The gospel today presents us with a series of sayings on what the demands of a life of discipleship involves in terms of suffering and self-sacrifice.  The life to be led and the conditions laid down are anything but easy: you give God everything and hold nothing back.  Whole-hearted service is demanded and there is […]

We are all familiar with this gospel passage which encourages the practice of humility.  Today in a world of power and privilege, humility does not get good publicity. In fact, it is often associated with weakness and a poor self-image ~ but it is none of these. Humility is an attempt to try and see […]

In the gospel today, Jesus makes it clear that the question that is asked is the wrong one.  Rather he indicates the question should be:  How does one attain salvation?  In urging us to enter through the narrow door, Jesus seems to be warning us against having an over-confident approach.  Entrance to heaven is a […]

A Gospel story where Jesus tells us that he came to bring division even within family circles, cannot fail to make us sit up and take notice as it puts us on edge.  After all there is nothing so agonizingly painful as a family feud, and yet there is no escaping from this fact of […]

For those who believe in God, life is a journey of searching in the valley of shadows and darkness, full of fear and doubts.  Many people are dissatisfied with their present life ~ in terms of this world it does not add up or reach fulfillment.  We see ourselves as strangers and exiles on this […]

Every generation learns, often through bitter experience, that life is brief and entrance into heaven cannot be bought with riches.  We leave the world the same way we came into it so what is the point of hoarding, when someone else, who may care nothing about us, will inherit and perhaps waste all we have […]

What better introduction could we have to prayer than the direction given to us by Jesus, who is the master of the art of prayer.  One of the reasons why people were attracted to him and sought his company was the long periods he spent in private prayer and the importance he attached to it.  […]

Most of us at one time or another have experienced the fret and fuss of a Martha and Mary clash of temperament in the home.  And in the end, we are left wondering just how does the Martha-Mary story fit into our lives and what exactly the Lord is saying to us through it.  The […]

The parable of the Good Samaritan is one of our Lord’s best known short stories.  In this parable when questioned by the lawyer, Jesus directs his attention to what being a good neighbour entails.  Of course, the unlikely hero of the story Jesus uses as an example, turns out to be a Samaritan who acting […]

Christ sent his disciples ahead of him to announce, with a message of peace, that the reign of God was at hand.  The invitation to take part in the work of the Lord, to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world is extended to our generation.  Our mission is to […]