Good Shepherd Sunday Acts 2:14,36-411 Pet 2:20-25Jn 10:1-10 “Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture" Those of us who frequent bookstores will no doubt be familiar with a particular section known as ‘self-help’, where you can find books related to psychology and leadership. That this... Continue Reading →
10 January, Saturday — Second Best
Saturday after Epiphany Sunday 1 Jn 5:14-21Jn 3:22-30 “The bride is only for the bridegroom; and yet the bridegroom’s friend, who stands there and listens, is glad when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This same joy I feel, and now it is complete.” Imagine this scenario: you put your heart and soul into a mission; you... Continue Reading →
9 January, Friday — True Friendship with Jesus
Friday after Epiphany Sunday 1 Jn 5:5-13Lk 5:12-16 “…anyone who does not have the Son does not have life…” The year has just ended, and by way of a reflection round-up, a few close friends and I shared what we were each most grateful for in 2025. My gratitude sharing focused on how transformed I... Continue Reading →
8 January, Thursday — On Epiphany
Thursday after Epiphany Sunday 1 Jn 4:19-5:4Lk 4:14-22 …and his commandments are not difficult, because anyone who is begotten by God has already overcome the world… Christmas has come and gone, and now, as we settle into the new year, we begin to reflect on the week that was Christmas. For a lot of us,... Continue Reading →
7 January, Wednesday — Incarnating God’s Love
Wednesday after Epiphany Sunday 1 Jn 4:11-18Mk 6:45-52 God is love “Love it was that made us;And it was love that saved us.Love was God’s plan, when He made manGod’s Divine Nature is Love.Born of God’s love we must love Him;That’s why He made us to love Him.But only when we love all men,Can we... Continue Reading →
5 January, Monday – The Speed of Joy
Monday after Epiphany Sunday 1 Jn 3:22-4:6Mt 4:12-17, 23-25 He withdrew The challenge to withdraw, to leave the crowd, the fun, the friends, the family, the aliveness, in the centre of NOISE, and just be silent. That is easier for some than others, is it not? It has always been a bit difficult for me, a people-person... Continue Reading →
22 December, Monday — Be Bold! Ask the Lord what He wants of you.
22 December 1 Sam 1:24-28Lk 1:46-56 …and the Lord granted me what I asked him. If you were to have known or met me pre-COVID, you would have noticed one thing about me – I enjoyed drinking alcohol. In my 20s and 30s (even into my mid 40s), I was well-known to be able to... Continue Reading →
18 December, Thursday — Who can we turn to?
18 December Jer 23:5-8Mt 1:18-24 ‘God-is-with-us’ It has been a year since we moved into our current house and as I reflect back on the year gone by, I can see how God has blessed me tremendously with so much more than I could ever have imagined. From being able to sing and glorify Him... Continue Reading →
17 December, Wednesday — Tree of Life
17 December Gen 49:2,8-10Mt 1:1-17 A genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham. ‘The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” is a phrase often heard in certain genres of movies/shows where a descendant of a good/evil patriarch has somehow gone against type and proven others wrong; yet, at the climax or... Continue Reading →
2 November – Finish the race
Nov 2 – All Souls Day Today we celebrate a feast in commemoration of the faithful departed in purgatory, that is, the faithful departed who have not yet been purified and reached Heaven. After Abbot Odilo of Cluny instituted it in the monasteries of his congregation in 998, other religious orders took up the observance,... Continue Reading →
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