Daughters of St Paul | Daily Gospel Reflections

 Gospel Lk 9:51-56 Worrrying over rejection? When the days for Jesus to be taken up were fulfilled, he resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem, and he sent messengers ahead of him. On the way they entered a Samaritan village to prepare for his reception there, but they would not welcome him because the destination of his journey was Jerusalem. When the disciples James and John saw this they asked, "Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?" Jesus turned and rebuked them, and they journeyed to another village. Reflections: Jesus met rejection but he did not strike back nor did he permit his disciples to do so. He is gently telling us that true honour comes not from the opinions of others about us, but from the fact that we are loved and accepted by God. In our journey with Jesus through painful moments, we will find the strength in Jesus, to face the difficulties.  The disciples wanted to destroy the village that did not welcome them.  Jesus

 Gospel - Matthew 16: 21-27   Get this set of homilies by Fr John D'Mello  Gospel Text: Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised. Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him, "God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you." He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do." Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life? For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father's glory, and then he will repay al