TH AUGUST 2022, WEEK 19, YEAR II
EZEKIEL 16:1-15, 60, 63; RESP: ISAIAH 12; MATTHEW 19:3-12
In the First Reading of today, we have a vivid description of Israel as an unfaithful spouse. The Lord reminds Israel how He cared for her, looked after her, nurtured Read more…

ON FORGIVENESS/ ST. CLARE, THURSDAY, 11TH AUGUST 2022, WEEK 19, YEAR II.
EZEKIEL 12:1-12; PSALM 78; MATTHEW 18:21-19:1.
Today’s Gospel is a very powerful teaching on forgiveness.
Let me begin by noting that forgiveness is one of the easiest themes to preach on, but then, it is one of the most difficult virtues Read more…

MY FATHER WILL HONOUR HIM/ST. LAURENCE: WEDNESDAY, 10TH AUGUST 2022, WEEK 19, YEAR II.
2 CORINTHIANS 9:6-10; PSALM 112; JOHN 12:24-26.
In the Gospel of today, Jesus made some very powerful statements. We need to spend time reflecting on these statements.
Let me call our attention to three of them.
I. If a man Read more…

BECOMING GREAT: TUESDAY, 9TH AUGUST, 2022, WEEK 19, YEAR II.
EZEKIEL 2:8-3:4; PSALM 119; MATTHEW 18:1-5, 10, 12-14.
In the Gospel of today, we see the disciples of Jesus struggling with the question of “who is the greatest…?”
In the minds of the disciples, they must have thought that Jesus had decided who Read more…

JESUS PAID THE TEMPLE TAX/ ST. DOMINIC: MONDAY, 8TH AUGUST, 2022, WEEK 19, YEAR II.
EZEKIEL 1:2-5, 24-28; PSALM 148; MATTHEW 17:22-27
The First Reading of today tells us about Ezekiel’s vision of the glory of God, even in the land of exile. This vision convinced him that God is everywhere and Read more…

TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN: 19TH SUNDAY, YEAR C, 7TH AUGUST 2022.
WISDOM 18:6-9; PSALM 33; HEBREWS 11:1-2, 8-19; LUKE 12:32-48.
Grace and peace to you my dear brothers and sisters in the Lord.
Our Gospel this morning can be divided into three parts.
The first part is a continuation of the Gospel of Read more…

TAKE UP YOUR CROSS: FRIDAY, 5TH AUGUST, 2022, WEEK 18, YEAR II.
NAHUM 2:1,3, 3:1-3, 6-7; RESP: DEUTERONOMY 32: MATTHEW 16:24-28
Each time we read this particular Gospel passage, people find the end of it a bit difficult to understand (Matthew 16:28). What is the meaning of the statement of Jesus that Read more…