Jesus Christ still lives as King, in thousands of human hearts all over the world. The cross is His throne and the Sermon on the Mount is His rule of law. His citizens need to obey only one law: “Love others as I have loved you.” His love is selfless,
Continue readingThe other thing we notice in the parable: “For everyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich; but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.” This is very difficult to understand from our human perspective. Here, Jesus was not
Continue readingBeing ready to stand before Jesus is a personal responsibility. Each of us needs to nurture our own relationship with the Lord and put His teachings into practice in our daily lives. No one else can do this for us; we have to know Jesus and He has to know
Continue readingIn today’s gospel reading, the Beatitudes beautifully explain the meaning of the saints. Every Christian is called to be a saint, to have the qualities and virtues mentioned in the beatitudes. The Beatitudes offer us a way of life, inviting us to identify with the poor; those who mourn, the
Continue readingThis touching story gives us the message that – love is not having a beautiful face but it is rather a beautiful soul. A real beauty shows not in the physical appearance, but in the heart of the person. The real treasure is not shown in what that can be
Continue readingToday’s Gospel makes it very clear that we have two responsibilities: to the government of our country and to God. A loyal Christian is always a loyal citizen. Failure in good citizenship is also a failure in Christian duty. Consequently, we give taxes to the government but we give ourselves
Continue readingToday’s gospel gives us the message that those, who are keeping away from the Lord’s Supper, are missing the joy of life. To those of us, who have accepted the invitation to come for the feast, this parable warns us not to take God’s grace for granted but to clean
Continue readingThis gospel story makes clear the point that – our good intentions are not enough but our intentions should bring us into the reality of life. This is a challenge for us! It is easy to say many good words and give promises but many times, we are not ready
Continue readingDuring the Year of Mercy, Pope Francis declared that “Mother Teresa is the perfect saint for the Year of Mercy.” The Pope added that Mother Teresa was, “so aware of her need for mercy before God. She was very much at home with her own poverty. Mother Teresa used to
Continue readingJesus challenged and corrected His disciples on many occasions. Even during the last supper, Jesus said to Judas, “What you are going to do, do quickly.” Jesus did not want to correct or put Judas down in front of the other disciples. Both Jesus and Judas knew what was going
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