Reflection for the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - 13.09.2026 (Year A) First Reading: Sir 27:30-28: Second Reading: Rom 14:7-9 Gospel: Mt 18:21-35 Dear friends, we are all human beings who experience limitations, difficulties and uncertainty. These human experiences show how fragile and weak we are, despite enormous potentialities. The awareness of our conditioned nature and the surety of our demise from this world one day – although we do not know the exact date a

Reflection for the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time - 06.09.2026 (Year A) First Reading: Ezek 33:7-9 Second Reading: Rom 13:8-10 Gospel: Mt 18:15-20 Dear friends in Jesus Christ we are in the Twenty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time. The readings of today invite us to be responsible and charitable towards our neighbour. As we know very well ‘love’ is the hallmark of Christianity. Our Lord summarized all the commandments in two commandments of love; love for God and love for n

Reflection for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time - 30.08.2026 (Year A) First Reading: Jer 20:7-9 Second Reading: Rom 12:1-2 Gospel: Mt 16:21-27 Dear friends in Jesus Christ we are in the twenty second Sunday of Ordinary Time. Today’s liturgy invites us to have transformation and lead a life that proceeds from that transformation. In the second reading, St. Paul tells the Romans to be guided by their mind which has undergone a transformation upon receiving the gospel o

Reflection for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - 02.08.2026 (Year A) First Reading: Is 55:1-3 Second Reading: Rom 8:35, 37-39 Gospel: Mt 14:13-21 Dear friends in Jesus Christ we are in the eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. The readings of the day invite us to look into things that satisfy us. In the first reading, the Lord God calls the thirsty and hungry to get bread and water from Him without any pay. We are living in a time of rapid inflation. Every morning we get