Saturday of the 1st Week of Lent Deu 26:16-19Mt 5:43-48 “…pray for those who persecute you…” In today’s gospel, Jesus is asking us to not just love our neighbour, but to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. What does the rest of the world think or say? Probably that we are... Continue Reading →
8 December, Sunday — Peace I Give You
2nd Sunday of Advent Bar 5:1-9Phi 1:4-6,8-11Lk 3:1-6 Every valley will be filled in, every mountain and hill be laid low, winding ways will be straightened and rough roads made smooth. The second week in Advent is also when we light the purple candle of PEACE – something very close to my heart. Peace has... Continue Reading →
9 November, Saturday — The temple, our body
Nov 9 – Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome The Basilica of St. John Lateran is the cathedral of the church of Rome and the official ecclesiastical seat of the Bishop of Rome, who is the Pope. It is officially named ‘Archbasilica of the Most Holy Saviour, St. John Baptist and... 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 →
27 July, Saturday — The good with the bad
Saturday of Week 16 in Ordinary Time Jer 7:1-11Mt 13:24-30 “While everybody was asleep his enemy came…” We may be sowing good seed in the field, doing what we think is helping to build God’s kingdom. But if we don’t stay alert or close to the Lord, the ‘enemy’ will come in secret, quietly sowing... Continue Reading →
7 July, Sunday — Not Weak But Strong
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Eze 2:2-52 Cor 12:7-10Mk 6:1-6 For it is when I am weak that I am strong. This sounds like an oxymoron – a figure of speech with opposing meaning. So how can one be weak yet strong at the same time? It is only possible through God, of course. In... Continue Reading →
10 May, Friday — Forever joy
May 10 – John of Ávila (not to be confused with John Avila or St John of the Cross) was a Spanish priest, preacher, scholastic author, and religious mystic, who has been declared a saint and Doctor of the Church by the Catholic Church. He is called the ‘Apostle of Andalusia’, for his extensive ministry in that region. From early 1551 Ávila was in constant ill-health. He spent the last years... Continue Reading →
2 April, Thursday — Gift of faith
Easter Tuesday Acts 2:36-41Jn 20:11-18 “…you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise that was made is for you and your children, and for all those who are far away, for all those whom the Lord our God will call to himself.”…they accepted what he said and were baptized. For the believers,... 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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