Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Lent Deu 4:1,5-9Mt 5:17-19 "...take notice of the laws and customs that I teach you today, and observe them, that you may have life..." I could not help but let out a small chuckle when I read this verse; it reminded me of a recent role-play session with my... Continue Reading →
11 August, Monday — As long as we have God
Aug 11 – Memorial for St. Clare, virgin, religious founder St. Clare (1194-1253) loved music and well-composed sermons. She was humble, merciful, charming, optimistic, and chivalrous. She would get up late at night to tuck in her sisters who’d kicked off their covers. She daily meditated on the Passion. When she learned of the Franciscan... Continue Reading →
7 August, Wednesday — Debate with Jesus
Aug 7 – Memorial for St. Sixtus, pope, martyr, and companions; St. Cajetan, priest Sixtus (d. 258) was an adult convert to Christianity. In his papacy, he dealt with the controversy concerning Baptism by heretics. He believed that anyone who was baptised with a desire to be a Christian, even if the Baptism was performed... Continue Reading →
23 March, Saturday — Who is saving whom?
Saturday of the 5th Week of Lent Ez 37:21-28Jn 11:45-56 …that it is better for one man to die... Jean Pierre de Caussade wrote, “To the abandoned soul, the soul that trusts God, God is visible even in the proud souls who oppose Him. Every creature, whether good or evil, reveals God to him.” This time... Continue Reading →
25 December, Monday — A Special Time of Waiting
Dear Oxygen readers, The Core Team wishes one and all a blessed, peaceful and joyous Christmas filled with God's graces and love. May He continue to light out paths and guide us on our journeys as we come to know Him more. Christmas Day -- Vigil Mass Isa 62:1-5Acts 13:16-17,22-25Mt 1:1-25 ...you shall be called... Continue Reading →
1 August, Tuesday — Loving through the trials
Aug 1 – Memorial for St. Alphonsus Liguori, bishop, religious founder, doctor Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787) vowed early to never to waste a moment of his life, and lived that way for over 90 years. As a lawyer, he had his own practice by age 21, and was a leading lawyer in Naples. He never attended court without... Continue Reading →
18 June, Sunday — Not a Zero Sum Game
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Exo 19:2-6Rm 5:6-11Mt 9:36-10:8 “You received without charge, give without charge.” Recently, my significant other shared with me that one of her close friends asked her, “I don’t know how he does it.” She was referring to my apparent busyness when she heard about how I was keeping up my... Continue Reading →
16 June, Friday — “Chased down by the Hound of Heaven…”
Jun 16 – Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart The Feast of the Sacred Heart is a feast day in the liturgical calendar of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church. According to the General Roman Calendar since 1969, it is formally known as the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Latin: Sollemnitas Sacratissimi Cordis Iesu) and falls on the Friday that follows the second Sunday after Pentecost, which... Continue Reading →
11 May, Thursday – How Are We Supposed to Love Others?
Thursday of the 5th Week of Easter Acts 15:7-21 Jn 15:9-11 “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you.” Talking about a father’s love can be unfamiliar to many people, myself included. Growing up under the tutelage of the traditional Asian father figure from the baby boomer era meant that dad is... Continue Reading →
10 March, Friday — Distorted Views
Friday of the 2nd Week of LentGen 37:3-4,12-13,17-28Mt 21:33-43,45-46 “This is the heir. Come on, let us kill him and take over his inheritance.” Today’s readings have a similar theme. Joseph’s brothers were so jealous of their father’s love for Joseph; they were so distorted with anger, they wanted to kill him. Likewise, in the... Continue Reading →
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