Thursday after Ash Wednesday Deu 30:15-20Lk 9:22-25 "…let him renounce himself and take up his cross daily and follow me." I am one of those people who adds my two cents to a discussion – even if I’m just walking by and I overhear the topic (yikes!). Actually, I like to add my four cents, not just... Continue Reading →
2 March, Wednesday — A Call to Repentance
Ash Wednesday Joel 2:12-182 Cor 5:20-6:2Mt 6:1-6;16-18 'Now, now -- it is the Lord who speaks -- come back to me with all your heart, fasting, weeping, mourning.' Let your hearts be broken, not your garments torn, turn to the Lord your God again...' Yesterday was Shrove Tuesday. The word 'shrove' is taken from the word... Continue Reading →
31 March, Wednesday – Judas and Us
Wednesday of Holy Week Isa 50:4-9Mt 26:14-25 “What are you prepared to give me if I hand him over to you?” “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you” – such cold words, bartering one’s soul for a few silver dollars. And then the feigned surprise, “Surely it is... Continue Reading →
30 March, Tuesday – Whose Cause Is It?
Tuesday of Holy Week Isa 49:1-6Jn 13:21-33,36-38 “Amen, amen I say to you, one of you will betray me” Yesterday, we talked about the different kinds of believers and touched briefly on one group — those who subvert Christ’s cause for their own ends. Anyone who has ever volunteered at church can attest to how... Continue Reading →
29 March, Monday – What Kind Of Believer
Monday of Holy Week Isa 42:1-7Jn 12:1-11 “Why wasn't this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor?” What is the quality of our worship? And against what yardstick are we to measure this? Those are the questions posed to us as we ponder today’s gospel story of Mary and... Continue Reading →
28 March, Sunday – The Passion Story for kids
Palm Sunday The Gospel is read at the procession with palms before Mass: Mk 11:1-10 Isa 50:4-7Phi 2:6-11Mk 14:1-15:47 Each morning he wakes me to hear, to listen like a disciple. The Lord has opened my ear. My nephew Josh, has started to read and, in the process, is discovering Jesus Christ and the Christian... Continue Reading →
27 March, Saturday – On Quarrelling
Saturday of the 5th Week of Lent Eze 37:21-28Jn 11:45-56 Jesus was to die for the nation -- and not for the nation only, but also to gather in unity the scattered children of God.” I was at a church event recently, hosted by a group of women parishioners at my church who hate each... Continue Reading →
26 March, Friday – You will know them by their fruits
Friday of the 5th Week of Lent Jer 20:10-13Jn 10:31-42 Even if you do not believe me, believe the works so that you might realize and understand The concept of ‘frenemies’ is as old as the days of Christ it seems – false friends who pretend to come to your aid, but who in reality,... Continue Reading →
24 March, Wednesday – Trust In The Lord Wholeheartedly
Wednesday of the 5th Week of Lent Dan 3:14-20,24-25,28Jn 8:31-42 “Blessed be the God … he has sent his angel to rescue the servants who trusted in him” It is often easy to say, “I trust in the Lord”, when things get difficult. But how many of us really trust in the Lord entirely during such... Continue Reading →
23 March, Tuesday — Lifting You Up
Tuesday of the 5th Week of Lent Num 21:4-9Jn:8:21-30 “O Lord, listen to my prayer and let my cry for help reach you.” In this season, it seems so hard to even lift ourselves up. For many of us dealing with increasing family issues, politics, financial issues, work and just the future in general, it... Continue Reading →
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