GOSPEL , Luke 23, 35-43 : The people stayed there before the cross watching Jesus. As for the leaders, they jeered at him. ‘He saved others,’ they said ‘let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.’ The soldiers mocked him too, and…
GOSPEL, Luke 20, 27-38: Some Sadducees – those who say that there is no resurrection – approached him and they put this question to him, ‘Master, we have it from Moses in writing, that if a man’s married brother dies childless, the man must marry the widow to raise up children for…
GOSPEL, Luke 19, 1-10: Jesus entered Jericho and was going through the town when a man whose name was Zacchaeus made his appearance: he was one of the senior tax collectors and a wealthy man. He was anxious to see what kind of man Jesus was, but he was…
GOSPEL , Luke 18, 9-14 Jesus spoke the following parable to some people who prided themselves on being virtuous and despised everyone else: ‘Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood there and said this prayer to himself,…
WORDS FOR LIFE Our Lord, Jesus Christ, had the gift of being able to teach not only the wise and experts in law but also simple people such as agricultural and dairy farmers etc. Teaching through parables he dealt with ordinary events to show us something about God and…
WORDS FOR LIFE In the parable, when the rich man realised what his dishonest steward had been doing, he praised him for his astuteness, adding, perhaps sadly, that the people of this world are more astute in dealing with their own kind than are the people of light. The…
WORDS FOR LIFE This parable reminds us of the need to remember always our proper social position and to ensure that our blind ambition doesn’t send us on a mad race for ever higher goals. This craving for apparent progress occurs when we allow our desire for honour, power…
WORDS FOR LIFE According to the Gospel of St. Luke, the Lord is asked whether it is true that few people will be saved. Jesus replies, «Enter the Kingdom by the narrow door.» When we think of a narrow door, it could be like the main door…
WORDS FOR LIFE In Luke’s Gospel, today’s reading talks to us clearly about peace. Jesus says, «Do you think that I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.» Jesus says that peace is more than the absence of conflict. His Peace…
“God is always on our side ” At times in our lives, we aim lower rather than higher.At those times, it is good to realize that God remains faithful, even obstinate, in his love for us. The fact is, he loves us even more than we love ourselves.He believes…
