Daily Reflections
This Sunday’s readings have a deeply affirming message to share about the security and peace that are founded on living the Will of God in our lives. It all begins with the WAIT. The Wait To wait for something is to live with a sense of grand expectancy. Both the…
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Dear brothers and sisters, “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it” (Psalm 118:24). A Sincere Act of Forgiveness The first reading from the book of Genesis presents to us the story of Joseph’s reassurance of the brothers of his forgiveness towards…
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Today’s Gospel has a different tone. Jesus continues his instructions to his disciples. However, he warns his disciples that as they proclaim his message, they need to be careful. They will be vulnerable, like sheep in the midst of wolves. Thus, they need to be alert and shrewd in their…
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Jesus sends his disciples on a mission and gives them instructions. These instructions may seem perplexing and contradictory. At first, Jesus tells them, “The worker deserves his wages,” and then he adds, “You have received freely, give freely.” But what have they received, and what should they give freely? The…
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Today’s gospel records the sending of the twelve Apostles to preach the Gospel to the lost sheep of Israel. Jesus summons his twelve disciples and gives them the authority to cast out unclean spirits and cure every disease and sickness. We cannot read this Gospel without being reminded of the…
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Today’s gospel tells us about Jesus going into towns and villages to heal the sick and cure diseases. He healed a mute man who astonished the people when he could speak. Yet, their astonishment was short-lived, and their hearts were hardened again. How similar is our world today?! We may…
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And he dreamed and behold, there was a ladder set upon the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven… Years ago, when we moved into our home, my boys delighted in discovering a hidden stairway. There was a trapdoor in the ceiling upstairs which could be pulled down…
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Mt 5:48 says, “So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect”. There is a sense in which this is a literal imperative which seemingly, definitionally, is impossible to achieve. Its import leaves the reader wondering if Jesus was mocking our imperfections, and incapacity for perfection, from a higher…
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In the first reading of today from Gen 27,1-5; 15-29, “the blessing episode”, Isaac makes known to Esau, his first-born son, his plans to give him his last blessing. But Isaac’s wife Rebekah who overheard the conversation puts a counterplan in motion whereby Jacob, the second-born, disguises himself as Esau…
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Abraham was a trusted friend of God. The Lord called him out of his pagan community in Chaldea to teach him his ways. He called him into a special relationship with him. His committed obedience to the will of God, even when it seemed completely senseless and purposeless, was counted…
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