Father John’s Gospel Reflection – Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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GOSPEL – SUNDAY, 29th October 2017 Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Matt 22:34-40)

You shall love the Lord your God and your neighbour as yourself
When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees they got together and, to disconcert him, one of them put a question, “Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?” Jesus said, ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment.”
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Father John’s Gospel Reflection – Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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GOSPEL – SUNDAY, 23rd October 2017 Twenty- Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Matt 22:15-21)

 

Give to Caesar the things that belong to Caesar and to God the things that are God’s.

The Pharisees went away to work out between them how to trap Jesus in what he said.  And they sent their disciples to him, together with the Herodians, to say, ‘Master, we know that you are an honest man and teach the way of God in an honest way, and that you are not afraid of anyone, because a man’s rank means nothing to you.

 

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Father John’s Gospel Reflection – Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

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GOSPEL – SUNDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2017 – Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Matt 18: 15-20)

If your brother or sister listens to you, you will have won that person back.

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘If your brother does something wrong, go and have it out with him alone, between your two selves.  If he listens to you, you have won back your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you: the evidence of two or three witnesses is required to sustain any charge.  But if he refuses to listen to these, report it to the community: and if he refuses to listen to the community, treat him like a pagan or a tax collector.

 

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