Acts 4:23:31Jn 3:1-8 “Why this arrogance among the nations, these futile plots among the peoples?” Here in Singapore, we are in Week 3 of what our government has called a ‘circuit breaker’ mode in order to stop the spread of local transmissions of COVID-19, which has seen a pretty alarming spike in cases on a... Continue Reading →
19 April, Sunday – ‘Blind’ Faith
19 Apr – Divine Mercy Sunday The Congregation for Divine Worship decreed in 2003 that “throughout the world, the Second Sunday of Easter will receive the name Divine Mercy Sunday, a perennial invitation to the Christian world to face, wit confidence in divine benevolence, the difference and trials that humankind will experience in the years... Continue Reading →
18 April, Saturday – Learning to Listen in Silence
Acts 4:13-21Mk 16:9-15 He appeared to them and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart because they had not believed those who saw him after he had been raised As Christians, it is not uncommon to hear testimonies from our friends and loved ones of how they encountered God, or experienced a revelation... Continue Reading →
17 April, Friday – Have you anything to eat?
Acts 4: 1-12Jn 21: 1-14 Children, have you caught anything to eat? The question that Jesus asked His disciples, “have you anything to eat?”, is a question that I have heard several times when I was living in the US. In the city where I lived and worked, there were often homeless people around. And... Continue Reading →
16 April, Thursday – Finding hope amidst our troubles
Acts 3:11-26Lk 24:35-48 “Why are you troubled? And why do questions arise in your hearts?” It is often difficult, in the midst of our daily problems and personal crises, to see God at work. Having survived cancer, lived in a city besieged by protests and now dealing with the fear and panic in my community... Continue Reading →
15 April, Wednesday – The Road to Emmaus
Acts 3: 1-10Lk 24: 13-35 “Were not our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?” The past few weeks have been extremely difficult for me, as the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus forced the diocese to shutter its churches and cancel physical masses in... Continue Reading →
14 April, Tuesday – We’ve been caught off-guard
Acts 2:36-41Jn 20:11-18 …change your hearts and lives So many words to describe this moment in time. This global moment. Unknown. Scary. Peculiar. Confusing. Fearful. Strange. Daunting. Difficult. Trusting. And those words often describe us when we are faced with the decision of knowing who Jesus is, or KNOWING JESUS. I have always known the... Continue Reading →
13 April, Monday – Running on empty
Acts 2:14, 22-33Mt 28:8-15 …went away quickly from the tomb, fearful yet overjoyed, and ran to announce the news to his disciples. When I think of running I envision children. Children run. Constantly. With reckless abandon and joy. Laughing, shouting, even tripping over themselves. Children run to friends, run to fun, run to their parents.... Continue Reading →
12 April, Sunday – But you never asked
Easter Sunday Acts 10:34a, 37-43Col 3:1-4John 20:1-9 …the stone had been rolled away. It’s Easter Sunday! He is Risen!! As soon as the stone is rolled away, the resurrection of Christ is made known to man! Easter has begun – yet no one alive at that moment knows this pivotal fact; that at this precise... Continue Reading →
11 April, Saturday – (Gospel) The Life we Treasure
Today, we welcome Doug Lee to our stable of contributors. Doug and his wife Cindy make their home in Los Angeles, CA. He is in the empty-nester chapter of his life. He is a part-time Christian freelance writer and also enjoys writing anonymously for a self-help service group. He teaches religious education, volunteers as a... Continue Reading →
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