Thursday of Week 9 in Ordinary Time 2 Tim 2:8-15Mk 12:28–34 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself... I just watched the long-running musical Les Miserables, in a different format titled the Arena Spectacular version, where the cast members stand onstage and... Continue Reading →
3 June, Wednesday — Belief in Jesus who loves us
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, Tuesday — Focusing on God
Tuesday of Week 9 in Ordinary Time 2 Pt 3:11-15,17-18Mk 12:13-17 "Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar -- and to God what belongs to God." The modern world today has blurred all boundaries between work and leisure. There is often talk about 'work-life balance' or 'work-life harmony', but there is always that element... Continue Reading →
1 June, Monday — 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 →