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13th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A
Discipleship (Mt 10: 37-42)

We continue to listen to the “Missionary Instructions” of Jesus (Mt 10) addressed to his apostles as he sends them out on their mission to the Jewish villages. These instructions also capture elements of discipleship that feature more explicitly in the Gospels of Mark and Luke. There are two important themes, that are related to each other, that emerge in the gospel of text of today. The first part is an invitation to surrender, and the second part is a promise of reward. Let us reflect on these two themes.
An Invitation to Surrender

Discipleship is marked by a sense of clinging to something beyond ourselves. To be able to cling to the master, the disciple has to go through a process of self-emptying. That […]

Sunday Homily for
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Cycle A
The headlines of the past week’s newspapers here inLondonhave been about the fall of the former Libyan leader. I was wondering why the man with so much accumulated wealth and power could not have saved himself in good time so as to continue to enjoy at least part of his wealth and power. Unfortunately, perhaps his inflated instinct to save himself got the better of him. He might not enjoy anymore the possibilities that existed for him even a few months ago. “For anyone who wants to save his life will lose it” (Mt 16:25a).
On the other side of the globe, the headlines in the Indian subcontinent have been about a poor, unmarried man (Anna Hazare) who suddenly shot to fame because he went on a fast unto death campaign, joined by hundreds of thousands of supporters, pressing the government ofIndiato […]

Sermon for the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A Homily

Sermon for Cycle A – 22nd Sunday Homily: Discipleship & Spirituality