Tuesday of Week 23 in Ordinary Time 1 Cor 6:1-11Lk 6:12-19 …but now you have been washed clean, and sanctified, and justified through the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and through the Spirit of our God. We are all broken, wounded and hurting people. We unintentionally, through our woundedness, wound and hurt those around... Continue Reading →
9 September, Monday — Assumptions
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... Continue Reading →
8 September, Sunday — A Holistic Faith
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Isa 35:4-7Jas 2:1-5Mk 7:31-37 “Ephphatha!”, that is, “Be opened!”” Normally, the first reading and the Gospel are linked -- it is especially clear this week, as Isaiah talks about the blind, deaf, lame and mute being healed and streams bursting forth in the desert. He precedes this prophecy of healing... Continue Reading →
7 September, Saturday — Strengthening our relationship with Jesus
Saturday of Week 22 in Ordinary Time 1 Cor 4:6-15Lk 6:1-5 One sabbath Jesus happened to be taking a walk through the cornfields, and his disciples were picking ears of corn, rubbing them in their hands and eating them. The experience of watching the series, The Chosen, has made it easier for me to imagine... Continue Reading →
6 September, Friday — Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged.
Friday of Week 22 in Ordinary Time 1 Cor 4:1-5Lk 5:33-39 There must be no passing of premature judgement. Leave that until the Lord comes; He will light up all that is hidden in the dark and reveal the secret intention of men's hearts. Then will be the time for each one to have whatever... Continue Reading →
5 September, Thursday — Catching Men
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... Continue Reading →
4 September, Wednesday — Only God Matters
Wednesday of Week 22 in Ordinary Time 1 Cor 3:1-9Lk 4:38-44 Neither the planter nor the waterer matters: only God, who makes things grow. Whatever we do, only God matters. In this context of the planter and waterer, I’m thinking of the evangelisation work that I do in the RCIA ministry. We are first the... Continue Reading →
3 September, Tuesday — Recognising God’s Hand
Sep 3 – Memorial for St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor St. Gregory (540-590) collected the melodies and plain chants so associated with him, that they are now known as Gregorian Chants. He was elected by unanimous acclamation for pope. Incidentally, he was also the first monk to be pope. Before his papacy, he... Continue Reading →
2 September, Monday — Grace In All Guises
Monday of Week 22 in Ordinary Time 1 Cor 2:1-5 Lk 4:16-30 “…but Elijah was not sent to any one of these; he was sent to a widow at Zarephath, a Sidonian town.” It saddens me each time to read about incidences of bullying, especially those that lead to suicide. This is bullying in all forms,... Continue Reading →
1 September, Sunday — Observing our Hearts in the Face of Tradition
22nd Sunday in Ordinary TimeDeu 4:1-2,6-8Jas 1:17-18,21-22,27Mk 7:1-8,14-15,21-23 Nothing that goes into a man from outside can make him unclean; it is the things that come out from a man that make him unclean. The core message of today’s readings permeates through each of the passages; flowing from the observance of the commandments in the... Continue Reading →
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