Monday of Week 12 in Ordinary Time 2 Kgs 17:5-8,13-15,18Mt 7:1-5 “Take the log out of your own eye first, and then you will see clearly enough to take the splinter out of your brother’s eye.” This is a passage that many of us usually struggle with. Even as I was praying with the scriptures,... Continue Reading →
19 June, Sunday — Blessings with our bread
June 19 -- Corpus Christi The Feast of Corpus Christi (Latin for ‘Body of Christ’) is a Catholic liturgical solemnity celebrating the real presence of the body and blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, in the elements of the Eucharist -- known as transubstantiation. Two months earlier, the Eucharist is observed on Maundy Thursday in a sombre atmosphere leading to Good Friday. The liturgy on that day also... Continue Reading →
18 June, Saturday — Wilting Lilies
Saturday of Week 11 in Ordinary Time 2 Chr 24:17-25Mt 6:24-34 "Think of the flowers growing in the fields; they have never to work or spin." When my second child was born 5 years ago, I contemplated quitting my job to become a stay at home parent. While my husband was supportive, I personally had reservations,... Continue Reading →
17 June, Friday — Listen to your heart
Friday of Week 11 in Ordinary Time 2 Kgs 11:1-4,9-18,20Mt 6:19-23 "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." In today's gospel, Jesus, in his sermon on the Mount, warns us against becoming too caught up in earthly things that we forget about the heavenly treasures that await us. Indeed, the things mentioned... Continue Reading →
16 June, Thursday – Figuring out how to pray
Thursday of Week 11 in Ordinary Time Ecc 48:1-15Mt 6:7-15 "In your prayers, do not babble as the pagans do, for they think that by using many words they will make themselves heard." I have a constant struggle with prayer, because I have always found it difficult to maintain the balance between praying in a... Continue Reading →
15 June, Wednesday — Fasting throughout the year
2 Kgs 2:1,6-14Mt 6:1-6,16-18 "...and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you." Today’s Gospel passage makes me recall Lent, since it is commonly read on Ash Wednesday. It also led me to recall my friend’s sharing about he had managed to fast from TikTok for this year’s Lent, and... Continue Reading →
14 June, Tuesday – Achieving Perfection
Tuesday of Week 11 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 21:17-29Mt 5:43-48 Therefore be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect. At first glance, it is mind-boggling that St Matthew would exhort for us to be just as perfect as our heavenly Father. Surely this can’t be possible. For there is no mortal being that... Continue Reading →
13 June, Monday – Towards a more radical love
Jun 13 – Memorial for St. Anthony of Padua, priest, religious, doctor St. Anthony's (1195-1231) wealthy family wanted him to be a great nobleman, but for the sake of Christ he became a poor Franciscan. When the remains of St. Berard and his companions, the first Franciscan martyrs, were brought to be buried in his church, Anthony was... Continue Reading →
12 June, Sunday – Why the Trinity Matters
June 12 – Trinity Sunday Trinity Sunday is the first Sunday after Pentecost in the Western Christian liturgical calendar, and the Sunday of Pentecost in Eastern Christianity. Trinity Sunday celebrates the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, the three Persons of God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Wikipedia Pro 8:22-31Rm 5:1-5Jn 16:12-15 "But... Continue Reading →
10 June, Friday – The Voice
Friday of Week 10 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 19,11-16Mt 5:27-32 ….the sound of a gentle breeze. Back in the day – the 70s & 80s – when a song came on the radio, I immediately knew who was singing. It could be the first time I heard that particular song or even a singer that... Continue Reading →
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