24 Apr – Divine Mercy Sunday The Congregation for Divine Worship decreed in 2003 that “throughout the world, the Second Sunday of Easter will receive the name Divine Mercy Sunday, a perennial invitation to the Christian world to face, with confidence in divine benevolence, the difference and trials that humankind will experience in the years to... Continue Reading →
23 April, Saturday — Manifest
Easter Saturday Acts 4:13-21Mark 16:9-15 “We cannot promise to stop proclaiming what we have seen and heard.” In today’s readings, Mary Magdalene rushed to tell the disciples the news of Jesus’ resurrection, only to be rejected. Jesus appeared and broke bread with two disciples on their journey from Jerusalem to Emmaus but their account was... Continue Reading →
22 April, Friday — Miracles of Quantity and Quality
Easter Friday Acts 4:1-12Jn 21:1-14 ...in spite of there being so many the net was not broken. In today’s Gospel, Jesus asked Peter to bring in the fish they had caught. They caught so many fish that the writer had to point out that it could have broken the nets, but it didn’t. Did Jesus... Continue Reading →
21 April, Thursday — Our Real Worth
Easter Thursday Acts 3:11-26Ps 8:2,5-9Lk 24:35-48 What is man that you should keep him in mind, mortal man that you care for him? One of the human activities that always fascinates me is an auction. This is where the value of things becomes drastically different from the market value based on a number of criteria.... Continue Reading →
20 April, Wednesday — Passing on Christ’s Healing
Acts 3:1-10Lk 24:13-35 I have neither silver nor gold, but I will give you what I have: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, walk! Hurting people hurt people. This is phrase that I’ve heard a more than a few times when I share with some of my friends or confidants about some injustice... Continue Reading →
19 April, Tuesday – Recognising Jesus
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 →
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