31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Mal 1:14-2:2,8-101 Ths 2:7-9,13Mt 23:1-12 [Y]ou accepted it for what it really is, God's message and not some human thinking... A tour guide commented to me once when I traveled overseas that the waters from the mountaintop are clean, but it is dirty by the time the waters reach the... Continue Reading →
31 October, Tuesday — Switch from eco to turbo mode
Tuesday of Week 30 in Ordinary Time Rm 8:18-25 Lk 13:18-21 “It is like a mustard seed.” In ancient Israel, the mustard tree is not a tree. It is more like a big shrub. It is smaller compared to the olive tree, which is a true tree. Yet in today’s gospel, Jesus chose the mustard seed... Continue Reading →
30 October, Monday — Do what is right not what is expected
Monday of Week 30 in Ordinary Time Rm 8:12-17Lk 13:10-17 “And this woman, a daughter of Abraham…” It was a sabbath day and Jesus was teaching in a synagogue. That means trouble! Surely Jesus would get into a conflict with the officials there. Like clockwork, there appeared a woman, crippled for 18 years. She was... Continue Reading →
29 October, Sunday — “So simple yet so difficult.”
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Exo 22:20-261 Ths 1:5-10Mt 22:34-40 “You must love your neighbour as yourself…” Well, the Lord does have a rather peculiar sense of humour. For my birthday this year, he has gifted me with this phrase, “You must love your neighbour as yourself”. This is very possibly, for me, one of... Continue Reading →
27 October, Friday — Judge for Yourself
Friday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time Rm 7:18-25Lk 12:54-59 “You know how to interpret the face of the earth and the sky. How is it you do not know how to interpret these times? Why not judge for yourselves what is right?” Today’s readings really speak to me personally. Some excerpts from Romans 7:18-19,23:... Continue Reading →
26 October, Thursday — Division
Thursday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time Rm 6:19-23Lk 12:49-53 “I have come to bring fire to the earth…Do you suppose that I am here to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.” Did I read it right? Jesus didn’t come to bring peace but division and fire? I must be... Continue Reading →
25 October, Wednesday — Freedom for…
Wednesday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time Rm 6:12-18Lk 12:39-48 You may have been freed from the slavery of sin, but only to become ‘slaves’ of righteousness. A few years back, I attended a Bible Study on the book of Exodus delivered by Msgr Ambrose Vaz. One of the key phrases that struck me was... Continue Reading →
22 October, Sunday – Rendering to Caesar as a Form of Worship to God
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Is 45:1,4-61 Ths 1:1-5Mt 22:15-21 “...give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar -- and to God what belongs to God.” In today’s gospel, we read about the account of how the Pharisees went and plotted to entangle Jesus in his words. The entanglement being referred to in this instance... Continue Reading →
21 October, Saturday — Let our conversations be guided by the Holy Spirit
Saturday of Week 28 in Ordinary Time Rm 4:13, 16-18Lk 12:8-12 The Holy Spirit will teach you what you must say. Words are very powerful. Many of us would have memories of specific phrases or words that greatly influenced our lives. Some of us would have received words of motivation which helped us stay on... Continue Reading →
15 October, Sunday — God is aware of our needs
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Is 25:6-10Phil 4:12-14,19-20Mt 22:1-14 There is nothing I cannot master with the help of the One who gives me strength. All the same, it was good of you to share in my hardships. In return, my God will fulfil all your needs, in Christ Jesus, as lavishly as God only... Continue Reading →
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