Monday of Week 10 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 17:1-6Mt 5:1-12 Seeing the crowds, Jesus went up the hill. I am impatient and dislike crowds, and crowded places. It could be due to the fact that I am getting older, or that this is a result of living in our post-COVID world. I should have... Continue Reading →
9 June, Sunday — “No one is to blame…”
10th Sunday in Ordinary Time Gen 3:9-152 Cor 4:13–5:1Mark 3:20-35 “The man replied, “It was the woman you put with me; she gave me the fruit, and I ate it”. Then the Lord God asked the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman replied, “The serpent tempted me and I ate.” Singapore likes... Continue Reading →
8 June, Saturday – Love makes us do inconvenient things with joy
Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Pope Pius XII instituted the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1944 to be celebrated on 22 August, coinciding with the traditional octave day of the Assumption. In 1969, Pope Paul VI moved the celebration of the Immaculate Heart of Mary to the Saturday, immediately after the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.... Continue Reading →
7 June, Friday — Your name is tattooed in the palm of God’s hand
Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus The devotion to the Sacred Heart (also known as the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Sacratissimum Cor Iesu in Latin) is one of the most widely practiced and well-known Roman Catholic devotions, taking Jesus Christ's physical heart as the representation of his divine love for humanity. This devotion is predominantly used in the Roman Catholic Church and... Continue Reading →
6 June, Thursday — Living Out Love
Jun 6 – Memorial for St. Norbert, bishop, religious founder St. Norbert (1080-1134) had been born to the nobility and raised around the royal court. There he developed a very worldly view, taking holy orders as a career move when he joined the Benedictines. A narrow escape from death led him to a conversion experience... Continue Reading →
5 June, Wednesday — “Legacy”
Jun 5 – Memorial for St. Boniface, bishop and martyr Educated at the Benedictine monastery at Exeter, England where he became a monk, Boniface (c.673–754) was a missionary to Germany from 719, assisted by St. Albinus, St. Abel, and St. Agatha. They destroyed idols and pagan temples, and then built churches on the sites. He... Continue Reading →
4 June, Tuesday — Rendering to God
Tuesday of Week 9 in Ordinary Time 2 Pet 3:11-15,17-18Mark 12: 13-17 "Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar -- and to God what belongs to God." I certainly have heard this verse a lot when I was a young adult, especially in the context of being able to differentiate things that are of... Continue Reading →
3 June, Monday — Living as spiritual beings
Jun 3 – Memorial for St. Charles Lwanga & companions, martyrs One of 22 Ugandan martyrs, St. Charles Lwanga is the patron of youth and Catholic action in most of tropical Africa. He protected his fellow pages aged 13 to 30 from the homosexual demands of the Bagandan ruler, Mwanga, and encouraged and instructed them... Continue Reading →
2 June, Sunday — United in the body of Christ
June 2 -- 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... Continue Reading →
1 June, Saturday — Love is illogical
Jun 1 – Memorial for St. Justin, martyr He was born at the beginning of the second century in Nablus, in Samaria, of a pagan Greek family. He was an earnest seeker after truth, and studied many systems of philosophy before being led, through Platonism, to Christianity. While remaining a layman, he accepted the duty... Continue Reading →
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