23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Eze 33:7-9Rm 13:8-10Mt 18:15-20 "For where two or three meet in my name, I shall be there with them.” Today's readings simplify for us how God desires for us to live. And that is, to love your neighbour as yourself. In the second reading, it says, "Avoid getting into debt,... Continue Reading →
9 September, Saturday — Sunday Mass — Obligation or Opportunity?
Sep 9 – Memorial for St. Peter Claver, Priest St Peter Claver was born in Catalonia and studied at the University of Barcelona. He became a Jesuit; and while he was studying philosophy in Mallorca, the door-keeper of the college, Alfonso Rodríguez, saw that his true vocation was to evangelize the New World, and encouraged him... Continue Reading →
8 September, Friday — Ave Maria
Sep 8 – Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary The birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary announced joy and the approaching salvation of a lost world. Mary was brought into the world not like other children of Adam, infected with the contagion of sin, but pure, holy, beautiful, and glorious, adorned with... Continue Reading →
7 September, Thursday — I want to join a church ministry
Thursday of Week 22 in Ordinary Time Col 1:9-14Lk 5:1-11 “Do not be afraid; from now on it is men you will catch.” August 27 was church ministry recruitment Sunday at our parish – Church of St Francis Xavier. So with violin, guitar and cajon in hand, 8 choir members sang their hearts out. Unable... Continue Reading →
6 September, Wednesday — Called to Mission
Wednesday of Week 22 in Ordinary Time Col 1:1-8Lk 4:38-44 The Good News which has reached you is spreading all over the world and producing the same results as it has among you ever since the day when you heard about God's grace and understood what this really is. One of my favourite candies underwent... Continue Reading →
5 September, Tuesday — Group bonding
Sep 5 – Feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), honoured in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She was born in Skopje (now the capital of North Macedonia), then part of the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. After living in Skopje for eighteen years, she moved to Ireland and then to India,... Continue Reading →
4 September, Monday — Consoling Thoughts
Monday of Week 22 in Ordinary Time 1 Ths 4:13-18Lk 4:16-30 With such thoughts as these you should comfort one another. The first reading of today holds a special place in my life, because it was the commonly used reading whenever I used to serve Mass as an altar server. It always struck me as... Continue Reading →
3 September, Sunday — Constantly reforming our relationship with God
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Jer 20:7-9Rm 12:1-2Mt 16:21-27 Do not model yourselves on the behaviour of the world around you, but let your behaviour change, modelled by your new mind. This is the only way to discover the will of God, and know what is good, what it is that God wants, what is... Continue Reading →
2 September, Saturday — Am I Afraid?
Saturday of Week 21 in Ordinary Time 1 Ths 4:9-11 Mt 25:14-30 ...so I was afraid, and I went off and hid your talent in the ground. I used to pay very little attention to the servant who hid the talent in the ground. In my mind, I saw him as a disappointment. I would even... Continue Reading →
1 September, Friday — Delayed
Friday of Week 21 in Ordinary Time 1 Ths 4:1-8 Mt 25:1-13 The bridegroom was late... In another version of this reading, it was written that the bridegroom was ‘long delayed.’ I personally like this version better (and yes, I have Bibles with both the UK and US versions – all Catholic :)). When you say... Continue Reading →
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