Friday of Week 27 in Ordinary Time Joel 1:13-15;2:1-2Lk 11:15-26 He who is not with me is against me I grew up with my grandaunt, who taught me always to be kind to people around me. She was a wonderful role model for me. I learned from her how to take care of others. I... Continue Reading →
12 October, Thursday — Ask, Seek, Knock
Thursday of Week 27 in Ordinary Time Mal 3:13-20Lk 11:5-13 “Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.” In the movie ‘The Shawshank Redemption’, Morgan Freeman has a searing line about hope – “Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive... Continue Reading →
10 October, Tuesday — Being Mary
Tuesday of Week 27 in Ordinary Time Jon 3:1-10Lk 10:38-42 “...you worry and fret about so many things…” Today’s Gospel resonates with me strongly, with me experiencing my own 'Martha' moment. Over the last few months, I had felt the world's weight rested solely on my shoulders. I had a significant project at work and... Continue Reading →
8 October, Sunday — I want to go to mass
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Isa 5:1-7Phi 4:6-9Mt 21:33-43 “It was the stone rejected by the builders that became the keystone.” ‘Frasier’ is my absolute favourite TV show. In one episode, he meets his Jewish girlfriend’s mother and wants to serve wine. Not having anything kosher, Frasier’s brother, Niles, adds sugar into the excellent French... Continue Reading →
6 October, Friday — Acedia, the lack of care
Oct 6 – Memorial for St. Bruno, Priest St. Bruno (1030–1101) was educated in Paris and Rheims, France. He was ordained in 1055. He taught theology, and one of his students later became Blessed Pope Urban II. He presided over the cathedral school at Rheims from 1057 to 1075. He criticised the worldliness he saw... Continue Reading →
3 October, Tuesday — Love and Mercy
Tuesday of Week 26 in Ordinary Time Zec 8:20-23Lk 9:51-56 ...the disciples James and John said, ‘Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to burn them up?’ But he turned and rebuked them, and they went off to another village. Today’s Gospel is very short and seems a little oddly placed.... Continue Reading →
1 October, Sunday — Confess or justify?
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ez 18:25-28Phi 2:1-5Mt 21:28-32 "…tax collectors and prostitutes are making their way into the Kingdom of God before you." Well that’s a thought (a reality) most of us don’t like. All those ‘bad’, lawless, self-involved selfish people, criminals from all walks of life in line, IN FRONT of us at the... Continue Reading →
28 September, Thursday — Focusing on what matters
Sep 28 – Memorial for St. Wenceslaus, martyr; Memorial for St. Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, Martyrs St. Wenceslaus (907-929) was the son of Vratislav I, Duke of Bohemia, whose family had been converted by St. Cyril and St. Methodius, and Drahomira, daughter of a pagan chief, who was baptised on her wedding day but apparently... Continue Reading →
27 September, Wednesday — Talking to God
Sep 27 – Memorial for St. Vincent de Paul, Priest St. Vincent (1581-1660) spent four years with the Franciscan friars getting an education. He was taken captive by Turkish pirates and sold into slavery, then freed when he converted one of his owners to Christianity. He started organisations to help the poor, nursed the sick,... Continue Reading →
25 September, Monday — The Things We Tend To Hide
Monday of Week 25 in Ordinary Time Ez 1:1-6Lk 8:16-18 “…nothing secret but it will be known and brought to light.” Two years ago, I recall watching in awe, the fantastic runs of two then unknown teenage tennis players -- Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez -- who played against each other, in their maiden Grand... Continue Reading →
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