Any one who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple. – Luke 14:25-33

Nov 5, 2025 | 2025, Daily Gospel Reflection, Luke, Ordinary Time, Year C

Explanation Reflection Questions Takeaway Meditation Hymn Explanation In this passage, Jesus calls for radical discipleship, emphasising that following Him requires total commitment. He uses strong language, urging us to place God above all things, even family,...

Go out to the highways and hedgerows and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. – Luke 14:15-24

Nov 4, 2025 | 2025, Daily Gospel Reflection, Luke, Ordinary Time, Year C

Explanation Reflection Questions Takeaway Meditation Hymn Explanation In this parable, Jesus describes a great banquet where many invited guests make excuses and decline the invitation. The master, frustrated by their rejection, sends his servants into the streets and...

‘Young man, I say to you, arise.’ – Luke 7:11-17

Nov 3, 2025 | 2025, Daily Gospel Reflection, Luke, Ordinary Time, Year C

Explanation Reflection Questions Takeaway Meditation Hymn Explanation As Jesus approaches the town of Nain, He encounters a funeral procession for the only son of a widow. Moved with deep compassion, He stops the procession, touches the coffin, and says, “Young man, I...

‘Blessed are the poor in spirit.’ – Matthew 5:1-12a

Nov 2, 2025 | 2025, Daily Gospel Reflection, Mathew, Ordinary Time, Year C

Explanation Reflection Questions Takeaway Meditation Hymn Explanation Jesus goes up on the mountain and, seeing the crowds, begins to teach His disciples, proclaiming the Beatitudes, a radical reversal of worldly values. He declares, “Blessed are the poor in spirit,”...

‘Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.’ – Luke 14:1, 7-11

Nov 1, 2025 | 2025, Daily Gospel Reflection, Luke, Ordinary Time, Year C

Explanation Reflection Questions Takeaway Meditation Hymn Explanation At a banquet, Jesus observes guests vying for places of honour and teaches them a powerful lesson, “Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted”. He...

‘Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not pull him out?’ – Luke 14:1-6

Oct 31, 2025 | 2025, Daily Gospel Reflection, Luke, Ordinary Time, Year C

Explanation Reflection Questions Takeaway Meditation Hymn Explanation Jesus challenges those present with a penetrating question, “Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not pull him out?”. By asking this, He emphasises...