GOSPEL MESSAGE In today’s gospel, Jesus is teaching us how to handle conflict and sin – with family and friends. He invites us to focus on fraternal correction and personal accountability. As brothers and sisters and as children of God, we respect and love one another. And love has to aim always in healing relationships and restoring dignity. ...

GOSPEL MESSAGE The cost of discipleship? What does the Lord mean by: “renounce yourself,” “lose your life for my sake.” “Carry your cross” or “present your bodies as a holy sacrifice.” These words don’t mean devaluing of the present life, its joys and its achievements. Jesus Christ is challenging our desire and need for salvation but unwilling to involve sacri...

GOSPEL MESSAGE “Who do you say that I am?” is a question that says to us “Who am I to you?” This question is not just about knowing Jesus Christ. This question is about our identity, our faith and about the direction of our life. We may know about His birth, His Passion, His Crucifixion and His Resurrection. We may pray. We may attend mass and call ourselves as Christians, but s...

GOSPEL MESSAGE Some conservative or fanatic Christians think that God’s grace (blessing) is reserved only for some of the God-fearing elect. But God’s grace is for all. Salvation is for all. God’s house is open to all. God invites all to his banquet. God listens to all. God doesn’t show partiality. Jesus Christ sounds tough at the Canaanite woman, but He is teaching us the cha...

GOSPEL MESSAGE Jesus Christ came to bring peace to human hearts. The external storms that test our faith – fear, doubt, grief, chronic pain, loneliness, violence or temptation and sins – that wound or relationship with God can shake our world and our lives but cannot shake God who secures our souls. The strongest storm Christians will face is losing faith in God. Faith in God is...

GOSPEL MESSAGE In today’s gospel Jesus blesses a limited supply of food, and it was enough to feed the entire crowd of more than 5000. We pray that Jesus will grant us compassion like his so that we will offer whatever we have to others with compassion and generosity. ...

GOSPEL MESSAGE Lord “Give your servant a heart to understand how to discover between good and evil!” (1 Kings 3:5, 7-12). Wisdom is knowing how to use what we know with sound judgment, compassion and integrity. Today Jesus is telling us to be wise enough to completely surrender (sell all we have) to the will of God and empty ourselves from worldly possessions in order to discove...

GOSPEL MESSAGE Today’s parable reminds us that doing God’s work is not without challenges. Jesus explains that there will always be those who try to sabotage God’s goodness. The Church itself is a mixed body that includes both saints and sinners: the wheat and the weeds growing side by side. In the end the sowers of evil (weeds) will face God. ...

GOSPEL MESSAGE In the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), Jesus teaches that ‘neighbour’ is not defined by who lives next to you. A neighbour is anyone in need. We are called to show mercy and love to everyone, even to strangers or enemies… Love requires action, sacrifice, and stepping out of one’s comfort zone. ...

GOSPEL MESSAGE Today, Jesus offers to help us carry our burdens through life, and in gentle humility, to find rest for our weary souls. In the First Reading: Zechariah 9:9-10 Zechariah prophesies the coming of a king who is humble and riding a donkey. In the Second Reading: Romans 8:9. 11-13 True life comes through allowing the Spirit of God to live in us. In the Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30 ...