Saturday before Epiphany 1 Jn 5:5-13Mk 1:6-11 “You are my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on you.” In today’s Gospel, Mark is recounting the happenings of Jesus’ baptism in the Jordan river by John the Baptist. John had quite a following then -- some even thought he was the Messiah. He quickly corrected them... Continue Reading →
5 January, Friday — Come and See
Friday before Epiphany 1 Jn 3:11-21Jn 1:43-51 “You will see greater things than that….I tell you most solemnly, you will see heaven laid open and, above the Son of Man, the angels of God ascending and descending.” We are getting close to the Epiphany of the Lord (in 3 days!). That’s when Jesus is revealed... Continue Reading →
2 December, Saturday — Vigilance
Saturday of Week 34 in Ordinary Time Dan 7:15-27Lk 21:34-36 “Stay awake, praying at all times for the strength to survive all that is going to happen and to stand with confidence before the Son of Man.” Yesterday, we read about the lesson of the fig tree, and that Heaven and earth will pass away... Continue Reading →
1 December, Friday — Infinity and Beyond
Friday of Week 34 in Ordinary Time Dan 7:2-14Lk 21:29-33 “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.” Have you ever really pondered the concept of eternity? In our everyday language, we speak ever so lightly of ‘always’, ‘forever’, ‘infinity’, ‘endless’, etc. But do we really have an understanding of... Continue Reading →
29 November, Wednesday — Endurance in Adversity
Wednesday of Week 34 in Ordinary Time Dan 5:1-6,13-14,16-17,23-28Lk 21:12-19 “You will be hated by all men on account of my name, but not a hair of your head will be lost. Your endurance will win you your lives.” I recall a few years back, when I felt the Catholic church was under attack. From... Continue Reading →
27 October, Friday — Judge for Yourself
Friday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time Rm 7:18-25Lk 12:54-59 “You know how to interpret the face of the earth and the sky. How is it you do not know how to interpret these times? Why not judge for yourselves what is right?” Today’s readings really speak to me personally. Some excerpts from Romans 7:18-19,23:... Continue Reading →
26 October, Thursday — Division
Thursday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time Rm 6:19-23Lk 12:49-53 “I have come to bring fire to the earth…Do you suppose that I am here to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.” Did I read it right? Jesus didn’t come to bring peace but division and fire? I must be... Continue Reading →
3 October, Tuesday — Love and Mercy
Tuesday of Week 26 in Ordinary Time Zec 8:20-23Lk 9:51-56 ...the disciples James and John said, ‘Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to burn them up?’ But he turned and rebuked them, and they went off to another village. Today’s Gospel is very short and seems a little oddly placed.... Continue Reading →
19 August, Saturday — Children of God
Aug 19 – Memorial for St. John Eudes, priest, religious founder John Eudes (1601-1680) established seminaries, and founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary Eudists to promote virtuous secular parochial clergy not bound by vows, but dedicated to improving the clergy through seminaries and missions. He also founded the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity... Continue Reading →
18 August, Friday — All are God’s Creations
Friday of Week 19 in Ordinary Time Jos 24:1-13Mt 19:3-12 “…the creator from the beginning made them male and female…a man must leave father and mother and cling to his wife. They are no longer two, therefore, but one body…what God has united, man must not divide.” Today’s reading from the Gospel of Matthew is... Continue Reading →
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