3 November, Tuesday — An urgent invitation to salvation
Tuesday of Week 31 in Ordinary Time Phi 2:5-11Lk 14:15-24 But all alike started to make excuses. Brothers and sisters, have you ever told someone who invited you to an exclusive event, “I can’t come; I’m busy with something else right now”? Maybe it was a concert, a wedding, or an intimate gathering, and you…
2 November, Monday — Lost Souls
Nov 2 – All Souls Day Today we celebrate a feast in commemoration of the faithful departed in purgatory, that is, the faithful departed who have not yet been purified and reached Heaven. After Abbot Odilo of Cluny instituted it in the monasteries of his congregation in 998, other religious orders took up the observance,…
1 November, Sunday — Surrender to detachment
Nov 1 – Solemnity of All Saints All Saints’ Day is celebrated in honour of all the saints, known and unknown. In terms of Roman Catholic theology, the feast commemorates all those who have attained the beatific vision in heaven. The beatific vision is the eternal and direct perception of God enjoyed by those who…
31 October, Saturday — Exaltation for human recognition
Saturday of Week 30 in Ordinary Time Phi 1:18-26Lk 14:1,7-11 “For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the man who humbles himself will be exalted.” As I write this and try to understand what He is telling me; I am struggling. Struggling with every inch of my body to come up with any…
30 October, Friday — The Law of Love
Friday of Week 30 in Ordinary Time Phi 1:1-11Lk 14:1-6 “Is it against the law..” Laws and Rules. We all love and hate them, especially when we live in Singapore, which has rules and laws that cover about every aspect of our lives; including one which I just found out — that digging through a…
29 October, Thursday — “I say a little prayer…”
Thursday of Week 30 in Ordinary Time Eph 6:10-20Lk 13:31-35 Pray all the time, asking for what you need, praying in the Spirit on every possible occasion. Time flies. Here I am reflecting on another year gone by. Another year getting wiser (hopefully), another year of journeying with Jesus and our Blessed Mother at my…
28 October, Wednesday — Doing the Lord’s work quietly in his vineyard
Oct 28 – Feast of Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles St. Simon was an apostle called the Cananean or Zealot because of his zeal for the Jewish law. He was not from Cana, nor a member of the Zealot party. Like all the Apostles, he was a convert, and was trained by St. Peter the…
27 October, Tuesday — Big Things Usually Start Small
Tuesday of Week 30 in Ordinary Time Eph 5:21–33Lk 13:18–21 “It is like the yeast a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour till it was leavened all through.” When I read Jesus’ words in today’s Gospel about the Kingdom of God being like a tiny mustard seed or a little yeast…
26 October, Monday — The bonds that bind us, the Love that frees us
Monday of Week 30 in Ordinary Time Eph 4:32-5:8Lk 13:10-17 “…was it not right to untie her bonds on the sabbath day?” In today’s Gospel, Jesus heals a woman who was crippled by an evil spirit for eighteen years. When the synagogue officials objected to Him healing her on the Sabbath, Jesus asked, “Was it…
25 October, Sunday — Loving and forgiving
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Exo 22:20-261 Ths 1:5-10Mt 22:34-40 “You must love your neighbour as yourself.” What exactly is love? Is it the rush of ‘lovey-dovey’ emotions that surge within us when we see someone whom we want to spend the rest of our lives with? Of course, when we feel the ‘butterflies’ and…
24 October, Saturday — Stop Waiting
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…
23 October, Friday — What matters most
Oct 23 – Memorial for St John of Capistrano, priest John of Capistrano was a Franciscan friar and Catholic priest from the Italian town of Capestrano, Abruzzo. Famous as a preacher, theologian, and inquisitor, he earned himself the nickname “the Soldier Saint” when in 1456, at age 70, he led a Crusade against the invading Ottoman Empire at the siege of Belgrade with the Hungarian military commander John Hunyadi. Elevated to…
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