Kingdom Revelator Australia – Issue 66
Jesus is the supreme model of integrity and His life evidenced His purity and excellent character. Pilate said at the trial, "I find no basis for an accusation against this man" (Luke 23:4). There was no basis for guilt or evidence of fault found in Jesus. In other words, His behaviour matched His belief, and His character matched His teachings. 1 Peter 2:12 says, “Conduct yourselves honourably among the Gentiles, so that, though they malign you as evildoers, they may…
Kingdom Revelator Australia – Issue 65
This month is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. We are once again reminded about the importance of intercession. When Abraham pleaded for the people of Sodom and Gomorrah, God promised to spare the people of those cities from destruction if at least ten good people were found to be living there. When Moses pleaded with the Lord on Mount Sinai for the people, the Lord changed His mind about the disaster He was going to bring on the Israelites. He…
Kingdom Revelator Australia – Issue 64
In the Gospel of St Luke, chapter 11:9, we read, ‘ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.’ The first word ‘ask’ contains the whole meaning of this promise; A- Ask, S- Seek, K- Knock. If you need to ask someone for a favour,you need to first have a relationship with them. If not, then you will be reluctant to seek their help. So, it is important…
Kingdom Revelator Australia – Issue 63
When the disciples asked the Lord to teach them to pray, He did not simply give an abstract definition of prayer or teach them an effective technique for praying in order to obtain something. Instead, Jesus shared with them His own experience of prayer,putting them directly in contact with the Father, thus arousing in them a longing for a personal relationship with Him. Pope Francis said recently, when talking about prayer, that the Gospel encourages everyone to firmly uphold the…
Kingdom Revelator Australia – Issue 62
When we think about St Peter and St Paul, we see that despite their human weaknesses, they were chosen by God to shepherd His flock. St Peter is widely considered to have requested to be crucified upside down as he felt unworthy to be executed in the same way as his master, Jesus Christ, and St Paul was martyred by beheading, which was his right as a Roman citizen. The similarity in their lives lies in the fact that they…
Kingdom Revelator Australia – Issue 61
While on earth Jesus showed great love for His mother Mary; so much so that while still on the cross, just before His death, He entrusted her to John, who is described in John’s Gospel, as His beloved disciple(John 13:23, 19:26, 20:2, 21:7, 21:20). It is an indication of the love and respect Jesus had for John that He would assign to him this very important role. Mary had already been filled with the Holy Spirit from the time of…
Kingdom Revelator Australia – Issue 60
Pope Francis said, God is a Father who always fights for us, and not against us. He explained that there are many Gospel passages which shows that God never left His son alone as he cited the incidents in the desert and in the garden of Gethsemane in which Jesus overcame many temptations to abandon the Father’s will. He said the same goes for us: “He is with us when He gives us life, during our lives, in moments of…
Kingdom Revelator Australia – Issue 59
Something that the Pope said recently touched my heart. He said in one of his homilies, “Our God has feelings. He loves us with His heart, not with His ideas. When He caresses us, He does it with His heart and when He reprimands us, He does it with the heart, He suffers more than us…It’s not sentimentalism, it’s the truth.” We Christians believe in a God who loves and guards us as the apple of His eyes. What a…
Kingdom Revelator Australia – Issue 58
The message of the entire Bible gives us encouragement because it is a depiction of God’s love for us. It contains the promise that God has a wonderful plan for us. It’s reassuring to know that God’s love and mercy for those created in His image is never ending! “I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. What my Father has given me is greater than all else, and…
Kingdom Revelator Australia – Issue 57
In the great field of the Church, the Word of God is dispensed to one and all. Of the many who hear the gospel, few receive it with the sort of zeal and passion that brings forth fruit. And yet these are the ones who receive the Word on good ground; they hear the Word, take it to heart and bring forth fruit, some thirty fold, some sixty, and some a hundred. All bring forth fruit of the same quality,…