Monday of Week 8 in Ordinary Time 1 Pet 1:3-9Mk 10:17-27 'who can be saved?' A few years back, I came across two very different stories. In the first, a man was working on his car when his three-year-old son took a screwdriver and scratched the car. Enraged, the man spanked his son’s hand, not... Continue Reading →
27 February, Sunday – Working on Ourselves
8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ecc 27:5-81 Cor 15:54-58Lk 6:39-45 ...the defects of a man appear in his talk. A few years ago, I was working on attaining a professional qualification and, for a few months, was attending nightly classes to master the material. I met many amazing folks from various walks of life, all... Continue Reading →
26 February, Saturday — Prayers from the Burning Heart
Saturday of Week 7 in Ordinary Time Jas 5:13-20Mk 10:13-16 Let my prayer come before you like incense, O Lord. One of the things that I feel very blessed being a Catholic is that we can always pray with our senses. With our sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell, our prayers become more experiential. At... Continue Reading →
25 February, Friday — Yes/No
Friday of Week 7 in Ordinary Time Jas 5:9-12Mk 10:1-12 If you mean ‘yes’, you must say ‘yes’; if you mean ‘no’, say ‘no’. Our world is so dependent on ‘yes’ and ‘no’. The fundamentals of computer language are based on a yes/no logic. With a combination of yes and no, we have achieved so... Continue Reading →
24 February, Thursday — Don’t Lose Your Saltiness
Thursday of Week 7 in Ordinary Time Jas 5:1-6Mk 9:41-50 “Salt is a good thing, but if salt has become insipid, how can you season it again?” I must admit that I’ve read and heard from the Gospel about salt losing it’s saltiness so many times and yet, I didn’t really know how salt can... Continue Reading →
23 February, Wednesday — Total Surrender to God’s Will
23 Feb – Memorial for St. Polycarp, bishop and martyr St. Polycarp (69-155) was an associate of, converted by, and disciple of St. John the Apostle. He was a friend of St. Ignatius of Antioch, and he fought Gnosticism. He was the Bishop of Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey), and was a revered Christian leader during the... Continue Reading →
22 February, Tuesday — Who sits on your throne?
22 Feb – Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, the Apostle The feast of the Chair of St. Peter at Rome, Italy has been celebrated from the early days of the Christian era on Jan 18, in commemoration of the day when St. Peter held his first service in Rome. The feast of the... Continue Reading →
21 February, Monday — God does NOT help those that help themselves
21 Feb – Memorial for St. Peter Damian, bishop and doctor St. Peter Damian (1007-1072) was the youngest child in a large family. When he was orphaned, he was sent to live with a brother where he was mistreated and forced to work as a swine-herd. He cared for another brother, a priest in Ravenna, Italy.... Continue Reading →
20 February, Sunday — Surrendering the battle, to win the war
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 Sam 26:2,7-9,11-13.22-231 Cor 15:45-49Lk 6:27-38 “Here is the king’s spear…” At the main altar in the Church of St Alphonsus (Novena Church), is the stained glass of our Lady of Ransom. Amongst the many titles of our Blessed Mother, this is perhaps one of the lesser-known ones. In 1218,... Continue Reading →
19 February, Saturday — On Teaching
Saturday of Week 6 in Ordinary Time Jas 3:1-10Mk 9:2-13 Only a few of you...should be teachers, bearing in mind that those of us who teach can expect a stricter judgement. In my job, I am privileged to work alongside learned educators and seasoned industry professionals tasked to educate, train and mentor young adults who... Continue Reading →
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