Gospel Reflection

There’s something simple about this Gospel on John 10:1 – 10, the more you sit with it, the deeper it becomes. “I am the door of the sheep.” Not the guide. Not just the teacher. The door. At first, it almost sounds like a strange image. Why would Jesus describe Himself that way? But if … Read more

There is a quiet mystery at the heart of this Gospel, one that we don’t grasp all at once, but are slowly drawn into. Jesus begins by saying something that can feel both comforting and unsettling:“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him.” Faith, then, is not something we … Read more

There is something deeply reassuring in this Gospel, almost like a steady voice speaking into the fears we carry quietly within us. Jesus says, “him who comes to me I will not cast out.” Those words alone are enough to stop us in our tracks. Because if we are honest, many of us carry a … Read more

There is something almost painfully honest in the way the crowd speaks to Jesus in this Gospel. They are not hostile. They are not rejecting Him. They are simply asking for proof “What sign do you do, that we may see, and believe you?” It’s a question that still echoes in our own hearts today. … Read more

In this gospel reading, we have the crowd goes looking for Jesus, not out of malice, not even out of disbelief, but because they had been fed. They had experienced something good, something real. And like all of us, they wanted more of it. But Jesus sees deeper than their actions. He gently exposes what … Read more