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 →
21 February, Saturday — Am I being a Pharisee?
Saturday after Ash Wednesday Isa 58:9-14Lk 5:27-32 Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners? 2025 was a year of nostalgia for me. I had several class reunions. The first one was around Chinese New Year. My Hwa Chong junior college class of 1982 met for dinner. It was a good turnout... Continue Reading →
20 February, Friday — To eat or to fast?
Friday after Ash Wednesday Isa 58:1-9Mt 9:14-15 “…then they will fast.” Ash Wednesday fell on the 2nd day of Chinese New Year. There was no fast and abstinence. My family welcomed many relatives and friends that day. Lunch was hearty and delicious. Today is the first Friday of Lent. It is also fast and abstinence... Continue Reading →
12 February, Thursday — Treasuring Our Divine Filiation with God
Thursday of Week 5 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 11:4-13Mt 7:24-30 “They worshipped the idols of the nations and these became a snare to entrap them.” The Scriptures before us reveal both the immeasurable gift of communion with God and the quiet tragedy of how easily that gift can be neglected. At the heart of... Continue Reading →
11 February, Wednesday — The Heart of the Matter
11 Feb –Memorial for Our Lady Of Lourdes Today is an optional memorial for Our Lady of Lourdes. The apparitions concerned began on Feb 11, 1858, when St. Bernadette Soubirous, then a 14-year-old peasant girl from Lourdes admitted, when questioned by her mother, that she had seen a ‘lady’ in the cave of Massabielle, about... Continue Reading →
4 February, Wednesday — Open The Eyes Of My Heart
Wednesday of Week 4 in Ordinary Time 2 Sam 24:2,8-17Mk 6:1-6 And they would not accept him. A closer look at today’s gospel always raises for me the question of prejudice and how it lurks quietly in the background, easily colouring my personal responses to people, situations and issues. Unless I am aware enough to catch... Continue Reading →
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