Tuesday of Week 30 in Ordinary Time Eph 5:21–33Lk 13:18–21 “It is like the yeast a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour till it was leavened all through.” When I read Jesus’ words in today’s Gospel about the Kingdom of God being like a tiny mustard seed or a little yeast... Continue Reading →
26 October, Monday — The bonds that bind us, the Love that frees us
Monday of Week 30 in Ordinary Time Eph 4:32-5:8Lk 13:10-17 “…was it not right to untie her bonds on the sabbath day?” In today's Gospel, Jesus heals a woman who was crippled by an evil spirit for eighteen years. When the synagogue officials objected to Him healing her on the Sabbath, Jesus asked, “Was it... Continue Reading →
25 October, Sunday — Loving and forgiving
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Exo 22:20-261 Ths 1:5-10Mt 22:34-40 “You must love your neighbour as yourself.” What exactly is love? Is it the rush of ‘lovey-dovey’ emotions that surge within us when we see someone whom we want to spend the rest of our lives with? Of course, when we feel the ‘butterflies’ and... Continue Reading →
21 October, Wednesday – The Thief of Eternal Joy
Wednesday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time Eph 3:2-12Lk 12:39-48 "You may be quite sure of this, that is the householder had known at what hour when the burglar would come, he would not have let anyone break through the wall of his house." This passage from Luke’s gospel is really about the Day of... Continue Reading →
18 October, Sunday — Whose Hour Is This?
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Isa 45:1,4-6Ths 1:1-5Mt 22:15-21 “Whose head is this? Whose name?” Most nights, I leave the office around nine. Somewhere on the way home, a message comes in from my wife, E: ‘Don’t make noise, the kids are in bed.’ I know I shouldn’t, but I make just a bit of... Continue Reading →
16 October, Friday — Emerging from the darkness
Oct 16 – Memorial for St. Hedwig, Religious; Memorial for St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin St. Hedwig (1174–1243) was the daughter of the Duke of Croatia, and aunt of St. Elizabeth of Hungary. She married Prince Henry I of Silesia and Poland in 1186 at the age of 12, and became the mother of seven.... Continue Reading →
13 October, Tuesday — Pedants and Pharisees
Tuesday of Week 28 in Ordinary Time Gal 5:1-6Lk 11:37-41 But if you do look to the Law to make you justified, then you have separated yourselves from Christ… Our family is in the middle of planning a funeral. A death in the family is one of those things that throws up all sorts of... Continue Reading →
12 October, Monday — Fear of our Lord & Fortitude
Monday of Week 28 in Ordinary Time Gal 4:22-24,26-27,31-5:1Lk 11:29-32 When Christ freed us, he meant us to remain free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery. The backdrop to today’s first reading was the assertion by converts from Judaism who challenged St Paul’s authority and teachings, suggesting to... Continue Reading →
11 October, Sunday — By His Strength
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Isa 25:6-10Phi 4:12-14,19-20Mt 22:1-14 There is nothing I cannot master with the help of the One who gives me strength. Were there times in the past week or month where you thought you could not carry on? Perhaps you are a caregiver for a loved one. You have a son... Continue Reading →
10 October, Saturday — Keeping the Faith or the Law?
Saturday of Week 27 in Ordinary Time Gal 3:22-29Lk 11:27-28 Scripture makes no exceptions when it says that sin is master everywhere. In this way the promise can only be given through faith in Jesus Christ and can only be given to those who have this faith. When I was in secondary school, we had... Continue Reading →
