Pro-life reflections and intercessions related to the Sunday readings
Catholics – whether clerics or members of the lay faithful – especially those active in the pro-life movement, must be careful to avoid the mistake of the scribes in today’s Gospel. We can be stubborn, not surrendering our hearts and egos to God but smugly using our position, knowledge, passion, and rightness on certain issues to draw attention and honour to ourselves.
Read MoreSins against the Gospel of Life don’t always take the form of the grave ones like abortion, suicide, euthanasia, or the manipulation of embryonic life. It also includes more common ones such as the objectification of persons, the use of pornography and sins against purity, which also violate the dignity of Man made in the image and likeness of God.
Read MoreIn the Gospel today, the pitiful yet noble Bartimaeus meets Christ. Bartimaeus is so helpless, trusting and desperate, unashamed of his poverty; a man in touch with his real needs. Unlike most of us, he knows he is not self-sufficient; he knows his life is in need of a saving presence.
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