Saturday of the 3rd Week of Lent Hos 5:15-6:6Lk 18:9-14 “…what I want is love, not sacrifice” Whenever Lent comes around, I instinctively begin drawing up a list of commitments — how much more time to spend in prayer, what to offer in almsgiving, and what to give up for my Lenten fast. Now that... Continue Reading →
13 March, Friday — The. Struggle. Is. Real.
Friday of the 3rd Week of Lent Hos 14:2-10Mk 12:28-34 “And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this: You must love your neighbour as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than... Continue Reading →
12 March, Thursday — Fill or Kill (FOK)
Thursday of the 3rd Week of Lent Jer 7:23-28Lk 11:14-23 Whoever is not with me is against me. A Fill or Kill (FOK) order is a type of instruction used in stock trading that requires an order to be executed in its entirety, or not at all. It prevents partial fills, ensuring the buyer or... Continue Reading →
8 March, Sunday — Meeting Christ at Our Wells at Noon
3rd Sunday of Lent Ex 17:3-7Rom 5:1-2,5-8Jn 4:5-42 “…but anyone who drinks the water that I shall give will never be thirsty again.” In today’s Gospel, Jesus meets the Samaritan woman at the well. At noon. Under the harsh sun. Noon is an unusual time to draw water. Most would go in the cool of... Continue Reading →
7 March, Saturday — Found Beyond the Script
Saturday of the 2nd Week of Lent Mic 7:14-15,18-20Lk 15:1-3,11-32 “He was lost and is found.” How do we manage people’s reactions when we get ‘lost’? Not simply those who are geographically lost. Like flying to Austria instead of Australia. Or confusing Marina Bay MRT station with Bayfront MRT station to get to Marina Bay... Continue Reading →
6 March, Friday — Insights from Joseph’s story
Friday of the 2nd Week of Lent Gen 37:3-4,12-13,17-28Mt 21:33-43,45-46 But Reuben heard, and he saved him from their violence. "We must not take his life” he said. I only knew about Joseph’s thrilling tale from the musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, and appreciated the chance to read his story more closely for... Continue Reading →
5 March, Thursday — Considering The Small Things
Thursday of the 2nd Week of Lent Jer 17:5-10Lk 16:19-31 And at his gate there lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to fill himself with the scraps that fell from the rich man's table. Today’s Gospel passage on Lazarus and the rich man, whom I read somewhere is left unnamed... Continue Reading →
4 March, Wednesday — Pits, Pain and Prayer
Wednesday of the 2nd Week of Lent Jer 18:18-20Mt 20:17-28 “Listen to me, O Lord.” There is something very human in this passage. It is not only about grand persecution. It is about the quiet experience of being targeted, misrepresented, or taken advantage of. Sometimes the ‘pit’ is not dramatic. It looks like someone repeatedly... Continue Reading →
3 March, Tuesday — Let Mercy Have The Last Word
Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Lent Isa 1:10,16-20Mt 23:1-12 “Cease to do evil. Learn to do good, search for justice, help the oppressed…” These words are not theoretical to me. They are my job. As a prosecutor, I have always believed my work is about upholding the rule of law and serving justice. Not... Continue Reading →
28 February, Saturday — Let us follow His ways to love as He loves
Saturday of the 1st Week of Lent Deu 26:16-19Mt 5:43-48 …you will be a people consecrated to the Lord… We are in the early days of the Lenten season, in preparation for the celebration of our Lord Jesus Christ’s resurrection. Today’s readings have much to offer our prayer, fasting and almsgiving practices. When read together,... Continue Reading →
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