Monday of Week 10 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 17:1-6Mt 5:1-12 Seeing the crowds, Jesus went up the hill. I am impatient and dislike crowds, and crowded places. It could be due to the fact that I am getting older, or that this is a result of living in our post-COVID world. I should have... Continue Reading →
9 June, Sunday — “No one is to blame…”
10th Sunday in Ordinary Time Gen 3:9-152 Cor 4:13–5:1Mark 3:20-35 “The man replied, “It was the woman you put with me; she gave me the fruit, and I ate it”. Then the Lord God asked the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman replied, “The serpent tempted me and I ate.” Singapore likes... Continue Reading →
4 June, Tuesday — Rendering to God
Tuesday of Week 9 in Ordinary Time 2 Pet 3:11-15,17-18Mark 12: 13-17 "Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar -- and to God what belongs to God." I certainly have heard this verse a lot when I was a young adult, especially in the context of being able to differentiate things that are of... Continue Reading →
30 May, Thursday — Humility Revisited
Thursday of Week 8 in Ordinary Time 1 Pet 2:2-5,9-12Mk 10:46-52 “Son of David, Jesus, have pity on me.” Today’s readings really spoke to me, especially when I looked at the behaviour of Bartimaeus (which isn’t his name -- 'Bartimaeus' means “the son of Timaeus”) Last year at this time, I had been struggling for... Continue Reading →
28 May, Tuesday — Our Reward
Tuesday of Week 8 in Ordinary Time 1 Pet 1:10-16Mk 10:28-31 “Many who are first will be last, and the last, first.” Many times I’ve come across sayings such as “if Jesus were to appear in front of me…” or “if I’m able to see a miracle, I will change my life…”. I’m not sure... Continue Reading →
24 May, Friday — Turning temptations to complain into opportunities to sanctify ourselves
Friday of Week 7 in Ordinary Time Jas 5:9-12Mk 10:1-12 Do not make complaints against one another… A few years ago, I was in a short relationship with a guy. Eventually, we broke up after a few months because we were not a good fit in terms of beliefs, lifestyle, and values. But when I... Continue Reading →
23 May, Thursday — Addressing Temptation
Thursday of Week 7 in Ordinary Time Jas 5:1-6Mk 9:41-50 And if your eye should cause you to sin, tear it out; it is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye... I had originally found today’s Gospel passage unsettling and fear-inducing because I had read it literally. Fortunately, I... Continue Reading →
18 May, Saturday — Being there with Jesus
May 18 – Memorial for St. John I, Pope and Martyr St. John (d. 526) was a priest in Rome, and became the 53rd pope in 523. Italy’s ruler then, Theodoric the Goth, was an Arian. For a while he left the Catholics alone, but in later life, he became suspicious of everyone, imagining conspiracies... Continue Reading →
19 April, Friday — Showing up
Friday of the 3rd Week of Eastertide Acts 9:1-20Jn 6:52-59 “Here I am, Lord”. What does it take for someone to change his/her life totally and to offer it up to God as a sacrifice? In the course of serving in various retreats over the past 12-odd years and hearing many, many testimonies, there is... Continue Reading →
18 April, Thursday — Silence Of The Lambs
Thursday of the 3rd Week of Eastertide Acts 8:26-40Jn 6:44-51 …like these he never opens his mouth. How many times have we found ourselves in a situation where in order to ‘preserve the peace’, we don’t speak up or offer others our opinions? Or for those of us who work in organisations where ‘groupthink’ rules... Continue Reading →
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