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 →
17 April, Wednesday — Thy Will Be Done
Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Eastertide Acts 8:1-8Jn 6:35-40 “…it is my Father’s will…” Today’s gospel reading is the first in a series of 3 that revolve around the same theme – Jesus, the sacrificed lamb as the bread of life who comes to save us. If we look back at His Passion, we... Continue Reading →
12 April, Friday — The Faith Others Love to Hate
Friday of the 2nd Week of Eastertide Acts 5:34-42Jn 6:1-15 …you will not only be unable to destroy them… Take a moment and look back at violence around the world over the recent past -- the bombing of a church, kidnapping of priests, or any other acts that have hurt the Christian community. With each... Continue Reading →
10 April, Wednesday — Nothing Is Impossible
Wednesday of the 2nd Week of Eastertide Acts 5:17-26Jn 3:16-21 "God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost but may have eternal life." Nothing is impossible for God and with God. Do we really believe this? From Jesus' cradle to... Continue Reading →
9 April, Tuesday — Lifted Up
Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Eastertide Acts 4:32-37Jn 3:7-15 "... the Son of Man must be lifted up as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him." What is the opposite of putting someone down? Can doing too much for a person seem... Continue Reading →
20 February, Tuesday — Beautiful Beginnings
Tuesday of the 1st Week of Lent Isa 55:10-11Mt 6:7-15 "...your Father knows what you need before you ask him." A few years ago, I made the difficult decision to leave a job I enjoyed and a team I loved. It was a decision I came to after considerable discernment – I knew that I... Continue Reading →
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