Our Daily Reflections
In today’s Gospel, Jesus gives us this image of a great banquet. Everything is ready. The invitation has gone out. The table is set. And…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, There is something very human about All Souls’ Day. We remember names, faces, voices, little habits, moments we thought…
On All Saints Day, the first reading gives us an incredible picture: a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, race, people,…
There is something very human in today’s Gospel. Jesus notices how people are choosing the places of honour at the table. Everyone wants to sit…
In today’s Gospel, Jesus is eating in the house of one of the leading Pharisees, and everyone is watching Him closely. Then a man suffering…
There is something striking in today’s Gospel. The Pharisees come to Jesus and say, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” That…
There is something easy to miss in today’s Gospel. Before Jesus chooses the Twelve, He spends the whole night in prayer. He does not rush…
Jesus compares the Kingdom of God to something almost disappointingly small: a mustard seed and a little bit of yeast. That is interesting, because most…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, There is one detail in today’s Gospel that is easy to miss. The woman in the Gospel reading does…
In today’s Gospel, a scholar of the law asks Jesus a very simple question: “Which commandment in the law is the greatest?” And Jesus gives…
There is something a little uncomfortable about today’s Gospel, because Jesus does not give the answer people expect. They bring up tragedies and ask, in…
Jesus says something in today’s Gospel that is both simple and unsettling: “You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky;…
Jesus says something in today’s Gospel that can sound almost shocking: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it…
There is something very human in today’s Gospel. Jesus speaks about a master returning at an unexpected hour, and the whole point is simple: you…
There is a big difference between waiting and being ready. We wait for buses, appointments, messages, holidays. Waiting can be passive. But Jesus does not…