Preaching And You Were Sleeping

Clarence Devadass

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Welcome to our weekly podcast, ‘Preaching and You Were Sleeping’ - a brief reflection on the Gospel reading, to prompt you towards deeper prayer and action for the week. This is brought to you by Fr Clarence Devadass, a priest of the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

02/05/2022

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Spreading Your Nets for the Lord

Jesus is inviting us to cast our nets in a way that spreads the values of the kingdom that Jesus came to establish. The net that we put out must offer true, abundant, and eternal life – the life of the kingdom of God. The nets that we put out may only reach a few people but if we can strive unceasingly to inspire them and others with the values of the kingdom, then we haul in an abundant catch, neither for ourselves nor for our Church, but for the Lord.
12/18/2021

4th Sunday of Advent: Being Vessels of God's Word

Mary was called “full of grace” because she became the “vessel” to bring Christ into the world. We too must open ourselves to be the vessel to bring God to the world, to one another – becoming a vessel of God’s grace by allowing the Holy Spirit to work through us, with us and in us. However, in order to be God’s vessel, we need to empty ourselves sin, pride, apathy, unforgiveness, and allow God’s grace to heal our weaknesses so that we too can be “full of grace”. Filled with God’s grace, just as John was the voice in the wilderness pointing people to Jesus, Advent calls us to become a light unto others and lead others through the “darkness” to the light of Christ.
12/11/2021

3rd Sunday of Advent: What Must We Do?

On this 3rd Sunday of Advent, on Gaudete Sunday, we are reminded that this is a time of joy, not only because we are anticipating the celebration of the birth of Christ but because God is already in our midst (Emmanuel – God with us). More than anything, the presence of the Lord in our midst calls us to rejoice and “shout for joy”. However, the joy that we are being reminded of is not one of merriment but one of expectancy and anticipation of the second coming of the Lord.
12/04/2021

2nd Sunday of Advent: Prepared and Ready for His Coming

Advent calls us to turn to the Lord in the expectant hope of the coming of His kingdom. Until that time Advent calls us to deepen our spirit of prayer, reflect more deeply on who this historical Jesus is, what he said, how he lived, so that we will truly be prepared to celebrate the nativity of the Lord.
11/27/2021

1st Sunday of Advent: Promise of a New Creation

The readings on this First Sunday of Advent, anchored on God’s promise, point to the realities of peace and fulfilment that will be accomplished by God. The promises of the coming of the Son of Man in the Old Testament, and the promise of the second coming in the New Testament, are indeed promises full of hope – a hope that is not deceptive because God tells the prophet Jeremiah, “I will fulfil the promise I made”. In the meantime, let our vigilance be filled with love, because God is pure love.
11/13/2021

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Be Prophets of Hope

The reason why we have this Gospel is that we are approaching the end of our liturgical year. Next Sunday is the Solemnity of Christ the King and then we enter into Advent. That is why today the readings direct our attention to the end of time. Many of us are not only curious about the end times but perhaps also fear the end of the world, the end of time. Let us not forget that the end is also a time to be gathered to the Lord with all who have gone before us and those who may come after us.
11/05/2021

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Seek God's Approval, Not Human Applause

The world that we live in often glorifies power, authority, titles, and even what connections a person has – things that we can easily use and even misuse to gain the approval of people. The Gospel today reminds us that it is better to have God approve than the world applaud: “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by Him” (2 Timothy 2:15). The Gospel today is very clear that God’s approval is not in material blessings but rather in the sacrifices that we make for the kingdom of God.
10/29/2021

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time: We Cannot Fake Our Faith

As disciples of Jesus, the “two commandments” that Jesus mentions in the Gospel today cannot be separated. They are a manifestation of the same love and the essence of our Christian discipleship. The key message in the Gospel today is that pious religiosity alone do not make us good Christians. If we love God most, we cannot but will love others best – not easy but not impossible. We cannot be an authentic and #1 disciple of Jesus unless we have both – love God and love neighbour.

Welcome to our weekly podcast, ‘Preaching and You Were Sleeping’ - a brief reflection on the Gospel reading, to prompt you towards deeper prayer and action for the week. This is brought to you by Fr Clarence Devadass, a priest of the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Clarence Devadass
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2021 - 2022
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53
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