A daily walk in faith, hope and love
Luke 19:46 It is written,” he said to them, “’My house will be a house of prayer’ but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’” A very unusual perspective came to mind while reading this Gospel. It begins with the text from 1 Corinthians 3:16 'Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple... Continue Reading →
Prayer is a very interesting enterprise, one that we see many examples and templates in scripture. Today, the Gospel sets our focus to two prayers we know quite well in the parable of the Pharisee and Tax collector, both of who went to the temple to pray. Their prayers were captured in this manner: "The... Continue Reading →
Numbers 21:4b-5 And the people became impatient on the way. And spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!” When the people of Israel became impatient, they spoke. In speaking, they... Continue Reading →
Matthew 14:31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” Peter offered no response to Jesus' question, however, in his defense, I dare to offer one: Jesus: "You of little faith, why did you doubt?" Response:I doubt because I am human,I doubt because I... Continue Reading →
Luke 11:11-12 Which of you fathers, if your son asks for[a] a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? One of the biggest source of contemplation for most Christians arises from the question "why was my prayer not answered?". However, probe a little... Continue Reading →
Reference: Luke 10:38-42Today's Gospel is a popular story about Jesus as a guest in the home of Mary and Martha. Here, we read about Martha feeling crossed with Mary for failing to help her with the house work. The homily today explored some interesting themes which I share with you: 1. HOW TO BE A... Continue Reading →
GOOD FRIDAY John 18:16 But Peter stood at the door outside. Then the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to her who kept the door, and brought Peter in. Access to the high priest's palace was predicated on who was known. It would have been interesting to see... Continue Reading →
The Canaanite woman about whom we read today presents an example of dogged forward advance to obtain results. Like Bartimaeus, she took advantage of the office of Christ as 'son of David' to receive help. Interestingly, the scene in the text that caught my attention beyond her interactions with Jesus, were the words the disciples... Continue Reading →
Matthew 6:7 And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Of note, prayer is often carried on the plate of words because praise, thanks giving, petition and worship are all rendered through words. So what happens when... Continue Reading →
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