Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Eastertide Lev 19:1-2,11-18Mt 25:31-46 But love your neighbour as yourself I often hurry into the season of Lent, bent on setting my heart and mind to practice some form of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. The priest would be preaching during Ash Wednesday mass and my mind would often be... Continue Reading →
14 February, Wednesday — Reconcile
14 Feb -- Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent and occurs forty days before Easter (excluding Sundays). It falls on a different date each year, because it is dependent on the date of Easter; it can occur as early as Feb 4 or as late as Mar 10. Ash Wednesday gets... Continue Reading →
13 February, Tuesday — Beware of the Leaven
Tuesday of Week 6 in Ordinary Time Jas 1:12-18Mk 8:14-21 “Keep your eyes open; be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.” In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus mentioned the yeast of the leaven of the Pharisees. It seems like an odd topic. But we know Jesus never says... Continue Reading →
12 February, Monday — Signs of Patience
Monday of Week 6 in Ordinary Time Jas 1:1-11Mk 8:11-13 …try to treat them (your trials) as a happy privilege…your faith is only put to the test to make you patient but patience too is…so that you will become complete…” Have you ever lost your patience? With God, with others or with yourself? Have you... Continue Reading →
9 February, Friday — Being advocates
Friday of Week 5 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 11:29-32,12:19Mk 7:31-37 ... they brought him a deaf man… In today's Gospel, we read how a deaf man was brought before our Lord, who was asked to heal him. The passage refers to the group of people as simply “they”; there is no description of who... Continue Reading →
7 February, Wednesday — Loyalty at what cost?
Wednesday of Week 5 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 10:1-10Mk 7:14-23 "...it is the things that come out of a man that make him unclean." In today’s first reading I immediately related St. Thomas to the Queen of Sheba, “I did not believe until I came and saw with my own eyes.” That, in correlation... Continue Reading →
4 February, Sunday — “Walk this way…”
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Job 7:1-4,6-71 Cor 9:16-19,22-23Mk 1:29-39 He went to her, took her by the hand and helped her up. And the fever left her and she began to wait on them. I am someone who likes processes and structure. Even while training for a particular race, I have to rely on... Continue Reading →
1 February, Thursday — The law of love
Thursday of Week 4 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 2:1-4,10-12Mk 6:7-13 “Observe the injunctions of the Lord your God, following his laws, his commandments, his customs and his decrees… so you may be successful in all you do and undertake, so that the Lord may fulfil the promise he made me…” The verse above is... Continue Reading →
30 January, Tuesday — Just a Little Faith
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Today, we welcome back Nicholas Lee, a father of two. After a long break, he is back to writing for us; hopefully with a renewed lens and perspective in life and of the faith. He is currently not serving in any ministry, but is (hopefully) dedicated to a lifelong... Continue Reading →
29 January, Monday – The Violent Darkness
Monday of Week 4 in Ordinary Time 2 Sam 15:13-14, 30;16;5-13Mk 5:1-20 With that, the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two thousand pigs charged down the cliff into the lake, and there they were drowned. I am a huge fan of the American TV series 'Supernatural'.... Continue Reading →
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