Friday of Week 5 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 11:29-32,12:19Mk 7:31-37 ... they brought him a deaf man… In today's Gospel, we read how a deaf man was brought before our Lord, who was asked to heal him. The passage refers to the group of people as simply “they”; there is no description of who... Continue Reading →
8 February, Thursday — We are all standing on the Titanic
8 Feb – Memorial for St. Jerome Emiliani; Memorial for St. Josephine Bakhita, virgin St. Jerome (1481–1537) was born wealthy, the son of Angelo and Eleanor Mauroceni Emiliani. His father died when Jerome was a teenager, and he ran away from home at age 15. After a dissolute youth, he became a soldier in Venice... Continue Reading →
7 February, Wednesday — Loyalty at what cost?
Wednesday of Week 5 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 10:1-10Mk 7:14-23 "...it is the things that come out of a man that make him unclean." In today’s first reading I immediately related St. Thomas to the Queen of Sheba, “I did not believe until I came and saw with my own eyes.” That, in correlation... Continue Reading →
6 February, Tuesday — The Heart of the Matter
6 Feb – Memorial for Sts. Paul Miki and Companions, martyrs (in Japan) St. Paul Miki (1562-1597) was one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan. He was born into a rich family and educated by Jesuits in Azuchi and Takatsuki. He joined the Society of Jesus and preached the gospel for his fellow citizens. The... Continue Reading →
5 February, Monday — Home Renovation
5 Feb – Memorial for St. Agatha, virgin and martyr We have little reliable information about this martyr who has been honoured since ancient times, and whose name is included in the canon of the Mass. Young, beautiful and rich, Agatha (d.250) lived a life consecrated to God. When Decius announced the edicts against Christians,... Continue Reading →
4 February, Sunday — “Walk this way…”
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Job 7:1-4,6-71 Cor 9:16-19,22-23Mk 1:29-39 He went to her, took her by the hand and helped her up. And the fever left her and she began to wait on them. I am someone who likes processes and structure. Even while training for a particular race, I have to rely on... Continue Reading →
3 February, Saturday — “The Mountains are calling…”
3 Feb – Memorial for St. Blaise, bishop and martyr; Memorial for St. Ansgar, bishop St. Blaise (d. 316) was a physician and Bishop of Sebaste, Armenia. He lived in a cave on Mount Argeus. He was a healer of men and animals. According to legend, sick animals would come to him on their own... Continue Reading →
2 February, Friday — On Readiness
2 Feb – Feast of the Presentation of the Lord This feast celebrates an early episode in the life of Jesus. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Presentation is the fourth Joyful Mystery of the Rosary. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, it is one of the twelve Great Feasts. In many Western liturgical churches, Vespers... Continue Reading →
1 February, Thursday — The law of love
Thursday of Week 4 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 2:1-4,10-12Mk 6:7-13 “Observe the injunctions of the Lord your God, following his laws, his commandments, his customs and his decrees… so you may be successful in all you do and undertake, so that the Lord may fulfil the promise he made me…” The verse above is... Continue Reading →
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