by Giltus Mathias | Feb 24, 2024 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Deuteronomy 26:16-19Matthew 5:43-48 Reflection: In today’s readings, Jesus calls us to his higher way. Today’s first reading comes from the last part of the Book of Deuteronomy. It contains the covenant laws by which the lives of observant Jews were guided....
by Giltus Mathias | Feb 23, 2024 | Daily Reflections
Readings Ezekiel 18:21-28Matthew 5:20-26 Reflection: Today’s texts reminded me of my former French professor who used to teach in English with French accents to accommodate students from America and Asia in the Roman context. Listening to him during my first few...
by Giltus Mathias | Feb 22, 2024 | Daily Reflections
Feast St.Peter’s Chair Readings: 1 Peter 5:1-4Matthew 16:13-19 Reflection: The Feast of the Chair of Peter celebrates the leadership and authority of the Pope. It also provides us with a wonderful opportunity to reflect on leadership. Peter is called ‘the rock’,...
by Giltus Mathias | Feb 21, 2024 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Jonah 3:1-10Luke 11:29-32 Reflection: Signs, we are surrounded by them. They help us navigate and understand the world in which we live. They communicate messages in so many ways. As a sacramental Co-Ordinator and Religious education teacher, I focused...
by Giltus Mathias | Feb 20, 2024 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Isaiah 55: 10 – 11Matthew 6: 7 – 15 Reflection: With Mind and Heart Renewed As we begin our Lenten journey, my mind goes to a little booklet on Lenten reflections by Fr Gregory Manly CP called “With Mind and Heart Renewed.” Later I...
