by Giltus Mathias | May 24, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Acts 16:1-10Â John 15:18-21 Reflection: Listening to the Holy Spirit requires prayer and a willingness to let go of our own plans. This might lead us to unexpected places or ask us to take paths we had not considered. Paul and his companions allow the Holy...
by Giltus Mathias | May 23, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Acts 15:22-31 John 15, 12-17 Reflection: In this passage, Jesus gives us a clear and powerful command: to love one another as He has loved us. His love is not just kind or polite but deeper than that—it is total, sacrificial, and faithful. He shows us that...
by Giltus Mathias | May 22, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Acts 15:7-21 John 15:9-11 Reflection: Over the past two years the word ‘synodal’ has been frequently used in our Church. It relates to the concept of Synod, ongoing events that many have participated in, both in the local Church and at international level....
by Giltus Mathias | May 21, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Acts 15:1-6John 15:1-8 Reflection: There’s an old olive tree in the Holy Land, gnarled and weather-beaten, its bark split by centuries of wind and sun. But from its roots, year after year, young shoots still sprout. Some of them are ancient branches twisted...
by Giltus Mathias | May 20, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Acts 14: 19-28 John 14:27-31 Reflection:                  The Joy of his Peace If you happened to watch the Second State of Origin match between the women for NSW and Queensland, you would have been amused at the contrast. The women played their hearts...
by Giltus Mathias | May 19, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Readings Acts 14:5-18John 14:21-26 Reflection: The first contact between Europeans and the people of the Highlands of Papua New Guinea occurred in the early 1930s. The white complexion of the Leahy brothers was taken as a sign that they were visitors from the spirit...
by Giltus Mathias | May 18, 2025 | Daily Reflections
5th Sunday of Easter Readings: Acts 14:21-27Apocalypse 21:1-5John 13:31-33,34-35 Reflection: I grew up in the suburb of Oatley, in Sydney. Dad built the house more than 80 years ago, hauling the materials from the local railway station, a kilometre or so away. Our...
by Giltus Mathias | May 17, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Acts 13:44-52John 14:7-14 Reflection: The Acts of the Apostles is a wonderful narrative that links Jesus’ mission with the beginning of the Church and its shift from a small group within Judaism to being a new religion open to all peoples. Today’s first...
by Giltus Mathias | May 16, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Acts 13: 26-33John 14: 1-6 Reflection: Today, we hear the conclusion to Paul’s homily that began yesterday, where he recaps the story of salvation, how God’s promises to Israel were fulfilled through Jesus, and how the Resurrection offers us the hope of new...
by Giltus Mathias | May 15, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Acts 13:13-25John 13:16-20 Reflection: During the Holy Week, many people who joined the washing of feet were impressed by the act of the main celebrant. They could experience the humble and serving act as Jesus did to his disciples through the washing of...
