by Giltus Mathias | Nov 30, 2025 | Daily Reflections
1st Sunday of Advent Readings Isaiah 2:1-5Romans 13:11-14Matthew 24:37-44 Reflection The context for today’s gospel is not the same context we experience at this time in our part of the world. Matthew’s community were living in very challenging times, both in dealing...
by Giltus Mathias | Nov 29, 2025 | Daily Reflections, Sunday Homilies
Readings: Daniel 7: 15-27Luke 21: 34-36 Reflection: Today is the last day in our liturgical calendar. It is an opportunity to look back in order to look forward. It is also the last day in the week where we have been reading from Daniel and Luke who have both been...
by Giltus Mathias | Nov 28, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Daniel 7:2-14Luke 21:29-33 Reflection: The gospel tells us that ‘God is near’. If we look our side and see creation all round us, we see God. For example, the fig tree, all fruit bearing trees are a sign of God’s presence. Look at the fruit in the bowl on...
by Giltus Mathias | Nov 27, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Daniel 6:12-28 Luke 21:20-28 Reflection: Today’s readings are powerful expressions of God’s sovereignty and power to save. The story of Daniel in the lions’ den (Daniel 6:12-28) is a fictional tale created to emphasise how even the Persian king vindicates...
by Giltus Mathias | Nov 26, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Daniel 5:1-6,13-14,16-17,23-28 Luke 21:12-19 Reflection: In Jewish scriptural interpretation, there is the mystical concept of black fire on white fire. The black fire are the words we see on the page, or wall as in the first reading, and the white fire is...
