tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22360651929430141712024-03-14T07:36:35.170+05:30Syro-Malabar Daily ReflectionsFr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.comBlogger1980125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-12131275568655151782020-05-01T00:00:00.000+05:302020-05-01T00:00:00.314+05:302. Lk. 6: 46-49<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="normaltextrunscxw151929132bcx0"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Lk. 6: 46-49: Words without action are hypocrisy.
Word of God, not followed through action it has no meaning. As the light of sun
becomes perfect when it shines for me so is the word of God meaningful and
perfect when it is practiced in life. Jesus tells this parable of the house
built on the rock foundations.</span></span><span class="eopscxw151929132bcx0"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 9.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-84927677008953758042020-04-30T22:02:00.000+05:302020-04-30T22:03:27.431+05:301. Lk. 6: 6-11<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="normaltextrunscxw151929132bcx0"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Lk. 6: 6-11: A Jew regarded the Sabbath as a day
of rest. It was the most sacred law for them. Jesus, with God the Father’s
vision, sees every law in the context of human need. Every law is meant for the
betterment of man. This is what Jesus wants to affirm through the action and
miracle healing in this passage. </span></span><span class="eopscxw151929132bcx0"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></span></div>
Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-81889505853767798732018-09-20T00:00:00.000+05:302018-09-20T00:00:17.614+05:3020. Mt. 25: 31-40<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mt. 25: 31-40: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The purpose of the passage is to tell us what we must
do in order to be saved. The passage is as much a parable of separation (the
sheep and the goats) like the wheat and the weeds in 13: 24-30 or the net and
the fish in 13: 47-50. It is also a description of judgment.</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div>
Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-37350651693877460992018-09-19T00:00:00.000+05:302018-09-19T00:00:00.845+05:3019. Mt. 24: 29-36<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Mt. 24: 29-36</b>: These two possibilities of the
second coming of Jesus contradict each other. The first speaks that we can know
the signs of the second coming of Jesus just like we know the coming of summer
by looking at the figs and its sprouting of new leaves. The second possibility
is that no one knows – not even the angels, the son of God but it is known only
by God the Father. A total submission by us is needed before the son of God
comes</span></div>
Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-42723285427730337542018-09-18T00:00:00.000+05:302018-09-18T00:00:10.118+05:3018. Mt. 23: 29-36<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Mt. 23: 29-36</b>: The history of Jews was history
of murder from Abel to Zacharias. It is a history of rejection and often the
slaughter of the men of God. It makes us think when the history judges us, will
its verdict be that we were the hinderers or the helpers of God! It is a
question that every individual, nation must ask themselves</span></div>
Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-11103956109105469932018-09-17T00:00:00.000+05:302018-09-17T00:00:00.317+05:3017. Mt. 5: 43-48<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mt. 5: 43-48: The antitheses of the
Sermon on the Mount reach their climax in the last one dealing with the scope
of our love. “You must be perfect”(v.48) which means<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that God loves his people with a mind of
universality and single-mindedness. God loves all of us and each one of us
totally.</span></div>
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Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-59451143846034916072018-09-16T00:00:00.000+05:302018-09-16T00:00:12.515+05:3016. Mt 4: 12-17<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Mt
4: 12-17</b>: Nothing happens to Jesus that is not provisioned by God. If Bethlehem
is the place of his birth (2:6), Nazareth is the place of his upbringing (2:23)
and Capernaum is his place of Mission (4:15f). The definitive salvation is
announced by Jesus comes to us by a change of heart - a conversion to a new
life-style based on God’s love and working of Spirit within us</span></div>
Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-50671256490626065982018-09-15T00:00:00.000+05:302018-09-15T00:00:08.442+05:3015. Lk. 15: 1-7<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Lk. 15: 1-7</b>: Jews regarded the tax collectors as
sinners and thereby ‘untouchables’. Jesus does not write off them as outcasts
but wants them to be saved. The God proclaimed by Jesus is not the ‘just judge’
of the pharasees who rewards and punishes strictly according to our action, but
the loving father (Lk 15: 11-31) who forgives us even before we have sinned. We
do not need to earn God’s forgiveness but need to turn to god and accept it</span></div>
Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-20285425464393007792018-09-14T00:00:00.000+05:302018-09-14T00:00:11.086+05:3014. Lk. 24: 13-27<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Lk. 24: 13-27</b>: Every ‘breaking of the word’
leads one finally to the Eucharist ie. ‘Breaking of the bread’ where one finds
and acknowledges Jesus, as we see in the journey of two disciples to Emmaus.
This is the way every Christian to discover Jesus, who is the way to life. They
go away from Jerusalem. Jesus meets them on their way and puts them back on
track</span></div>
Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-11435698995038687832018-09-13T00:00:00.000+05:302018-09-13T00:00:14.029+05:3013. Lk. 21: 34-36<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Lk. 21: 34-36</b>: Jesus stresses the need to be
upon the watch. A Christian should not think that he lives in a world, which is
settled in situations but rather he must think that he lives in a permanent
state of expectations. He must live in the shadow of eternity, in the certainty
that he is fitting or unfitting himself to appear in the presence of God. So
the Christian life must be a thrilling one</span></div>
Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-46547334621926162342018-09-12T00:00:00.000+05:302018-09-12T00:00:12.256+05:3012. Lk. 21: 25-33<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Lk. 21: 25-33</b>: Jesus speaks about his second
coming. We are advised not to have argument about it as to when it comes and
what it would be like. Our conception of history must be that it is moving
towards a goal – a goal in which Jesus will be recognized by all as LORD. That
is all we know and all we need to know. He uses the parable of the fig tree to
know this principle</span></div>
Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-19804831222279035102018-09-11T09:45:00.000+05:302018-09-11T09:45:17.418+05:3011. Lk 6: 27-36<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lk 6: 27-36: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Love your enemies in
v.27 apply first to his persecutors of Christians in his communities. Jesus
doesn’t ask for a mere tolerance but active love. More specifically the above
verse 27 applies to the possessors of his community. They are not to show a
mere reciprocity but to be uncalculating in their giving. In any society, the
rich, the middle class, the poor and the poorest need conversion to Jesus’
words though in different degrees, manners and terms</span></div>
Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-30793909946026849212018-09-09T00:00:00.000+05:302018-09-09T00:00:07.627+05:309. Mt. 13: 24-30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Mt. 13: 24-30</b>: The passage teaches us that there
is a hostile power that works against all that is good. Often this power cannot
be distinguished in the beginning or we should not indulge in hasty judgments.
We are told to accept them as in the field – a mixture of good and evil (wheat
and weeds) as a whole. The one who is perfect –‘God’ himself has the power to
judge correctly at the end of the world –at the maturity of time</span></div>
Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-79263530352717863742018-09-08T00:00:00.000+05:302018-09-08T00:00:06.821+05:308. Mt. 1: 1-16<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mt. 1: 1-16:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> While giving the
genealogy of Joseph, the last verse shifts to focus on Mother Mary and the
birth of Jesus. The shift to focus on Mary is with a purpose to show that she
is chosen by God Himself to be the mother of God. Thus royalty of kingship
gained, the tragedy of freedom lost, the glory of liberty restored. It is the
mercy of God that is the story of mankind and of each individual man</span></div>
Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-81114731536863060002018-09-07T09:01:00.002+05:302018-09-07T09:01:46.029+05:307. Lk. 13: 6-9<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lk. 13: 6-9</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">: Just as the fig
tree is given a final chance, a period of grace, to bear fruit, so people are
given time to repent and reform. There is no space for self-complacency.
Spiritual collapse is more death-dealing then physical death because its
implications are eternal. We can direct ourselves to God or to sin. In either
case we are responsible for what we will have become</span></div>
Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-58496017073013576642018-09-05T00:00:00.000+05:302018-09-05T00:00:00.431+05:305. Mt. 7: 1-6 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Mt. 7: 1-6</b>: We are forbidden to condemn people
because good or evil is a matter not of external behavior but of the intention
of the heart which only God can see (Mt. 5: 21-48) and since all of us are
sinners, none of us has the right to condemn, for it makes us unease with
ourselves. We discuss the teachings of Jesus among those who can understand the
subtlety of what is being expressed</span></div>
Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-51259965413937603322018-09-04T00:00:00.000+05:302018-09-04T00:00:10.047+05:304. Jn. 16: 20-24<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jn. 16: 20-24: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The world’s careless joy
will turn to sorrow; and the christian’s apparent sorrow will change into joy.
Faith is the foundation of this joy. It will never be taken away and it will be
complete. So in Christian joy the pain which went before is forgotten.</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div>
Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-81274065968343626882018-09-03T00:00:00.000+05:302018-09-03T00:00:10.027+05:303. Mt. 19: 27-30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Mt. 19: 27-30</b>: He who stands with Christ
in his suffering, will surely rise with him in eternity. A Christian will
receive far more than ever he has to give up – a divine human fellowship. God’s
standards of judgments are not men’s. The new world he enters into will be a
surprise for him. There is eternity to adjust the misjudgments off time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-72719072596691820902018-09-02T00:00:00.000+05:302018-09-02T00:00:08.874+05:302. Mt. 13: 1-9, 18-23<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Mt. 13: 1-9, 18-23</b>: The seed grows where
there is openness to the Word (FAITH), trust in its power (HOPE) and a
readiness to go out of oneself (LOVE). Seeds fell on footpath are the
disinterested people with their own interest clashing. The superficial ones
receive the seed of faith like that fell on rocky grounds and soon discouraged
and burnt and dry away. Those sown among thorns are believers but the fruits to
be harvested along the difficult path seem not to satisfy them.</span></div>
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Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-82156857770386800032018-09-01T00:00:00.000+05:302018-09-01T00:00:09.354+05:301. Mt 13: 44-51<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Mt 13: 44-51</b>: If we really understand the worth
of the kingdom, we shall do this with great joy because we are aware that what
we are getting (the treasure, the pearl) is what our deepest self really wants
and is worth far more than anything we can give up for it. The parable of the
net tells us about the scandals existing in the church and one should not
tolerate them passively. The separation is needed and is permanent for the
kingdom and will become definitive on that very day because love is the law of
the kingdom of heaven.</span></div>
Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-74686276431463752442018-08-31T00:00:00.000+05:302018-08-31T00:00:09.526+05:3031. Lk 12: 54-59<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Lk 12: 54-59</b>: People knew to read the signs of
nature. So the signs which are seen around Jesus are enough for the sincere
ones to understand that now is the time announced by the prophets to be
converted and Israel must acknowledge it savior. The urgency of conversion for
Jesus must be done before it is too late with a reconciliation between brothers
and sisters because we are in our way to God’s judgment so that we can take
advantage of the right situation we are then, if we are in the above said
positions</span></div>
Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-17332068459762047922018-08-30T00:00:00.000+05:302018-08-30T00:00:02.622+05:3030. Lk. 17: 20-37<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Lk. 17: 20-37</b>: The final coming of the kingdom
of heaven is something men can never calculate or make research upon. Jesus
says that in one sense the kingdom has already come. It is at work in people who
have received the Good News of Jesus. False prophets will bring confusion in
the minds of some people. The end of the world comes suddenly for which the
believers are told to prepare and wait</span></div>
Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-50708770012928952182018-08-29T00:00:00.000+05:302018-08-29T00:00:21.217+05:3029. Mk 10: 35-45<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Mk 10: 35-45</b>: The disciples were not a company
of saints. They were ordinary men set out by Jesus to change the world. They
were ambitious having failed to understand Jesus, his mission and the purpose
of his coming. In them we find the amazing confidence and the amazing loyalty
in Jesus. Jesus raised these ordinary men to change the world as apostles and
his ambassadors of the Divine plan – the will of God to which Jesus submitted
himself to</span></div>
Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-2890024251397287022018-08-28T00:00:00.000+05:302018-08-28T00:00:04.305+05:3028. Lk 9: 23-27<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lk 9: 23-27:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> If Peter’s
profession of Jesus is the truth but not the whole truth. To grasp the full
meaning of Jesus’ definition of his identity, it is to have vast consequences
for the lives of his disciples. We cannot take Christ without the cross; it
will lead one to delusion. Nor can we take the cross without Christ, this leads
to despair.</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div>
Fr. Sebastian Nedungattilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435312054387651173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236065192943014171.post-62650949283336805152018-08-27T00:00:00.000+05:302018-08-27T00:00:15.045+05:3027. Lk 12: 35-40<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Lk
12: 35-40</b>: The message of preparedness is presented in a parabolic language
here. The disciples are asked to wide awake to God’s gift and to the demands of
God’s kingdom. One should be open to truth. It is not enough just not to avoid
evil but to promote goodness</span></div>
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