Tuesday of the 3rd Week of Lent Dn 3:25,34-43 Mt 18:21-35 “And that is how my heavenly Father will deal with you unless you each forgive your brother from your heart.” Today’s parable of the unforgiving servant illustrates the importance of forgiveness and the consequences of holding onto grudges. When we refuse to forgive, we... Continue Reading →
13 March, Monday – Complexity Biasness Hindering Our Relationship With God?
Monday of the 3rd Week of Lent 2 Kgs 5:1-15 Lk 4:24-30 “...if the prophet had asked you to do something difficult, would you not have done it? All the more reason then, when he says to you, ‘Bathe and you will become clean.’” The story of Naaman in today’s reading demonstrates several valuable lessons... Continue Reading →
2 February, Thursday – Contented to Go in Peace
2 Feb – Feast of the Presentation of the Lord; World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life 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... Continue Reading →
15 December, Thursday – Deprivation of Salvation is a Self-Inflicted Harm
Thursday of the 3rd Week of Advent Is 54:1-10 Lk 7:24-30 “...but by refusing baptism from him the Pharisees and the lawyers had thwarted what God had in mind for them.” Despite John’s momentary doubts about Jesus as the Messiah in yesterday’s gospel, Jesus poured out praise upon him and acknowledged John as the forerunner,... Continue Reading →
14 December, Wednesday – Trusting Jesus when the Future Looks Bleak
Dec 14 – Memorial for St. John of the Cross, priest, religious, doctor of the Church St. John (1675–1726) was born in poverty. He cared for the poor in the hospital in Medina. He became a lay Carmelite brother in 1563 at age 21, though he lived stricter than their Rule. He studied at Salamanca.... Continue Reading →
31 October, Monday – Reciprocity: The Burden of Debt
Monday of Week 31 in Ordinary Time Phi 2:1-4 Lk 14:12-14 “No, when you have a party, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; that they cannot pay you back means that you are fortunate...” Jesus urged the Pharisee in today’s gospel reading to invite those who do not have the ability to... Continue Reading →
30 October, Sunday – Seeking Jesus
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Wis 11:22-12:2 2 The 1:11-2:2 Lk 19:1-10 “...for the Son of Man has come to seek out and save what was lost.” Today’s gospel took place at Jericho just before Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem for the last time. As Jesus passed through the town, many were gathered to seek him,... Continue Reading →
2 September, Friday – Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged.
Friday of Week 22 in Ordinary Time 1 Cor 4:1-5 Lk 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... Continue Reading →
1 September, Thursday – The Anodyne That Eliminates False Guilt
Thursday of Week 22 in Ordinary Time 1 Cor 3:18-23 Lk 5:1-11 “Leave me, Lord; I am a sinful man." The gospel today hinged on a common discomfort that humans encounter in the presence of the divine. Peter’s exclamation was wrung from a heart overwhelmed with agonised humility and utter unworthiness. Although he had long... Continue Reading →
2 July, Saturday – Change is how we became a New Creation in Christ
Saturday of Week 13 in Ordinary Time Amo 9:11-15 Mt 9:14-17 “Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; if they do, the skins burst, the wine runs out, and the skins are lost.” In ancient times, the wineskins were made of sheep or goat hides that were partly tanned and retaining, to a... Continue Reading →
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