3rd Sunday in Ordinary TimeNeh 8:2-6,8-101 Cor 12:12-30Lk 1:1-4,4:14-21 For the people were all in tears as they listened to the words of the Law. In today’s first reading, Nehemiah tells the people of Israel, recently returned from exile in Babylon, not to mourn or weep as they listen to the Law of God. I... Continue Reading →
23 January, Thursday — Hope does not disappoint
Thursday of Week 2 in Ordinary Time Heb 7:25-8:6Mk 3:7-12 For he had cured so many that all who were afflicted in any way were crowding forward to touch him. I think not one of us can say that we do not suffer from any affliction. While writing this reflection, I checked the meaning of... Continue Reading →
19 January, Sunday — Do Whatever He Tells You
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Isa 62:1-51 Cor 12:4-11Jn 2:1-11 “Do whatever he tells you.” The Wedding at Cana has been an account that I have heard countless times over. We know how Jesus turns water into wine at the request of His mother, Mary. But this time, as I think and reflect about this... Continue Reading →
18 January, Saturday — Calling All Sinners
Saturday of Week 1 in Ordinary Time Heb 4:12-16Mk 2:13-17 “It is not the healthy who need the doctor but the sick. I did not come to call the virtuous, but the sinners.” I love both of today’s readings. It gives me such a sense of joy and thankfulness to know that we have Jesus,... Continue Reading →
16 January, Thursday – Our Father and Mother want to heal us
Thursday of Week 1 in Ordinary Time Heb 3:7-14Mk 1:40–45 Feeling sorry for him, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him. “Of course I want to!" he said. "Be cured!” I recently attended the 5th Lourdes Experience in Singapore, an event of prayer for the sick and devotion in honour of Our Lady of... Continue Reading →
15 January, Wednesday — Living on earth with a foretaste of heaven
Wednesday of Week 1 in Ordinary Time Heb 2:14-18Mk 1:29-39 Christ too shared equally in it, so that by his death he could take away the power of the devil…and set free all those who had been held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death. Just last week, someone from the disability... Continue Reading →
14 January, Tuesday — Sanctifying our lives for His glory
Tuesday of Week 1 in Ordinary Time Heb 2:5-12Mk 1:21-28 For the one who sanctifies, and the ones who are sanctified, are of the same stock… Lately, I felt that having a physical disability is akin to being a burden to myself and everyone around me. Using a wheelchair to move around means not being... Continue Reading →
29 November, Friday — Infinity and beyond
Friday of Week 34 in Ordinary Time Apo 20:1-4,11-21:2Lk 21:29-33 “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.” Have you ever really pondered the concept of eternity? In our everyday language, we speak ever so lightly of ‘always’, ‘forever’, ‘infinity’, ‘endless’, etc. But do we really have an understanding of... Continue Reading →
28 November, Thursday — Remember to sing
Thursday of Week 34 in Ordinary Time Apo 18:1-2,21-23,19:1-3,9Lk 21:20-28 Serve the Lord with gladness, come before him, singing for joy. Two years ago, I started living with a family who had a live-in helper. I needed help with something, so I went around looking for her. I heard her first before I saw her.... Continue Reading →
27 November, Wednesday — Persevering in hope
Wednesday of Week 34 in Ordinary Time Apo 15:1-4Lk 21:12-19 "Your endurance will win you your lives." I always feel slightly unsettled by the readings at mass every November as the liturgical year draws to an end, especially with the passages from the book of Revelations. The nightmarish images of frightening beasts and destroying angels... Continue Reading →
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