Friday of Week 13 in Ordinary Time Amo 8:4-6, 9-12 Mt 9:9-13 “...I did not come to call the virtuous, but sinners.” The well and the sick in the gospel are figurative expressions for the righteous and sinners. In today’s gospel context, the Pharisees were included among the former, not on account of their righteousness... Continue Reading →
26 June, Sunday — Total Surrender
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 19:16,19 - 21Gal 5:2,13-18Lk 9:51-62 Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery. I was meeting with a few friends last week and we were reflecting on how fast time flies. I noticed a sense of regret creeping into their conversations and the... Continue Reading →
20 June, Monday — Do not judge
Monday of Week 12 in Ordinary Time 2 Kgs 17:5-8,13-15,18Mt 7:1-5 “Take the log out of your own eye first, and then you will see clearly enough to take the splinter out of your brother’s eye.” This is a passage that many of us usually struggle with. Even as I was praying with the scriptures,... Continue Reading →
18 June, Saturday — Wilting Lilies
Saturday of Week 11 in Ordinary Time 2 Chr 24:17-25Mt 6:24-34 "Think of the flowers growing in the fields; they have never to work or spin." When my second child was born 5 years ago, I contemplated quitting my job to become a stay at home parent. While my husband was supportive, I personally had reservations,... Continue Reading →
17 June, Friday — Listen to your heart
Friday of Week 11 in Ordinary Time 2 Kgs 11:1-4,9-18,20Mt 6:19-23 "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." In today's gospel, Jesus, in his sermon on the Mount, warns us against becoming too caught up in earthly things that we forget about the heavenly treasures that await us. Indeed, the things mentioned... Continue Reading →
16 June, Thursday – Figuring out how to pray
Thursday of Week 11 in Ordinary Time Ecc 48:1-15Mt 6:7-15 "In your prayers, do not babble as the pagans do, for they think that by using many words they will make themselves heard." I have a constant struggle with prayer, because I have always found it difficult to maintain the balance between praying in a... Continue Reading →
15 June, Wednesday — Fasting throughout the year
2 Kgs 2:1,6-14Mt 6:1-6,16-18 "...and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you." Today’s Gospel passage makes me recall Lent, since it is commonly read on Ash Wednesday. It also led me to recall my friend’s sharing about he had managed to fast from TikTok for this year’s Lent, and... Continue Reading →
14 June, Tuesday – Achieving Perfection
Tuesday of Week 11 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 21:17-29Mt 5:43-48 Therefore be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect. At first glance, it is mind-boggling that St Matthew would exhort for us to be just as perfect as our heavenly Father. Surely this can’t be possible. For there is no mortal being that... Continue Reading →
10 June, Friday – The Voice
Friday of Week 10 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 19,11-16Mt 5:27-32 ….the sound of a gentle breeze. Back in the day – the 70s & 80s – when a song came on the radio, I immediately knew who was singing. It could be the first time I heard that particular song or even a singer that... Continue Reading →
8 June, Wednesday – Pointing the way or simply pointing fingers?
Wednesday of Week 10 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 18:20-39Mt 5:17-19 How long do you mean to hobble first on one leg then on the other? This scripture reading has always filled my imagination with pictures of the greatness of God. The fire raining down and devouring all that is Baal. And that is a picture I... Continue Reading →
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