Jesus the way to Heaven

Reflection on "Parable of wicked tenants" Synopsis:- (Mt. 21:33-46; Mk. 12:1-12; Lk. 20:9-19) > Landowner plants vineyard, puts fence, digs wine press and built a watch-tower. > Leases to tenants and goes to other country > At harvest, landowner sends slaves and tenants beat them > He sends more slaves, but they beat them too  Finally, sends his beloved son, but they kill him to inherit his inheritance > Jesus poses a question to the audience, "what will the landowner do?" > They reply that he would beat those wretches to miserable death, and lease it to others to produce harvest > Jesus replies through a quote from Psalm, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord's doing, and it is amazing in our eyes"? > Therefore, Kingdom of God will be given to people who will produce fruits Reflection:- This was the parable I was supposed to meditate and preach to the youth and t...

How to handle stress! Key scripture:- Then he said to them all, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. Luke 9:23 NRSV Reflection:- There are two types of main stresses which humans go through. One is physical stress and the other is emotional stress. The latter is most difficult to cope up with and is also a root cause to many diseases. Past week has been the most stressful week of mine, wherein, I was in no mood of doing anything, but just sleep it out! Even to associate with God was becoming so difficult. Finally, St. Paul came to the rescue as I heard about their initial struggles in the book of Acts of the Apostles. Can I compare my stress with the amount of sufferings they went through as they proclaimed Christ? Certainly not! The phrase "walk the talk" has been a challenge for all the preacher and the teachers of Word of God. If not followed you end up being hypocrite! So I throug...