Tuesday of Week 11 in Ordinary Time 2 Cor 8:1-9Mt 5:43-48 “… in this way you will be sons of your Father in heaven, for he causes his sun to rise on bad men as well as good, and his rain to fall on honest and dishonest men alike.” I have always found today’s Gospel... Continue Reading →
19 June, Monday — Serving God in everything we do
Jun 19 – St Philip Minh, Priest and Companions, Martyrs St Philip Minh is a Vietnamese martyr. Born in Vietnam, he joined the Society for Foreign Missions of Paris and was ordained a priest with the purpose of working for the Church in Vietnam. Seized by anti-Catholic forces, he was beheaded. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1988. Vietnamese Martyrs, also... Continue Reading →
18 June, Sunday — Not a Zero Sum Game
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Exo 19:2-6Rm 5:6-11Mt 9:36-10:8 “You received without charge, give without charge.” Recently, my significant other shared with me that one of her close friends asked her, “I don’t know how he does it.” She was referring to my apparent busyness when she heard about how I was keeping up my... Continue Reading →
17 June, Saturday — God You’re So Good
Jun 17 – The Immaculate Heart of Mary The Immaculate Heart of Mary (Latin: Cor Immaculatum Mariae) is a Roman Catholic devotional name used to refer to the Catholic view of the interior life of Mary, mother of Jesus, her joys and sorrows, her virtues and hidden perfections, and, above all, her virginal love for God the Father, her maternal love for... Continue Reading →
16 June, Friday — “Chased down by the Hound of Heaven…”
Jun 16 – Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart The Feast of the Sacred Heart is a feast day in the liturgical calendar of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church. According to the General Roman Calendar since 1969, it is formally known as the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Latin: Sollemnitas Sacratissimi Cordis Iesu) and falls on the Friday that follows the second Sunday after Pentecost, which... Continue Reading →
15 June, Thursday — “Father knows best”
Thursday of Week 10 in Ordinary Time 2 Cor 3:15-4:1,3-6Mt 5:20-26 “But I say this to you” I always chuckle when I come across this verse. I picture Jesus, in a very Singapore accent, saying in Hokkien (a local dialect), “Nim peh ka ler kong…” that loosely translates to “Your Father tells you this…” and... Continue Reading →
14 June, Wednesday — There is space in Heaven still
Wednesday of Week 10 in Ordinary Time 2 Cor 3:4-11Mt 5:17-19 “I have come not to abolish but to complete them.” As I read today’s gospel, I am comforted by a reality that is so fundamental to our Christian faith: Obedience. Today, Jesus taught that “whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest... Continue Reading →
13 June, Tuesday — Pange Lingua Gloriosi
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... Continue Reading →
12 June, Monday — Living as spiritual beings
Monday of Week 10 in Ordinary Time 2 Cor 1:1-7Mt 5:1-12 “Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven;” Today’s Gospel reading is my favourite passage from the Bible. To me, it encapsulates all that Jesus has taught. It prepares us for the suffering that we will face in our faith,... Continue Reading →
11 June, Sunday — Everything happens for a purpose
Feast of 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... Continue Reading →
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