Saturday of Week 34 in Ordinary Time Dan 7:15-27Lk 21:34-36 “Stay awake, praying at all times for the strength to survive all that is going to happen and to stand with confidence before the Son of Man.” Yesterday, we read about the lesson of the fig tree, and that Heaven and earth will pass away... Continue Reading →
1 December, Friday — Infinity and Beyond
Friday of Week 34 in Ordinary Time Dan 7:2-14Lk 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 →
29 November, Wednesday — Endurance in Adversity
Wednesday of Week 34 in Ordinary Time Dan 5:1-6,13-14,16-17,23-28Lk 21:12-19 “You will be hated by all men on account of my name, but not a hair of your head will be lost. Your endurance will win you your lives.” I recall a few years back, when I felt the Catholic church was under attack. From... Continue Reading →
28 November, Tuesday — Remembering that all things shall pass
Tuesday of Week 34 in Ordinary Time Dan 2:31-45Lk 21:5-11 “...the time will come when not a single stone will be left on another: everything will be destroyed.” Today’s readings have a sombre consistency in their focus on how everything will eventually be destroyed. They remind me of a book I read earlier this year,... Continue Reading →
27 November, Monday — We only have each other to rely on
Monday of Week 34 in Ordinary Time Dan 1:1-6,8-20Lk 21:1-4 "... but she from the little she had has put in all that she had to live on." A few years ago, I read in our local newspaper about an elderly 83-year-old man, who lived in a one room rental flat. While busking, Mr. Lee... Continue Reading →
20 November, Monday — Spiritual Blindness
Monday of Week 32 in Ordinary Time 1 Mac 1:10-15,41-43,54-57,62-64Lk 18:35-43 And instantly his sight returned and he followed him praising God… Living in California, I’ve found you need a pretty thick skin and a robust attitude to having your Christian faith questioned when you’re least expecting it. It’s happened to me often enough, each... Continue Reading →
19 November, Sunday — Rush Hours
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Pro 31:10-13,19-20,30-311 Ths 5:1-6Mt 25:14-30You will not be expecting us to write anything to you...about 'times and seasons'...I recently returned from trips to South Korea and Australia. Apart from the lovely weather, what I appreciated about my time there was how people seem to be in much less of a... Continue Reading →
14 November, Tuesday — St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.
Tuesday of Week 32 in Ordinary Time Wis 2:23-3:9Lk 17:7-10 …we have done no more than our duty. In today’s short gospel, we read, “We are merely servants, we have done no more than our duty.” And therein may lie the foundational reason that we are living in a world of disorder at every turn. We... Continue Reading →
13 November, Monday – Only then will the mountain move
Monday of Week 32 in Ordinary Time Wis 1:1-7Lk 17:1-6 "Increase our faith." My prayer life has often been filled with requests for God to increase my faith – to help me/make me BELIEVE bigger, mover FULLY know Him in all that He is. For years, I have prayed on and off for God to ‘increase... Continue Reading →
12 November, Sunday – Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Wis 6:12-161 Ths 4:13-18Mt 25:1-13 She herself walks about looking for those who are worthy of her and graciously shows herself to them as they go, in every thought of theirs coming to meet them. In the midst of frenetic end-of-year exam revision, I mulled over the readings for this... Continue Reading →
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