Easter Tuesday Acts 2:36-41Jn 20:11-18 She knew him then... The number 10,000 has popped into prominence in the self-development industry of late. It has been said that in order to achieve complete mastery in any subject, one has to be doing that activity for a minimum of 10,000 hours. My children have always loved eating... Continue Reading →
18 April, Monday – Peter Stood Up…
Easter Monday Acts 2:14,22-33Mt 28:8-15 Filled with awe and great joy... Today is an opportune time to reflect on what the apostles had done after the resurrection, to plant a seed in spreading the message of salvation to the world. Peter, who fearfully denied the Lord, pressed on to spread the good news even till... Continue Reading →
17 April, Sunday – Rolled Up Cloth
Easter Sunday Acts 10:34,37-43Col 3:1-4Jn 20:1-9 …he saw and he believed… It has been forty days (excluding Sundays) since Ash Wednesday. How have we been these past weeks? How did we prepare ourselves during the Lenten Season? Did we have any realisations? Every Lenten period, we comply with abstaining from meat every Friday. When Holy... Continue Reading →
19 May, Wednesday — Who We Are
Wednesday of the 7th Week of Eastertide Acts 20:28-38 Jn 17:11-19 “...keep those you have given me true to your name.”. One of my favourite P&W songs opens with the line -- “Who am I that the highest King would welcome me...” (It’s actually playing now as I write this). In my 20s and 30s,... Continue Reading →
17 May, Monday — He came in peace
Monday of the 7th Week of Eastertide Acts 19:1-8Jn 16:29-33 ….in the world you will have troubles…. Never doubt that the devil will stop at nothing to destroy you and me -- because Jesus will stop at nothing to save you and me. When I was going through a particularly difficult time in my... Continue Reading →
16 May, Sunday — Trust
7th Sunday of Eastertide Acts 1:15-17,20-261 Jn 4:11-16Jn 17:11-19 …..they belong to the world no more than I belong to the world…. The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord is the moment that Christ rises to Heaven and entrusts his disciples and all believers to carry on His mission. He is trusting His mission to... Continue Reading →
15 May, Saturday — Ask Jesus!
Saturday of the 6th Week of Eastertide Acts 18:23-28Jn 16:23-28 "Until now you have not asked anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and so your joy will be complete." As a cradle Catholic, I know the drill. I make the sign of the Cross and intone, “In the name of the Father,... Continue Reading →
11 May, Tuesday – “I Am Here”
Tuesday of the 6th Week of Eastertide Acts 16:22-34Jn 16:5-11 But Paul shouted...“Don’t do yourself any harm; We are all here!” We have been in lockdown mode for more than a year now, with no end in sight. Just when we thought things were slowly returning to normal, we read about countries like India,... Continue Reading →
10 May, Monday – Graces
Monday of the 6th Week of Eastertide Acts 16:11-15Jn 15:26-16:4 Come and stay with us. I have been told that one of my charisms is hospitality, and that I am quite generous. I never think of it as anything noble. I just share what I have, nothing so extraordinary. Recently though, I feel that this... Continue Reading →
9 May, Sunday — Loving Even When It Is Hard – For All Mothers
6th Sunday of Eastertide Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-481 Jn 4:7-10Jn 15:9-17 “You did not choose me: no, I chose you; and I commissioned you to go out and bear fruit, fruit that will last; and then the Father will give you anything you ask him in my name.” As I am writing this, it... Continue Reading →
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