3rd Sunday of Lent Exo 20:1-171 Cor 1:22-25Jn 2:13-25 For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength. Why did God give us the 10 commandments? I believe there are three reasons. To show that we need a saviour, to restrain our concupiscent behaviour (the tendency to sin)... Continue Reading →
29 February, Thursday — Stubborn Reconciliation
Thursday of the 2nd Week of Lent Jer 17:5-10Lk 16:19-31 ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.’” I would imagine that all of us have people in our lives that we find to be very stubborn and hard to deal... Continue Reading →
27 February, Tuesday — Serving first, disabilities second
Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Lent Isa 1:10,16-20Mt 23:1-12 "The greatest among you must be your servant." I was in a snow ski resort with my family in Japan last year for a family holiday. I am unable to walk, so I move around in a wheelchair. But it was very difficult for my... Continue Reading →
20 February, Tuesday — Beautiful Beginnings
Tuesday of the 1st Week of Lent Isa 55:10-11Mt 6:7-15 "...your Father knows what you need before you ask him." A few years ago, I made the difficult decision to leave a job I enjoyed and a team I loved. It was a decision I came to after considerable discernment – I knew that I... Continue Reading →
19 February, Monday — Love God, Love People
Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Eastertide Lev 19:1-2,11-18Mt 25:31-46 But love your neighbour as yourself I often hurry into the season of Lent, bent on setting my heart and mind to practice some form of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. The priest would be preaching during Ash Wednesday mass and my mind would often be... Continue Reading →
18 February, Sunday — The whole truth & nothing but the truth
1st Sunday of Lent Gen 9:8-151 Pet 3:18-22Mk 1:12-15 “Repent, and believe the Good News.” So we begin Lent, with readings from the covenant between God and Noah and, in the second reading, we have our first Pope telling us that the flood is actually a prefigurement of our baptism, where we are made clean... Continue Reading →
15 February, Thursday — “…your parents named you well.”
Thursday after Ash Wednesday Dt 30:15-20Lk 9:22-25 Then to all he said: “If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross every day and follow me.” What does deny oneself, taking up one’s cross and follow Jesus mean? It means to lay our "ego strength" aside.... Continue Reading →
6 February, Tuesday — The Heart of the Matter
6 Feb – Memorial for Sts. Paul Miki and Companions, martyrs (in Japan) St. Paul Miki (1562-1597) was one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan. He was born into a rich family and educated by Jesuits in Azuchi and Takatsuki. He joined the Society of Jesus and preached the gospel for his fellow citizens. The... Continue Reading →
4 February, Sunday — “Walk this way…”
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Job 7:1-4,6-71 Cor 9:16-19,22-23Mk 1:29-39 He went to her, took her by the hand and helped her up. And the fever left her and she began to wait on them. I am someone who likes processes and structure. Even while training for a particular race, I have to rely on... Continue Reading →
3 February, Saturday — “The Mountains are calling…”
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 →
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