20th Sunday in Ordinary TimePro 9:1-6Eph 5:15-20Jn 6:51-58 …walk in the ways of perception. The readings today brought to mind an interesting time for me at the workplace a few years ago, with impending changes affecting my division and some new staff joining us. These welcome changes had been on the cards for a while... Continue Reading →
17 August, Saturday — The Immigrant
Saturday of Week 19 in Ordinary Time Eze 18:1-10,13,30-32Mt 19:13-15 …in future, I mean to judge each of you but what he does -- it is the Lord who speaks. Sometime in July 2022, the milestone passed where I’d lived more years abroad than I had spent in the city where I grew up. Going... Continue Reading →
11 August, Sunday — Heeding the seasons in our lives
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 19:4-8Eph 4:30-5:2Jn 6:41-51 “I am the bread of life.” As a child, I have always experienced doubt, fear and challenges in daily life. Growing up without parents, I faced these issues alone. Often, if others found out about the difficulties I am facing, I would be told to... Continue Reading →
4 August, Sunday — Right Motives
18th Sunday in Ordinary TimeExo 16:2-4,12-15Jn 6:24-35 ‘…you are not looking for me because you have seen the signs…’ Brothers and sisters, in today’s Gospel, Jesus makes it clear that he is interested in our motives even more than our actions. While the crowds had sought Jesus out by getting into their boats and crossing... Continue Reading →
3 August, Saturday – When The Children Cry
Saturday of Week 17 in Ordinary Time Jer 26:11-16,24Mt 14:1-12 Then, during the celebrations for Herod’s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company, and so delighted Herod that he promised on oath to give her anything she asked. Prompted by her mother she said, "Give me John the Baptist's head, here, on a... Continue Reading →
2 August, Friday — Surrendering to God’s plan
Friday of Week 17 in Ordinary Time Jer 26:1-9Mt 13:54-58 "In your great love, answer me, O God." I have noticed an increasing number of my close friends facing tremendous amount of stress at work. This has resulted in them engaging in actions and habits to numb this pain. Be it alcohol, tobacco, drugs or... Continue Reading →
28 July, Sunday — On Hunger
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time2 Kgs 4:42-44Eph 4:1-6Jn 6:1-15 Give it to the people to eat… I was recently asked to give a video testimony on my conversion experience and, in the process, was led to the gospel of the prodigal son. At the urging of the interviewer, I read it out loud and promptly... Continue Reading →
27 July, Saturday — The good with the bad
Saturday of Week 16 in Ordinary Time Jer 7:1-11Mt 13:24-30 “While everybody was asleep his enemy came…” We may be sowing good seed in the field, doing what we think is helping to build God’s kingdom. But if we don’t stay alert or close to the Lord, the ‘enemy’ will come in secret, quietly sowing... Continue Reading →
21 July, Sunday — It is lonely and dangerous to be a shepherd
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Jer 23:1-6Eph 2:13-18Mk 6:30-34 The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I shall want. Have you met a real life shepherd before? I have! In 2014, I was in the West Bank region of Israel. Under nominal Palestinian Authority control, the population lived in very difficult economic circumstances. With... Continue Reading →
19 July, Friday — Spirit of the Law
Friday of Week 15 in Ordinary Time Isa 38:1-6,21-22,7-8Mt 12:1-8 The Pharisees noticed it and said to him: "Look, your disciples are doing something that is forbidden on the sabbath. But he said to them: "Have you not read what David did when he and his followers were hungry...?" The times we are living in... Continue Reading →
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