Dec 17, 2025 | 2025, Advent, Daily Gospel Reflection, Mathew, Year A
Explanation Reflection Questions Takeaway Meditation Hymn Explanation Matthew opens his Gospel by presenting the genealogy of Jesus Christ, tracing His ancestry from Abraham through King David to Joseph, the husband of Mary. This genealogy establishes Jesus’ Sacred...
Dec 16, 2025 | 2025, Advent, Daily Gospel Reflection, Mathew, Year A
Explanation Reflection Questions Takeaway Meditation Hymn Explanation In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells the parable of two sons asked to work in their father’s vineyard. One son refuses at first but later changes his mind and goes to work; the other agrees readily but...
Dec 15, 2025 | 2025, Advent, Daily Gospel Reflection, Mathew, Year A
Explanation Reflection Questions Takeaway Meditation Hymn Explanation In today’s Gospel, the chief priests and elders challenge Jesus and question His authority. Jesus responds with wisdom and authority by asking them about the source of John the Baptist’s baptism,...
Dec 14, 2025 | 2025, Advent, Daily Gospel Reflection, Mathew, Year A
Explanation Reflection Questions Takeaway Meditation Hymn Explanation John the Baptist, imprisoned, sends his disciples to ask Jesus, “Are You the one who is to come?” Jesus responds by pointing to His works: the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf...
Dec 13, 2025 | 2025, Advent, Daily Gospel Reflection, Mathew, Year A
Explanation Reflection Questions Takeaway Meditation Hymn Explanation In this passage, Jesus tells the disciples that Elijah has already come, referring to John the Baptist. However, people failed to recognise him and rejected the one sent to prepare their hearts....
Dec 12, 2025 | 2025, Advent, Daily Gospel Reflection, Mathew, Year A
Explanation Reflection Questions Takeaway Meditation Hymn Explanation Jesus speaks of a generation that refuses to listen, whether to John’s call to repentance or to the Son of Man’s call to mercy. He laments that, like children who reject any role, people’s hearts...
