Wednesday of Week 28 in Ordinary Time Gal 5:18-25Lk 11:42-46 What the Spirit brings is very different: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness,gentleness and self-control There was a vacant pot of soil in my family’s apartment corridor garden. Once, after eating a delightfully sweet blood orange, I decided to lay two seeds in the... Continue Reading →
10 October, Monday — Trying is Better than Doing Nothing!
Monday of Week 28 in Ordinary Time Gal 4:22-24,26-27,31 – 5:1Lk 11:29-32 When Christ freed us, He meant us to remain free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery. We Catholics believe in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. I remember reading a Protestant question that went along the lines of... Continue Reading →
9 October, Sunday — Let Us Offer Our Sincere and Grateful Heart to God
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2 Kgs 5:14-172 Tim 2:8-13Lk 17:11-19 “…no one has come back to give praise to God, except this foreigner.” I remember in my schooling years, how I studied and ploughed through pile after pile of assessment books and when I got excellent grades, I would always thank my parents and... Continue Reading →
8 October, Saturday — As happy as Mother Mary
Saturday of Week 27 in Ordinary Time Gal 3:22-29Lk 11:27-28 ‘Still happier those who hear the word of God and keep it!’ Being the Theotokos is definitely one of the greatest gifts God can give to any human. That’s exactly what Mother Mary received during the Annunciation. Can you imagine how happy Mother Mary must... Continue Reading →
3 October, Monday — A Good Deed
Monday of Week 27 in Ordinary Time Gal 1:6-12Lk 10:25-37 "...do this and life is yours." It was raining rather heavily one Sunday morning and I had my trusty umbrella sheltering me from the car to the church. A lady was also sheltering her elderly father with an umbrella. Then a car pulled up closer... Continue Reading →
2 October, Sunday — Something Worth Fighting For
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Hab 1:2-3,2:2-42 Tim 1:6-8,13-14Lk 17:5-10 God’s gift was not of timidity, but the Spirit of power, and love, and self-control.” Today’s verse is one that I hold very close to my heart. It was one of my guiding verses when I delivered my second child. I had always wanted to... Continue Reading →
25 September, Sunday — Who is that person in the mirror?
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Amo 6:1,4-71 Tim 6:11-16 Lk 16:19-31 As a man dedicated to God, you must aim to be saintly and religious, filled with faith and love, patient and gentle. Fight the good fight of the faith… My apologies to those for whom this might end up a bit of a movie spoiler.... Continue Reading →
24 September, Saturday — Will you join the pact today?
Saturday of Week 25 in Ordinary Time Ecc 11:9-12:8Lk 9:43-45 ….when everyone was full of admiration for all he did... So who amazes you with their deeds these days? An athlete? A singer? A business owner? A child? A family member? A friend? Someone barely keeping their head above water, or someone who 'has it all together'?... Continue Reading →
22 September, Thursday – I don’t want to leave a legacy
Thursday of Week 25 in Ordinary Time Ecc 1:2-11Lk 9:7-9 Only no memory remains of earlier times, just as in times to come next year itself will not be remembered. I recently listened to Fr. Mike Schmitz share in a sermon that most every year, he would ask his students this question, “What is the... Continue Reading →
18 September, Sunday — Stewardship – The big picture
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Amo 8:4-71 Tim 2:1-8Lk 16:1-13 “And if you cannot be trusted with what is not yours, who will give you what is your very own?” I have often struggled with this passage and often continue to do so. It almost appears like the Gospel is encouraging us to be dishonest... Continue Reading →
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