Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Weekly Reflections

gospel reflection sunday march 6th

Gospel Reflection for Sunday March 6th, 1st Sunday in Lent

  I read recently that if all the miracles, parables, and stories we have about Jesus happened one after another they would account for about seven days of his life! Put another way John tells us at the very conclusion of his Gospel, “Now there are many other things that Jesus did. If they were...

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gospel reflection february 27th sunday

Gospel Reflection for Sunday February 27th, 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time

  When Jesus began his ministry his message was a simple one. “The time has come…” he said, “…The Kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the Good News.” (Mk 1:14-15) There is little doubt in my mind that Jesus, like many Jews of his time, believed that. Under the cruel, harsh rule of...

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sunday february 20th

Gospel Reflection for Sunday February 20th, 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

  How often have I watched the TV News or glanced at newspaper headlines and become despondent by the images of war, hunger, disease and terror displayed there? And how often have I gone to bed at night bemoaning some act of selfishness, or some words of anger or jealousy I have used during the...

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sunday reflection february 13th

Gospel Reflection for Sunday February 13th, 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

  Ask anyone who is poor is it an enjoyable experience and I am certain they will tell you very plainly that it is not. Yet, in today’s Gospel Jesus says, “How happy are you who are poor….” Ask anyone who is hungry or anyone who struggles to feed themselves or their families is it...

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sunday reflection february 6th

Gospel Reflection for Sunday February 6th, 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

  Luke 5:1-11 In the early Church stories about Jesus were the only way people could learn what Jesus said and did. People gathered in their homes, often in secret out of fear of the Jewish authorities or the Romans, to hear stories about his life, to share together a fellowship meal, and to celebrate...

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sunday reflection january 30th

Gospel Reflection for Sunday January 30th, 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

  Luke 4:21-30 Today’s Gospel begins where last Sunday’s finished. Jesus had returned home to Nazareth and speaking in the synagogue he shared with those present his mission to the poor, the captives, the blind and the downtrodden. It was a message of hope and compassion he was bringing. He was being sent to bring...

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sunday reflection january 23rd

Gospel Reflection for Sunday January 23rd, 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

  Luke 1:1-4, 4:14-21 Today’s Gospel is unusual in that there are two distinct sections to it, leaving out three chapters in between. The first short section is Luke’s introduction to his Gospel and it is more important than we may first think. Luke, like all of the early Christians, was aware that the ‘Good...

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sunday january 16th reflection

Gospel Reflection for Sunday January 16th, 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

John 2:1-11   We are at a huge disadvantage when we read or listen to the Gospels. Firstly, we come to them with over two thousand years of history behind us. No matter what we think of – science, technology, medicine, communications, media, culture, history, cosmology, and on and on… – we do so with...

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sunday january 9th baptism

Gospel Reflection for Sunday January 9th, Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

Luke 3:15-16, 21-22 It is sometimes easier for us to imagine and pray to Jesus as God rather than as man. Jesus as God can be processed by us in some way; ‘he is all powerful, knows what he is doing and how it will end. He is acting out of love for us, leaving...

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sunday january 2nd 2022 christmas

Gospel Reflection for the Second Sunday of Christmas January 2nd 2022

John 1:1-5, 9-14 My father was an eternal romantic. On December 31st each year he wanted all of us to hold hands, count down the seconds till midnight, sing Auld Lang Syne, toast in the New Year, shout to neighbours over garden walls and telephone family and friends. My mother, on the other hand, was...

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