Sunday Reflection

  • Are you the One, or are we to wait for another?

    Dec 09, 2022

    Today, we are officially past the half way mark of Advent, with only one more Sunday to go before Christmas. We call this Sunday Gaudete Sunday. It means ‘to rejoice’. We are given reasons for rejoicing.

  • Getting ourselves ready for the Messiah

    Dec 02, 2022

    John’s message interrupts the circumstances of our life. His message disrupts the patterns and habits of our life within our family, social circumstances, business transactions, and consumer activities.

  • Advent is a wake-up call from God

    Nov 25, 2022

    Today the Church begins the new Liturgical Year with the season of Advent. This season can be seen as a kind of wake-up call to us to ask us how we are preparing for the coming of Christ.

  • Jesus is King … a crucified King

    Nov 18, 2022

    Leadership is rather about searching for the lost and saving them, like the good thief and Zacchaeus, the lost sheep, the lost coin, the lost son, the woman of ill-repute, etc. It is about serving the deprived, the oppressed and the scum of the earth. It is about forgiveness. It is about service in

  • How shall we endure?

    Nov 11, 2022

    Stand firm to the end, Jesus tells us. “By your endurance, you will gain your souls.”

  • Believing in the Resurrection

    Nov 04, 2022

    In today’s first reading, which is the moving story of the martyrdom of the seven brothers, we see our own story as Christians in this age and time.

  • God gives us the grace to repent endlessly

    Oct 28, 2022

    For Catholics, this truth is also part of our Sunday Mass. Our Eucharistic prayer paraphrases the Roman centurion whose faith in Jesus allowed his servant to be healed without Jesus’ presence.

  • Humility leads to a deeper knowledge of oneself

    Oct 21, 2022

    Comparisons can be diabolical. Jesus hardly ever compares people. We don’t find Him comparing Peter with John, or the younger son with the elder son in the story of the Prodigal Son.

  • With God’s help we can make the impossible possible

    Oct 14, 2022

    Prayer after Communion, having been cleansed, we ask to be elevated – elevated through participation into the very mysteries we serve, so that the fullness of the majesty of the mysterium tremendum et fascinans be secured for us as eternal gifts.

  • Being thankful and showing gratitude

    Oct 07, 2022

    Leprosy! This dreaded disease or word whenever spoken or heard, since ancient times, and still today, exists in some countries. As we reflect upon those who are suffering from it, our first thought is to avoid them at all costs rather than show compassion.