7th Sunday of Easter Acts 1:12-141 Pet 4:13-16Jn 17:1-11 All these joined in continuous prayer… One of the unintended consequences of the last 3 years of dealing with COVID-19, has been a reluctance by many Catholics to go back to mass in person. Livestream Mass has been a game-changer for a lot of us. I... Continue Reading →
20 May, Saturday — Ask Your Father
May 20 – Memorial for St. Bernadine of Siena, Priest St. Bernadine (1381-1444) was a Friar Minor, a priest, an itinerant preacher, and a theological writer. His preaching skills were so great and the conversions so numerous, that he has become associated with all areas of speaking, advertising, public relations, etc. Bernadine’s charismatic preaching filled... Continue Reading →
19 May, Friday — Pain Today, Is The Prelude to the Joy of New Life
Friday of the 6th Week of Easter Acts 18:9-18Jn 16:20-23 “…you are sad now; but I shall see you again, and your hearts will be full of joy, and that joy no one shall take from you.” I do not have many friends. As I grew older, I culled down my list of friends. Simply... Continue Reading →
18 May, Thursday — The Enormity of Faith
18 May -- Ascension of the Lord Acts 1:1-11Eph 1:17-23Mt 28:16-20 “It is not for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has established by His own authority…” I have an irrational aversion towards uncertainty; nobody likes it, but I avoid it like the plague. It is an occupational hazard from the... Continue Reading →
17 May, Wednesday — Timing and Truth
Wednesday of the 6th Week of Easter Acts 17:15,22-18:1Jn 16:12-15 “I still have many things to say to you but they would be too much for you now.” Think of a time when God used you to bring timely words of advice someone. Or maybe an occasion when you wanted to speak, but decided that... Continue Reading →
16 May, Tuesday — Communality
Tuesday of the 6th Week of Easter Acts 16:22-34Jn 16:5-11 …we are all here. I reflected yesterday on how blessed I was that a friend had provided us with a roof over our head when we needed one and how we are preparing to welcome another group of retreatants to the Catholic Spirituality Centre (CSC)... Continue Reading →
15 May, Monday — Providing a Sanctuary
Monday of the 6th Week of Easter Acts 16:11-15Jn 15:28-16:4 Come and stay with us Since we were kids, my parents regularly entertained at home and there was never a shortage of friends, colleagues, even bosses who would share meals in our home. Naturally, my siblings and I got used to having to share bathrooms,... Continue Reading →
14 May, Sunday — Living in the Lord
6th Sunday of Easter Acts 8:5-8,14-171 Pt 3:15-18Jn 14:15-21 You are in me and I am in you I recall a testimony I heard more than a few years ago, when we were privileged to hear from a brother who had decided to join the seminary after almost four years of soul searching, questioning and... Continue Reading →
13 May, Saturday — Serving Jesus as our master
May 13 – Memorial for Our Lady of Fatima Our Lady of Fatima is the title given to the vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary that appeared before three shepherd children at Fatima, Portugal on the 13th day of six consecutive months in 1917, starting May 13, the Fatima holiday. The three children were Lucia... Continue Reading →
12 May, Friday — Do what He commands
May 12 – Memorial for Sts. Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs; Memorial for St. Pancras, Martyr Sts. Nereus and Achilleus (d. 98) were soldiers in the imperial Roman army, and members of the Praetorian Guard. They were converts to Christianity and baptized by St. Peter the Apostle. They were exiled for their faith, suffered with St.... Continue Reading →
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