Monthly Archive: September 2023

Read­ing Time: 3 minutesIntro­duc­tion    The chief priests and the eld­ers of the people were the worst oppon­ents of Jesus and, there­fore, of truth and justice. This was because Jesus refused to par­take in their cor­rup­tion and…

Read­ing Time: 2 minutesIntro­duc­tion    With par­ables based on con­crete and every­day life, Jesus con­tin­ues to por­tray the true image of the king­dom of God. The idea of a house­hold­er who goes out in search of labourers…

Read­ing Time: 3 minutesIntro­duc­tion This Sunday’s Gos­pel (18:21–35) is a fol­low-up to that of last Sunday (Matt 18:15–20). The theme of con­flict can­not be con­cluded without touch­ing on the theme of for­give­ness too. Accord­ing to Jesus, “If…

Read­ing Time: 3 minutesIntro­duc­tion Beloved read­er, wel­come to a new week! I hope you are gradu­ally identi­fy­ing your obstacles. It is good that at the begin­ning of the “ember” months, the Gos­pel presents us, with guidelines on…

Read­ing Time: 2 minutesIntro­duc­tion   In the Gos­pel of last Sunday (Matt 16:13–20), Jesus’ iden­tity (as the anoin­ted One of God – Chris­tos) was revealed and cla­ri­fied. In this week’s Gos­pel, Jesus unveils the sig­ni­fic­ance and content…