Renouncing your possessions
Feast of St. Charles Borromeo LUKE 14:27,33 Anyone who does not take up his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple...
Category Archives: Daily Reflections
Responding to His invitation
LUKE 14:16-18 One of the guests at a party said to Jesus, "Happy is he who eats bread in the kingdom of God." Jesus responded: "A man was giving a large dinner and he invited many. At dinner time he sent his servant to say...
All Souls Day Reflection
ALL SOULS DAY JOHN 6:37-38 Jesus said to the crowd: “All that the Father gives me shall come to me; no one who comes to me will I ever reject, because it is not to do my own will that I have come down from heaven....
All Saints Day Reflection
ALL SAINTS DAY MATTHEW 5:12 “Be glad and rejoice, for your reward in heaven is great.” REFLECT: Do I focus my attention on heaven rather than on earthly rewards? How conscious am I of the subtle lures of the evil one? Can I easily see the difference...
Pride or humility?
LUKE 14:11 For everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted. REFLECT: Who or what occupies my heart? Do I give the highest place of honor to pride or humility? Am I rich because I have God or because...
My sheep listen to my voice
JOHN 10:27 (Gospel Acclamation) My sheep listen to my voice, says the Lord; I know them, and they follow me. REFLECT: Do my words and actions reflect my faith in the Lord Jesus? Can I distinguish the voice of truth from lie, love from hate,...
O Jerusalem
LUKE 13:18-19 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you slay the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often have I wanted to gather your children together as a mother bird collects her young under her wings, and you refused me!” REFLECT: Do I believe that...
A place to commune with God
LUKE 6:12 Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, spending the night in communion with God. At daybreak he called his disciples and selected twelve of them to be his apostles. REFLECT: When making important decisions, do I give it the time and place to...
Grow into a better person
LUKE 13:18-19 Jesus said: “What does the reign of God resemble? To what shall I liken it? It is like mustard seed which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a large shrub and the birds of the air nested...
Am I conscious about my spiritual health?
LUKE 13:11-13 On a Sabbath day Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues. There was a woman there who for 18 years had been possessed by a spirit which drained her strength. She was badly stooped – quite incapable of standing erect. REFLECT: Am I...