POINTING TO THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD

Send us Fan Mail Brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, Christmas should be a time of great joy and celebration. It should be a time in which we reflect upon the nativity of Christ the Lord. We should read the story, listen to Christmas music and not set that all aside until our Christmas season is over. But as we do all of that, we should always keep before us the fact that Christmas is a great my...

Send us Fan Mail In today's gospel reading, we are enlightened about family life. We are given a model of family - That of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Within this family, we are given great examples of humility, peace, unity, love, compassion and joy.  Let us pray for all our families this day. We pray that we may copy the examples of the Holy Family of Nazareth in bringing peace, joy and love to...

Send us Fan Mail In today's gospel reading it’s clear that Elizabeth is not the only one who is blessed to encounter the Mother of God and her Child. Elizabeth’s baby, John the Baptist, who is living within her womb, is also filled with joy and leaps as an expression of that joy. What an amazing effect this visit has upon both Elizabeth and her unborn child. This should raise a question in ou...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are invited to demonstrate total faith in God like our Blessed Mother did. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In today's gospel reading unlike the Blessed Virgin Mary,  Zechariah demonstrates lack of faith in God's word and was struck mute by Angel Gabriel as a consequence.  Though the reactions of Mary and Zechariah may seem similar on the surface, it’s clear that their hearts are quite far apart. For Mary, our Blessed Mother, her question was asked in perfect faith. She heard...

Send us Fan Mail Brothers and sisters,  in  today's scripture readings we are invited to follow in the footsteps of St Joseph and listen in the silence of our hearts to the voice of God, and allow ourselves to respond to our Lord’s will with perfect faith and trust. We pray for the grace  to hear the sweet voice of God our Saviour. To know all that God commands of us and all that God inspires...

Send us Fan Mail GOD ALWAYS KEEPS HIS PROMISES & GOD IS ALWAYS FAITHFUL. In today's gospel we are presented with a very long genealogy of Jesus Christ. What this demonstrates above all is the direct link from the promise God made to Abraham, to its fulfillment in the person of the Son of God. One thing we see in the fulfillment of this promise, is the fact that God is faithful. True, it t...

Send us Fan Mail Are you prepared to be purified? Do you know what to do in order to achieve purification? These are some of the questions raised and answered in today's readings. Listen and pray with me this third Sunday of Advent Year C as St John the Baptist gives us valuable advice. Today,  we are called upon to reflect on the purification to which God may be calling you. What is it that...

Send us Fan Mail In today's readings,  we hear about the role of Elijah and John the Baptist. As we continue to reflect upon St. John the Baptist, we see that his role of being Elijah was missed by the scribes. They failed to see him fulfilling Elijah’s role of preparing the way for the Lord. Though John had a unique and definitive role in preparing for the coming of Christ, so also do each o...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever fallen prey to the ugly sin of calumny? Do you sometimes intentionally twist facts, virtue and goodness so as to misrepresent the truth? Do you sonetimes tell lies meant to harm others? If the answer to these questions is yes, then you have given in to envy and jealousy and fallen prey to the sin of calumny. We are challenged today to look at how honest we are in our...

Send us Fan Mail What matters most to you? What is the purpose of your life? If heaven is not your goal, you need to refocus and recommit and make the road to heaven your priority for the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than the great John the Baptist, Jesus tells us. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The great St John the Baptist, son of Zechariah & Elizabeth, nephew of the Blessed Virgin Mary, cousin of Jesus teaches us the virtue of humility by his life on this second Sunday of AdventYear C. John accomplished his mission impeccably, a mission to POINT TO THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD rather than to himself. Today, you and I are challenged to follow in the footsteps of John an...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus cares for every aspect of our lives. This is the message from the readings today. He cares for our physical well-being (He feeds the hungry). He cares for our spiritual wellbeing ( our souls: He came to save us. He died to wash our sins with his blood). Ask for everything you need and he will provide them, for He has promised Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today, on this 1st Sunday of Advent Year C, we are commanded by Jesus our brother, to  "Watch yourselves... stay awake, praying at all times to survive all that is going to happen, and to stand with confidence before the son of man". Advent presents us with an opportunity prepare for the coming of Jesus at Christmas. A time when we are called upon to be vigilant and anti...

Send us Fan Mail "Your endurance will win you your lives" That is the advise from Jesus our brother, our friend our saviour, our Deliverer on how to deal and cope with mistreatment, cruelty, hardship & persecution when it does come our way. This is as opposed to following our natural instinct of lashing out, fighting back, being angry. Instead, when faced with adversity we should ret...

Send us Fan Mail Happy celebrations of the Solemnity of Christ the King of the universe. Christ Jesus today invites us to freely and wholeheartedly surrender ourselves to Him for as our king, He is our shepherd and guide and desires to lead us personally as a loving would. He wants to personally enter into our lives and take control of it. Are you ready for this? Does he truly govern your life in...

Send us Fan Mail Complete trust and surrender is an essential requirement to gain eternal life, So Jesus tells his disciples and us all in the gospel reading today. Let's pray for the grace to trust God and surrender all our cares, problems surrendering our lives and future to Him. He has promised He will never let us down. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In today gospel reading we are reminded of how to provide true "Christian Service". We ought to do it out of love irrespective of whether we receive praise or acknowledgement. Our primary motivation should be a duty of service. Our service must be fine out if love if others for we are just mere servants doing no more than our duty. We pray for the grace to offer our serv...

Send us Fan Mail Our faith is practical and should help us to live a good life with our brothers and sisters. Jesus in the gospel reading gives us practical guidance to manage wrongdoings. We must take reasonable steps to forgive seven times a day otherwise we are not true christians. Nobody says this is easy but we must not hesitate to offer forgiveness  especially to those who show repentance. ...

Send us Fan Mail On this 32nd Sunday in Ordinary time, we are called upon to show humility in all our endeavours, not to be self-seeking, not to be consumed with the desire for "places of honour".  We are called upon to take at least these 2 lessons from our readings today: Firstly that the true “place of honour” is the place of the greatest humility.  True honour, in the eyes of God, is...

Send us Fan Mail In today's first reading, St Paul tells us that with the help of God he is able to master anything that comes his way whether it's poverty or any form of hardship. For God is our strength. If we walk in the path of God, He will be pleased with us and fulfil all our needs as lavishly as only God can. In the Gospel Today, we are reminded that "God knows your hearts&qu...

Send us Fan Mail In today's first reading, we are told in no uncertain terms that we are "God's building...God's temple...that the Spirit of God was living". This building & temple is sacred and it's foundation is Jesus Christ. And like Jesus in the gospel doing all He can to protect the dignity and sacredness of the Temple in Jerusalem, we too must do all we can...

Send us Fan Mail In today's gospel reading, Jesus models good Christian attitude and behaviour and challenges us to do the same. We are told he welcomes sinners and even eats with them contrary to popular treatment of shunning, ignoring, ridiculing, pitying or even talking about them in a derogatory way. St Paul reminds the Philipians and us that because of this he revels in the fact that not...

Send us Fan Mail Listen to St Paul tell the Philipians and us today that we must work for our salvation with fear and trembling in the midst of a crooked generation. And in the gospel Jesus cautions us to eliminate anything that is barrier to us accessing the love of God and gaining heaven. He uses the word "hate" intentionally. Hate, in this context, is not the sin of hate. It’s not an...

Send us Fan Mail Daily Scripture readings, reflections and prayers today helps us to meditate and pray with the aid of today's readings at Mass and reflections from the gospel. The message is very clear - Jesus, Son of God was humbler yet to accepting death on a cross. We too in the same token, are invited to accepting the invitation to attend the great feast of the kingdom of heaven in the n...