Friday after Epiphany Sunday 1 Jn 5:5-13Lk 5:12-16 “…anyone who does not have the Son does not have life…” The year has just ended, and by way of a reflection round-up, a few close friends and I shared what we were each most grateful for in 2025. My gratitude sharing focused on how transformed I... Continue Reading →
7 January, Wednesday — Incarnating God’s Love
Wednesday after Epiphany Sunday 1 Jn 4:11-18Mk 6:45-52 God is love “Love it was that made us;And it was love that saved us.Love was God’s plan, when He made manGod’s Divine Nature is Love.Born of God’s love we must love Him;That’s why He made us to love Him.But only when we love all men,Can we... Continue Reading →
31 December, Wednesday — A sense of belonging
7th day within the Octave of Christmas1 Jn 2:18-21Jn 1:1-18 …if they had belonged, they would have stayed with us; but they left us… Why do people leave the Church? Is it because they didn’t feel they belonged? Because they couldn’t find a community they could relate to, or a place where they felt truly welcomed?... Continue Reading →
26 December, Friday — Accompanied, not Abandoned
Dec 26 – Feast of St. Stephen, protomartyr St. Stephen was the first Christian martyr. A deacon and a preacher, all we know of him is related in the Acts of the Apostles. While preaching the gospel in the streets, angry Jews who believed his message to be blasphemy dragged him outside the city, and... Continue Reading →
25 December, Thursday — Holiness in Imperfection
Dear Oxygen readers, The Core Team wishes one and all a blessed, peaceful and joyous Christmas filled with God's graces and love. May He continue to light out paths and guide us on our journeys as we come to know Him more. Christmas Day -- Vigil Mass Isa 62:1-5Acts 13:16-17,22-25Mt 1:1-25 …and you will be... Continue Reading →
20 December, Saturday — “Why her and not me?”
20 December Isa 7:10-14Lk 1:26-38 “I am the handmaid of the Lord, let what you have said be done to me.” Today’s Gospel on the Annunciation was one of the passages we reflected on during the Advent Recollection titled “Hope”, conducted on 30 November at the Church of St Ignatius in Singapore. When the angel... Continue Reading →
19 December, Friday — Empty waiting? Or a time of purification?
19 December Jgs 13:2-7,24-25Lk 1:5-25 “How can I be sure of this?” My most recent encounter with today's Gospel passage was during an Advent Recollection titled “Hope”, on 30 November at the Church of St Ignatius in Singapore. As we reflected on the story of Advent, I found myself listening to this Gospel not just... Continue Reading →
13 December, Saturday — “Come back to me…”
Dec 13 – Memorial for St. Lucy, virgin, martyr St. Lucy (c. 283) was a rich, young Christian of Greek ancestry. She was raised in a pious family, and vowed her life to Christ. Her Roman father died when she was young. Her mother, Eutychia, arranged a marriage for her. For three years, she managed... Continue Reading →
12 December, Friday — The Book of Love
Dec 12 – Memorial for Our Lady of Guadalupe Guadalupe is, strictly speaking, the name of a picture, but the name was extended to the church containing the picture and to the town which grew up around the church. It makes the shrine, it occasions the devotion, it illustrates Our Lady. It is taken as... Continue Reading →
9 December, Tuesday — Saved by our God of Love
Dec 9 – Memorial for St. Juan Diego, hermit, layman John (1474-1548) was born an impoverished free man in a strongly class-conscious society. He was a farm worker, a field labourer, and a mat maker. He became a married layman with no children. Even as a pagan, he was a mystical and religious man, and... Continue Reading →
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