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 →
3 February, Tuesday — Just a Little Faith
3 Feb – Memorial for St. Blaise, bishop and martyr; Memorial for St. Ansgar, bishop St. Blaise (d. 316) was a physician and Bishop of Sebaste, Armenia. He lived in a cave on Mount Argeus. He was a healer of men and animals. According to legend, sick animals would come to him on their own... Continue Reading →
1 February, Sunday — A slice of ‘umble pie’
4th Sunday in Ordinary TimeZep 2:3,3:12-131 Cor 1:26-31Mt 5:1-12a …seek humility… Of all the virtues, humility is probably the hardest for me to cultivate -- largely because it is so difficult to define and measure. With other virtues, like patience, I know I am practising it when I restrain my anger instead of lashing out.... Continue Reading →
29 January, Thursday — This Little Light of Mine
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today, we welcome on board Anna, a regional HR professional who professes to be guided by Colossians 3:23: “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart..for the Lord.” Her faith journey has been shaped by her walk with her adult children and community. Since joining the Roman Catholic... Continue Reading →
28 January, Wednesday — Stability is not boring
28 Jan – Memorial for St. Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor of the Church St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) was the son of the Count of Aquino. He was born in the family castle in Lombardy near Naples, Italy. He was educated by Benedictine monks at Monte Cassino, and at the University of Naples. He secretly... Continue Reading →
27 January, Tuesday — We must do the will of God
27 Jan – Memorial for St. Angela Merici, virgin St. Angela Merici (1474-1540) became a Franciscan tertiary at the age of 15. She received a vision telling her that she would inspire devout women in their vocation. In Crete, during a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, she was struck blind. Her friends wanted to return... Continue Reading →
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