2nd Sunday of Advent Bar 5:1-9Phi 1:4-6,8-11Lk 3:1-6 Peace through integrity, and honour through devotedness. The words ‘peace through integrity, and honour through devotedness’ in our First Reading of Baruch caught my imagination today. That word ‘integrity’ is used more often these days in referring to honesty and moral principles, especially when we think of... Continue Reading →
11 October, Monday – Silence Speaks to Open Hearts
Monday of Week 28 in Ordinary Time Rm 1:1-7Lk 11:29-32 "This is a wicked generation; it is asking for a sign..." Don’t you just hate it when someone asks you for some advice on a situation, yet they continue topersist in the same way, until someone else – or two – comes along with the... Continue Reading →
10 October, Sunday – The Look of Love
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Wis 7:7-11Heb 4:12-13Mk 10:17-30 Jesus looked steadily at him and loved him The young man of the gospel today is often a sharp reminder for me of my state in life, wherever Imay be. As I reflected on the scriptures today, I contemplated the image of Jesus and me,encapsulated in... Continue Reading →
5 October, Tuesday – Run-Run-Run. STOP-LISTEN. Trust-Follow.
Tuesday of Week 27 in Ordinary Time Jonah 3:1-10Lk 10:38-42 Mary, who sat down at the Lord’s feet and listened to him speaking... Of late, I have been running a lot. No - I don't mean physically running. I have been running... ... around in my head... around problems and frustrations... fixing others' problems... away... Continue Reading →
3 September, Friday – Not My Design, but God’s
Sep 3 – Memorial for St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor St. Gregory (540-590) collected the melodies and plain chants so associated with him, that they are now known as Gregorian Chants. He was elected by unanimous acclamation for pope. Incidentally, he was also the first monk to be pope. Before his papacy, he... Continue Reading →
5 August, Thursday – Why? Why? Why? Pray, Listen, Follow!
Aug 5 – Memorial for Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome First raised at the order of Pope Liberius in the mid-fourth century, the Liberian Basilica was rebuilt by Pope Sixtus III shortly after the Council of Ephesus affirmed Mary’s title as Mother of God in 431. Re-dedicated at that time... Continue Reading →
8 June, Tuesday — Come, Holy Spirit, Come
Tuesday of Week 10 in Ordinary Time 2 Cor 1:18-22Mt 5:13-16 Remember it is God himself who assures us all… marking us with his seal and giving us the pledge, the Spirit, that we carry in our hearts. My son recently ‘attended’ Pentecost Mass online. He was enjoying the children’s liturgy songs and attentively listening... Continue Reading →
30 January, Saturday – To Honour God’s Gift of Faith
Saturday of Week 3 in Ordinary Time Heb 11:1-2,8-19Mk 4:35-41 All these died in faith, before receiving any of the things that had been promised, but they saw them in the far distance… “Only faith can guarantee the blessings that we hope for, or prove the existence of the realities that at present remain unseen.... Continue Reading →
24 November, Tuesday – Sorry We Are Out Of Seats
Nov 24 – Memorial for St. Andrew Dung-Lac, priest, martyr, and companions, Martyrs of Vietnam Between the arrival of the first Portuguese missionary in 1533, through the Dominicans and then the Jesuit missions of the 17th century, the politically inspired persecutions of the 19th century, and the Communist-led terrors of the 20th, there have been... Continue Reading →
23 November, Monday — End of Life Directive
Nov 23 – Memorial for St. Clement I, pope, martyr; Memorial for St. Columban, abbot St. Clement (d. 101) was the fourth pope, and an apostolic Father. The Basilica of St. Clement in Rome is one of the earliest parish churches in the city, and is probably built on the site of Clement’s home. He is... Continue Reading →
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