The COLW Pilgrim Blog

Today’s gospel (Luke 13:10-17) shows Jesus affirming a certain way of interpreting the moral law. He heals a woman on the Sabbath. To some, ...

Today’s gospel passage (Luke 12:13-21) might tempt us into thinking that as long as we are not grasping at money, then we are probably doing...

Today's gospel passage (Luke 12: 8-12) appears to be a random set of counsels, but seen from another perspective there is a logic about ...

T o day's gospel (Luke 11: 29-32) could be seen as another difficult passage but below the surface it is all illumination. We hear the p...

The meaning of today's gospel (Matthew 11: 1-14) changes somewhat depending on whether you read the short version or the long version. B...

Today’s gospel (Luke 11: 15-26) is complex and sees Jesus speaking at his most rabbinical and paradoxical. It was quite necessary too. Some ...

 Today's gospel (Matthew 13: 47-52) contains a lesson that may chill us but one which we must listen to.   We do not like to think abo...

 Today’s gospel (Luke 10: 17-24) is full of little glimpses of Jesus in His Divine nature: how He watched Satan fall, how He gave power to t...

 Another gospel (Matthew 18: 1-5, 10) and another pair of mysteries that complement each other. When we read the gospels, we are often dumbf...

This is an extra blog reflection for today because apart from being the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, it is also the feast of St Therese of ...