Easter Friday Acts 4:1-12Jn 21:1-14 Jesus showed himself again to his disciples. This year’s Lent has been a challenging one for me. Each year, Lent brings challenges but this year, I seemed to be more aware of them, and I called out to God a lot more. These were some of the longest days, and... Continue Reading →
4 April, Thursday — Don’t be surprised
Easter Thursday Acts 3:11-26Lk 24:35-48 Why are you so surprised at this? Why are you staring at us as though we had made this man walk by our own power or holiness? This Holy Week was a busy week in the office. I had back-to-back meetings and I had a fair bit of strategic planning... Continue Reading →
3 April, Wednesday — Recognising the Presence of the Holy Trinity
Easter Wednesday Acts 3:1-10Lk 24:13-25 Did not our hearts burn within us as he talked to us on the road and explained the scriptures to us? As human beings, we don’t usually recognize God’s hand in our lives, even if he is always walking beside us. We have forfeited our capacity to talk to God... Continue Reading →
2 April, Thursday — Gift of faith
Easter Tuesday Acts 2:36-41Jn 20:11-18 “…you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise that was made is for you and your children, and for all those who are far away, for all those whom the Lord our God will call to himself.”…they accepted what he said and were baptized. For the believers,... Continue Reading →
1 April, Monday — Faith in dark times
Easter Monday Acts 2:14,22-33Mt 28:8-15 “...they will see me there.” Before I attended the Conversion Experience Retreat (CER) in 2015, I had been 'spiritually dry' for a long time. During this time, I just could not experience God in my life. For the most part, I heard and felt nothing. This silence troubled me. Imagine... Continue Reading →
31 March, Sunday — Beyond death
Easter Sunday Acts 10:34,37-43Col 3:1-4Jn 20:1-9 ...he must rise from the dead. Death, to me, is the ultimate hurdle, and I certainly have thought of my own death at various points in my life. One of the most significant times was when my father was told he had a serious illness. He had cautioned me... Continue Reading →
26 May, Friday — Words mean nothing without action
Today, we welcome on board Esther Leet, who grew up in a Catholic household, attended catechism classes and participated in church activities dutifully in her teenage years but became a lapsed Catholic after she went abroad for further studies in her 20s. Through the grace of God, she found her way back to church.... Continue Reading →
25 May, Thursday — May We All Be One
May 25 – Memorial for St. Bede the Venerable, Priest and Worker; Memorial for St. Gregory VII, Pope; Memorial for St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, Virgin St. Bede (672-735) was born around the time England was finally, completely Christianized. He was raised from age seven in the abbey of Sts. Peter and Paul at Wearmouth-Jarrow,... Continue Reading →
24 May, Wednesday — Consecrated in Truth
Wednesday of the 7th Week of Easter Acts 20:28-38Jn 17:11-19 "And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace that has power to build you up and to give you your inheritance among all the sanctified." When we finally realise what is the greatest gift that we can give, we... Continue Reading →
23 May, Tuesday — Running the Good Race
Tuesday of the 7th Week of Easter Acts 20:17-27Jn 17:1-11 “But life to me is not a thing to waste words on, provided that when I finish my race I have carried out the mission the Lord Jesus gave me — and that was to bear witness to the Good News of God’s grace.” As... Continue Reading →
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