1st reading for Easter Vigil Gen 1:1 – 2:2Ps 103(104):1-2,5-6,10,12-14,24,35 God said… and so it was. I think most of us would have read this reading. After all, it’s the first chapter of the first book of the Bible. And because it’s been read so much, a lot of us might just gloss over the... Continue Reading →
11 April, Saturday – (4th reading) A Loving God
4th reading for Easter Vigil Isa 54:5-14Ps 29 But with everlasting love I have taken pity on you, says the Lord, your Redeemer I always have a great admiration for pet owners. They patiently take care of the pets which they own and faithfully take care of them when they are ill. They are ever... Continue Reading →
11 April, Saturday – (5th reading) He is Near
5th reading for Easter Vigil Isa 55:1-11Isa 12 “Seek the Lord while he is still to be found, call to him while he is still near.” The cornerstone of our Christian faith is the resurrection of Jesus. After a period of austerity and abstinence, we look forward to Easter Sunday, rejoicing that Jesus has conquered... Continue Reading →
11 April, Saturday – (6th reading) Holy Wisdom
6th reading for Easter Vigil Bar 3:9-15,32-4:4Ps 18 (19):8-11 Learn where there is wisdom, where there is strength, where there is understanding, so that you may at the same time discern where there is length of days, and life, where there is light for the eyes, and peace. Wisdom is not over-rated. I was never... Continue Reading →
11 April, Saturday – (7th reading) Dear World…
7th reading for Easter Vigil Eze 36:16-17, 18-28Ps 41(42):2-3,5,42:3-4 You shall be my people and I will be your God. I have spent much of the past 2 weeks or so working from home, getting used to an unprecedented situation where we are about to shut down our campuses. While working from home is not... Continue Reading →
10 April, Friday – Ctrl+Alt+Del
Good Friday Isa 52:13-53:12Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9Jn 18:1-19:42 he became for all who obey him the source of eternal salvation. By now, the world would already have been engulfed by the COVID-19 virus and somehow, each of us would probably know of or even know someone who contracted the virus. And there could only have been... Continue Reading →
9 April, Thursday – Loving us better than we love ourselves
Maundy Thursday - Mass of the Lord's Supper Ex 12:1-8, 11-141 Cor 11:23-26Jn 13:1-15 It must be an animal without blemish In today’s reading, God required the Israelites to prepare an animal for their passover meal. He specifically said that the animal chosen must be that without blemish. Foreshadowing aside, it made me wonder if... Continue Reading →
9 April, Thursday – Kintsugi: To Bind Up Hearts that are Broken
Maundy Thursday - Chrism mass Isa 61:1-3, 6, 8-9Apo 1:5-8Lk 4:16-21 To bind up hearts that are broken In January 2019, I attended a retreat where the retreat director introduced the Japanese practice of kintsugi. Kintsugi is the practice where broken ceramics or potteries are repaired through the use of lacquer using gold. The repaired... Continue Reading →
7 April, Tuesday – I will follow you
Tuesday of Holy Week Isa 49:1-6Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, though you will follow later Many years ago, I rushed back from China to be at my mother’s side. Mom suffered a relapse of cancer and this time round, the doctors told our family she was on her... Continue Reading →
6 April, Monday – Is God still God?
Monday of Holy Week Isa 42:1-7Jn 12:1-11 Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am pleased, upon whom I have put my Spirit Early in the New Year, the Spiritual Director (SD) of the centre we serve in called for a leadership change of all Ministry Heads. This was... Continue Reading →
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