Saturday after Ash Wednesday Isa 58:9-14Lk 5:27-32 Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners? 2025 was a year of nostalgia for me. I had several class reunions. The first one was around Chinese New Year. My Hwa Chong junior college class of 1982 met for dinner. It was a good turnout... Continue Reading →
16 February, Monday — Signs of Patience
Monday of Week 6 in Ordinary Time Jas 1:1-11Mk 8:11-13 …try to treat them (your trials) as a happy privilege…your faith is only put to the test to make you patient but patience too is…so that you will become complete…” Have you ever lost your patience? With God, with others or with yourself? Have you... Continue Reading →
15 February, Sunday — I choose Him. Again and again.
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ecc 15:16-211 Cor 2:6-10Mt 5:17-37 If you wish, you can keep the commandments, to behave faithfully is within your power. Today’s readings are so rich — so much to ponder, so much to reflect on. The passage from Ecclesiasticus feels like a quiet continuation of what God has been stirring... Continue Reading →
13 February, Friday — Listening to God in Seasons of Separation
Friday of Week 5 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 11:29-32,12:19Mk 7:31-37 I am the Lord your God: listen to my warning. Today, what stands out most for me is the Responsorial Psalm: “I am the Lord your God, listen to my warning.” and “Let there be no foreign god among you.” They sit heavily and... Continue Reading →
12 February, Thursday — Treasuring Our Divine Filiation with God
Thursday of Week 5 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 11:4-13Mt 7:24-30 “They worshipped the idols of the nations and these became a snare to entrap them.” The Scriptures before us reveal both the immeasurable gift of communion with God and the quiet tragedy of how easily that gift can be neglected. At the heart of... Continue Reading →
9 February, Monday — Our constant need for healing
Monday of Week 5 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 8:1-7,9-13Mk 6:53-56 … they laid down the sick in the open spaces, begging him to let them touch even the fringe of his cloak. And all those who touched him were cured. A few months ago, I had the opportunity to attend a talk by Raymond... Continue Reading →
8 February, Sunday — A People of Light and Integrity
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Isa 58:7-101 Cor 2:1-5Mt 5:13-16 ... so that your faith should not depend on human philosophy but on the power of God Jesus said to his disciples:"You are the salt of the earth.But if salt becomes tasteless, with can make it tasty again?It is good for nothingand can only be... Continue Reading →
7 February, Saturday — Wisdom at the Heart of Life and Love
Saturday of Week 4 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 3:4-13Mk 6:30-34 Give your servant a heart to discern between good and evil... We are told in the Christian life to "Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you" (Matthew 6:33). While this maxim or rule... Continue Reading →
4 February, Wednesday — Open The Eyes Of My Heart
Wednesday of Week 4 in Ordinary Time 2 Sam 24:2,8-17Mk 6:1-6 And they would not accept him. A closer look at today’s gospel always raises for me the question of prejudice and how it lurks quietly in the background, easily colouring my personal responses to people, situations and issues. Unless I am aware enough to catch... Continue Reading →
1 February, Sunday — A slice of ‘umble pie’
4th Sunday in Ordinary TimeZep 2:3,3:12-131 Cor 1:26-31Mt 5:1-12a …seek humility… Of all the virtues, humility is probably the hardest for me to cultivate -- largely because it is so difficult to define and measure. With other virtues, like patience, I know I am practising it when I restrain my anger instead of lashing out.... Continue Reading →
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