Sunday Reflection

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  Embracing risk and love as disciples of Christ

  Nov 19, 2023

  This parable in the Gospel raises many questions for us as the story seems to justify the principles of capitalist economics in handling their fortune.

  
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  Be ready to do God’s will

  Nov 10, 2023

  In the Gospel today, Jesus speaks about the 10 virgins, five of whom were wise and the other five foolish.

  
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  Practise is worth more than mere preaching

  Nov 03, 2023

  The challenge comes when what we say does not match what we do. Sometimes, we say things in order to look good in front of others but in reality, we do not even care whether we act out what we say.

  
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  Put love and you will draw out love

  Oct 27, 2023

  As Christ’s good disciples, let us love one another with a love that is so great that we all became models for all believers, even in times of great affliction and trials, even in times of those who contract and fail to love us, because just like St John of the Cross would say, “when there is no love, put love, and you will draw out love.”

  
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  There is only one God — the Creator of the universe

  Oct 20, 2023

  God was God not only of the Jews but of all humankind, including the Roman Emperor. He had created every human person in His own image (Gen 1:27).

  
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  Say ‘Yes’ to the invitation

  Oct 13, 2023

  To believe that all are invited to heaven, and to recognise that some accept and some decline, is not the end of the matter.

  
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  The Kingdom of God can never be destroyed

  Oct 06, 2023

  “Below expectation and beyond expectation” could be a perspective from which to reflect on today’s readings, especially the Gospel. Our way of life and the fruit we bear fall below God’s expectation.

  
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  What is your opinion?

  Sep 29, 2023

  Today’s Gospel reading from Matthew Chapter 21, speaks not only about a call for the community of believers to remain faithful in responding and in doing the Father’s will but beyond that provides a package of teaching which touches on Christian ethics, particularly the involvement of one’s conscience within the context of a sound decision making.

  
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  God is not like us

  Sep 22, 2023

  God is beyond us. That is what the readings point to this weekend. The fact that God is a mystery and beyond our thinking is not something that should frustrate or disappoint us but, rather, it should be a source of our hope and the ground that we walk on as Christians.

  
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  Forgive others as we have been forgiven

  Sep 15, 2023

  In the course of our daily lives, we encounter different kinds of people. Because of this, the way we communicate will depend on the kind of people that we encounter, However, most of the time, the words that we use fall broadly into two categories i.e., those that build up a relationship or words t