by Giltus Mathias | Sep 25, 2023 | Daily Reflections
Readings:Ezra 1:1-6Luke 5:16-18 Reflection: Over the last weeks, our first readings have come from the letters of St Paul. Today we return to the Old Testament and begin the book of Ezra. Ezra was a leader of the Jewish community in Exile in Babylon. After 70 years...
by Giltus Mathias | Sep 24, 2023 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Philippians 1:20-24,27Matthew 20:1-16 Reflection: In our first reading we hear God say in Isaiah 55 8–9, “my thoughts are not your thoughts, my ways not your ways.” This reminds us that there’s a way that we tend to think that is so different from the...
by Giltus Mathias | Sep 23, 2023 | Daily Reflections
Readings 1 Timothy 6: 13-16Luke 8: 4-15 Reflection: Studying the theoretical aspects of the New Testament environment is one thing but experiencing it firsthand by walking through the actual location is another. While walking by, I noticed some locals who had small...
by Giltus Mathias | Sep 22, 2023 | Daily Reflections
Readings: 1 Timothy 6:2-12Luke 8:1-3 Reflection: This very short Gospel holds a powerful image of an amazing group of women, who accompanied Jesus and the apostles as they toured the towns and villages, spreading the Good News. It is rare for women to be named in the...
by Giltus Mathias | Sep 21, 2023 | Daily Reflections
Feast of St.Matthew Readings: Ephesians 4:1-7,11-13Matthew 9:9-13 Reflection: Today, the church celebrates the Feast of St. Matthew, both disciple and author. Ephesians clearly outlines for us who and what we are as a church. The emphasis is on our calling, who and...
by Giltus Mathias | Sep 20, 2023 | Daily Reflections
Readings: 1 Timothy 3: 14 – 16Luke 7: 31 – 35 Reflection: “Wisdom has been proved right by all her children.” Today we celebrate the memorial of St Andrew Kim Taegun and St Paul Chong Ha-sang and Companions, popularly known as the Korean...
by Giltus Mathias | Sep 19, 2023 | Daily Reflections
Readings: 1 Timothy 3:1-13Luke 7:11-17 Reflection: There are countless institutions throughout the world that provide training in leadership and governance that examine the strategies, processes and skills needed for such positions. Our first reading today gives us a...
by Giltus Mathias | Sep 18, 2023 | Daily Reflections
Readings: 1 Timothy 2:1-8Luke 7:1-10 Reflection: I noticed something in today’s Gospel that I had never noticed before: When Jesus had finished all his words to the people, he entered Capernaum.A centurion there had a slave who was ill and about to die, and he was...
by Giltus Mathias | Sep 17, 2023 | Daily Reflections
24th Sunday in Ordinary time Readings: Ecclesiasticus 27:33-28:9Romans 14:7-9Matthew 18:21-35 Reflection: The Gospel reading builds on the message of the first reading and begins with Jesus’ well-known injunction that we must forgive “not seven times but seventy-seven...
by Giltus Mathias | Sep 16, 2023 | Daily Reflections
Readings: 1 Timothy 1: 15-17Luke 6: 43-49 Reflection: Summer breezes descend as the sun rays glimmer over the land. Reaching out to bite into that summer peach, juices overflow, and flavour dances on the tongue enough to make you gasp. With each bite overriding...
