Saturday of the 1st Week of Advent Isa 30:19-21,23-26Mt 9:35-10:1,5,6-8 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to the harvest." The harvest is great, but the labourers are few. This line appears frequently whenever we have prayers for... Continue Reading →
30 January, Thursday — Community not I-Solated
Thursday of Week 3 in Ordinary Time Heb 10:19-25Mk 4:21-25 “Take notice of what you are hearing.” My father always told me to go to Mass every Sunday. So, I did. 32 years ago, when I asked my wife to marry me, she said ‘Yes’ only if I promise to go to Mass with her... Continue Reading →
29 December, Sunday — Being Together
Dec 29 – Feast of The Holy Family The Holy Family consists of the Child Jesus, the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph. The subject became popular in art from the 1490s on, but veneration of the Holy Family was formally begun in the 17th century by Saint François de Laval, the first bishop of New France, who founded a confraternity. The Gospels speak little of the life... Continue Reading →
6 September, Wednesday — Called to Mission
Wednesday of Week 22 in Ordinary Time Col 1:1-8Lk 4:38-44 The Good News which has reached you is spreading all over the world and producing the same results as it has among you ever since the day when you heard about God's grace and understood what this really is. One of my favourite candies underwent... Continue Reading →
5 September, Tuesday — Group bonding
Sep 5 – Feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), honoured in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She was born in Skopje (now the capital of North Macedonia), then part of the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. After living in Skopje for eighteen years, she moved to Ireland and then to India,... Continue Reading →
16 May, Tuesday — Communality
Tuesday of the 6th Week of Easter Acts 16:22-34Jn 16:5-11 …we are all here. I reflected yesterday on how blessed I was that a friend had provided us with a roof over our head when we needed one and how we are preparing to welcome another group of retreatants to the Catholic Spirituality Centre (CSC)... Continue Reading →
3 November, Thursday — On Coming Home
Nov 3 – Memorial for St. Martin de Porres, religious St. Martin (1579-1639) was the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman, Juan, and a young freed black slave, Anna Velasquez. He grew up in poverty and spent part of his youth with a surgeon-barber from whom he learned some medicine and care of the sick.... Continue Reading →
14 February, Monday — “Out of Egypt…”
14 Feb -- Dedication of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd The Cathedral of the Good Shepherd is the oldest Roman Catholic church in Singapore.[3] It is located in the Museum Planning Area within the Civic District. Bounded by the parallel Queen and Victoria Streets, and Bras Basah Road, the Cathedral sits within shaded grounds. Much of its architecture is reminiscent of two famous London churches namely St... Continue Reading →
31 October, Sunday — What is love?
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Deu 6:2-6Heb 7:23-28Mk 12:28-34 “You must love your neighbour as yourself.” Is love all about romance portrayed on films? Movies tends to portray love as romance. Think of romantic dinners, romantic vacations, physical and emotional intimacy. Even Disney is not spared. Female characters often have to be portrayed together with... Continue Reading →
6 November, Friday — Not Reinventing the Wheel
Friday of Week 31 in Ordinary Time Phi 3:17-4:1Lk 16:1-8 Take as your models everybody who is already doing this… For health reasons, I have been trying to move more towards a whole-foods-plant-based diet, and have been wondering how to do this. I started by eating more raw salads (not something I particularly enjoy, by... Continue Reading →
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