Thursday of Week 30 in Ordinary Time Eph 6:10-20Luke 13:31-35 Put God's armour on so as to be able to resist the devil's tactics. When I was a child, I liked a hymn called "Put on the armour of Jesus Christ". Now, reading this passage from St Paul's letter to the Ephesians, I realise how closely... Continue Reading →
30 October, Wednesday — Fear and Trembling
Wednesday of Week 30 in Ordinary Time Eph 6:1-9 Lk 13:22-30 "Try your best to enter by the narrow door..." In Luke's gospel today, Jesus had some acerbic words to the question of who will be saved. What Jesus said implies that the path to salvation is not going to be an easy one. We know this, and... Continue Reading →
28 September, Saturday – Remember Thy Creator
Saturday of Week 25 in Ordinary Time Ecc 11:9 - 12:8Lk 9:43-45 Rejoice in your youth, you who are young; let your heart give you joy in your young days. Follow the promptings of your heart, and the desires of your eyes. But this you must know: for all these things God will bring you... Continue Reading →
27 September, Friday – Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
Sep 27 – Memorial for St. Vincent de Paul, Priest St. Vincent (1581-1660) spent four years with the Franciscan friars getting an education. He was taken captive by Turkish pirates and sold into slavery, then freed when he converted one of his owners to Christianity. He started organisations to help the poor, nursed the sick,... Continue Reading →
3 August, Saturday – When The Children Cry
Saturday of Week 17 in Ordinary Time Jer 26:11-16,24Mt 14:1-12 Then, during the celebrations for Herod’s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company, and so delighted Herod that he promised on oath to give her anything she asked. Prompted by her mother she said, "Give me John the Baptist's head, here, on a... Continue Reading →
17 June, Monday – The Gift of Faith
Monday of Week 11 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 21:1-16Mt 5:38-42 "But I say this to you: offer the wicked man no resistance. On the contrary, if anyone hits you on the right cheek, offer him the other as well..." When I first came across the passage from today’s first reading, I was a university... Continue Reading →
16 June, Sunday – I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ez 17:22-242 Cor 5:6-10Mk 4:26-34 Using many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, so far as they were capable of understanding it.I am writing this reflection fresh off Pentecost Sunday. As I read the gospel for today’s mass, I remembered the gospel for Pentecost, specifically, the part where... Continue Reading →
2 March, Saturday – The Prodigal Father
Saturday of the 2nd week of Lent Mic 7:14-15;18-20Lk 15:1-3;11-32 But it was only right we should celebrate and rejoice, because your brother here was dead and has come to life; he was lost, and is found. When I was a child I had thought the word 'prodigal' meant 'repentant', like how we are after... Continue Reading →
29 January, Monday – The Violent Darkness
Monday of Week 4 in Ordinary Time 2 Sam 15:13-14, 30;16;5-13Mk 5:1-20 With that, the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two thousand pigs charged down the cliff into the lake, and there they were drowned. I am a huge fan of the American TV series 'Supernatural'.... Continue Reading →
28 January, Sunday – Don’t Shoot The Messenger
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Deu 18:15-201 Cor 7:32-35Mk 1:21-28 I say this only to help you, not to put a halter around your neck, but simply to make sure that everything is as it should be, and that you give your undivided attention to the Lord. When I was in my teens and early... Continue Reading →
OXYGEN 