Friday of the 1st Week of Lent Eze 18:21-28Mt 5:20-26 “All the sins he committed will be forgotten from then on.” There is a common saying, “To err is human, to forgive is divine,” which I feel is really incomplete. I know a lot of people -- I admit I am guilty as well --... Continue Reading →
26 February, Thursday — What if I asked for a stone?
Thursday of the 1st Week of Lent Est 4:17Mt 7:7-12 “Is there a man among you who would hand his son a stone when he asked for bread?” As I reflected on the Gospel today, I imagined it being read to a cheeky child who, after being read to, asks, “Then what if I asked... Continue Reading →
22 February, Sunday — A Greater Gift
1st Sunday of Lent Gen 2:7-9,3:1-7Rm 5:12-19Mt 4:1-11 …but the gift itself considerably outweighed the fall. One activity during training or teambuilding makes use of a white sheet of paper and the facilitator asking people to draw one dot. Immediately, everyone’s attention is on that one dot and it seems as if they have forgotten,... Continue Reading →
23 January, Friday — He’s calling us by our names
Friday of Week 2 in Ordinary Time 1 Sam 24:3-21Mk 3:13-19 Jesus went up into the hills and summoned those he wanted. While I was reading today’s Gospel, I imagined how Jesus would call me by name. It’s not that I dared imagine him calling me as one of the Apostles. It’s just that I... Continue Reading →
22 January, Thursday — Channels of God’s Graces
22 Jan – Memorial for St. Vincent, deacon and martyr St. Vincent of Saragossa (d. 304) was a friend of St. Valerius of Saragossa in Spain, and served as his deacon. He was imprisoned and tortured in Valencia, some of it by burning on a gridiron, for his faith. He converted the jailor and was... Continue Reading →
8 December, Monday — All were created for you and me
Dec 8 – Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary On this and the following eight days, the Church celebrates, with particular solemnity, the immaculate conception of the ever-blessed Virgin Mary who, from all eternity, was chosen to be the daughter of the heavenly Father, the spouse of the Holy Ghost, the... Continue Reading →
7 December, Sunday — There is always hope
2nd Sunday of Advent Isa 11:1-10Rm 15:4-9Mt 3:1-12 …people who did not give up were helped by God. Nowadays, my feed is filled with news of difficulties finding jobs, of mass layoffs, and of how the economy is not doing too well globally. It seems that everywhere we look is bleak. I’m not sure how... Continue Reading →
25 October, Saturday — In Everything, Give Praise to the Lord
Saturday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time Gen 3:9-15,20Mt 1:1-16,18-23 My heart exults in the Lord my Saviour As I read today’s Psalm, it had me thinking why it is shown that God brings good, yet also allows unfortunate things to happen. At the same line where it’s mentioned that a barren woman bears a... Continue Reading →
24 October, Friday — Reconciliation
Oct 24 – Memorial for St. Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop St. Anthony Mary Claret (1807–1870) was a weaver and a seminary student with Blessed Francis Coll. He was ordained on 13 June 1835, and became a missionary in Catalonia and the Canary Islands. He directed retreats and founded the Congregation of Missionary Sons of the... Continue Reading →
22 October, Wednesday — Freedom for…
Oct 22 – Memorial for St. John Paul II Karol Józef Wojtyla was born in 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. After his ordination to the priesthood and theological studies in Rome, he returned to his homeland and resumed various pastoral and academic tasks. He became first auxiliary bishop and, in 1964, Archbishop of Kraków and took... Continue Reading →
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