12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Jer 20:10-13Rm 5:12-15Mt 10:26-33 “…you are worth more than hundreds of sparrows.” One of the activities I usually run during Catechism lessons is something like the gameshow The Price is Right. For those of us who may have been born more recently, it is a gameshow where contestants are asked... Continue Reading →
20 June, Saturday — Let’s Sleep Well
Saturday of Week 11 in Ordinary Time 2 Chr 24:17-25Mt 6:24-34 “Each day has enough trouble of its own.” I have recently been watching a lot of short one-person skits on YouTube about Clair and Ann. Clair is this character who has firm work-life balance boundaries and refuses to work after working hours. One of... Continue Reading →
10 May, Sunday — Guided by the Holy Spirit
6th Sunday of Easter Acts 8:5-8,14-171 Pet 3:15-18Jn 14:15-21 “In a short time the world will no longer see me; but you will see me...” It has been more than 2000 years since Jesus ascended into heaven, and yet, the Catholic Church, our Church with roots all the way back to St Peter, is still... Continue Reading →
1 April, Wednesday — In Exchange for Jesus
Wednesday of Holy Week Isa 50:4-9Mt 26:14-25 What are you prepared to give me if I hand him over to you? The Judas moment – that moment Judas decided that he would exchange his relationship with Jesus for 30 silver pieces. According to AI, 30 pieces of silver would be equal to about $25,000 in... Continue Reading →
31 March, Tuesday — Our Faith as a Child
Tuesday of Holy Week Isa 49:1-6Jn 13:21-33,36-38 On you I have leaned from my birth, from my mother’s womb you have been my help. Today’s reading made me reflect on how I was as a child when it comes to faith. How did I pray? How did I talk to God? How did I hope?... Continue Reading →
27 February, Friday — To forgive and forget is divine
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 →
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