25th October 2018 Thursday 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reflection
Ephesians 3:14-21, Luke 12:49-53
“Fire of love blazes forth”
Today, Jesus counts on us to keep the fire of God’s love burning brightly so that we too can help to pass on the same fire to others. This blazing fire of God’s love brings about unity and also divisions. When we want to live the way of love, there will always be oppositions, even from the people closest to us.

To be honest to our convictions for the sake of Christ or to compromise them for the sake of avoiding confrontation - we need to choose. Whether people love us or reject us, praise us or misunderstand us, we must never stop loving. It is from loving them with God’s love, in spite of their reactions, that we experience the inner peace of Christ within our hearts.

19th October 2018 Friday Twenty-eight Sunday in Ordinary Time 

Reflection

Ephesians 1:11-14, Luke 12:1-7

“Be transparent, not hypocritical”

Jesus warned His disciples regarding the ‘yeast of the Pharisee’ which was their hypocrisy. What is the connection between ‘yeast’ and ‘hypocrisy’? For the Jews, yeast was seen as a corrupting agent. Thus, Jesus was clear that none of His disciples would have hypocrisy, this corrupting agent, to live in their hearts. He invited His disciples to practice transparency, not hypocrisy.

A transparent person practices what he/she truly believes and professes. A transparent person is free to be himself/herself as a child of God. A transparent person builds relationships based on honesty and trust.

Jesus invites us today to take the risk of being transparent with our love for God and our Christian values. As Christians, we must reveal the presence of God to the world. We must not hide out of shame or fear.

18th October 2018 Thursday Twenty-eight Sunday in Ordinary Time - St. Luke

Reflection
2 Timothy 4:10-17, Luke 10:1-9
“Go forth and proclaim!”
Today, Jesus looks at the crowds of people who are seeking for meaning in life and yearning to hear the Good News of God’s love. Today, He looks at us and asks us, “Can I count on you?”

We tend to associate this well-known phrase of sending more labourers to the harvest with the need to pray for more priestly and religious vocations. However, Jesus in today’s gospel did not indicate specific people to be labourers to God’s harvest. He does not exclude any person from the task of working in His mission. Whether we are elderly, young, married, working, studying, etc. we are all called to respond to Jesus’ call to take part in His mission!