by Giltus Mathias | Aug 15, 2022 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Revelation 11:19; 12;1-6, 101 Corinthians 15:20-26Luke 1:39-56 Reflection: ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Over time too many people have twisted the memory of Mary to fit in with how they think women should behave. So, they have presented her as meek...
by Giltus Mathias | Aug 14, 2022 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Jermiah 38:4-6, 8-10Hebrews 12:1-4Luke 12:49-53 Reflection: 20th Sunday in Ordinary time I was home, India, for a few weeks after almost two and half years. I was intrigued that the lectionary in most of the parishes have the word “at that time” at the...
by Giltus Mathias | Aug 13, 2022 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Ezekiel 18:1-10,13,30-32Matthew 19:13-15 Reflection: It’s fair to say that parents want the very best for their children. So it seems only natural that, knowing Jesus was near, parents would want their littlies to experience a moment of closeness with...
by Giltus Mathias | Aug 12, 2022 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Ezekiel 16:1-15, 60, 63Matthew 19:3-12 Reflection: Jesus talks to us about relationships; marriage for life, broken marriages and renouncing marriage for the sake of the kingdom. In the bible he comes through as someone who saw every person as precious,...
by Giltus Mathias | Aug 11, 2022 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Ezekiel: 12: 1-12Matthew 18: 21-19:1 Reflection: Feast of St Clare of Assisi Our Gospel today brings the theme of forgiveness to the forefront in a very direct and challenging way. We often witness the most amazing stories of people who forgive some...
by Giltus Mathias | Aug 10, 2022 | Sunday Homilies
Sunday Homily – 20th Sunday C Jeremiah 38:1-2ab, 4-6, 8-10;Hebrews 12:1-4;Luke 12:49-53 A few years ago, a Franciscan priest named Fabian Thom was shot dead in his bed, at his home in Port Moresby. This is what he got for his forty years of befriending, helping,...
by Giltus Mathias | Aug 10, 2022 | Daily Reflections
Readings: 2 Cor. 9:6-10John 12:24-26 Feast of St.Lawrence Reflection: Travelling through Morocco in the early 2000s, I stayed for a month in a town called Ouarzazate, across the road from an impoverished local family. Living on the land, they toiled hard hours to...
by Passionist Web Admin | Aug 9, 2022 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Ezekiel 2:8-3:4Matthew 18:1-5, 10. 12-14 Reflection: When we have the birth of a child into our family, it is always an exciting time working out what the child will be called…. Coming from a strong Anglo-Hibernian family, I was named Kevin because this...
by Passionist Web Admin | Aug 8, 2022 | Daily Reflections
Readings:Feast of St Mary of the Cross McKillop 1 Kings 17:8-16Colossians 3:12-17Matthew 6:25-34 Reflection: This Feast of St Mary McKillop is one that resonates within me. The themes in theses reading are summed up through her diligence in the mission to bring...
by Passionist Web Admin | Aug 7, 2022 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 or 2 Peter 1:16-19Psalm 96: 1-2, 5-6, 9 Luke 9: 28-36 Reflection: Yesterday we celebrated the beautiful feast of the Transfiguration of Jesus when the disciples just for a few moments saw the glory of God shining on the face of Jesus on...