Thursday of the 2nd Week of Lent Jer 17:5-10Lk 16:19-31 And at his gate there lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to fill himself with the scraps that fell from the rich man's table. Today’s Gospel passage on Lazarus and the rich man, whom I read somewhere is left unnamed... Continue Reading →
3 March, Monday — The One That Got Away
Monday of Week 8 in Ordinary Time Ecc 17:20-28Mk 10:17-27 “Go and sell everything you own and give the money to the poor…” Have you ever walked away from something amazing because you just couldn’t let go of something else? Maybe you refused to upgrade your mobile phone because you were too attached to your... Continue Reading →
25 December, Wednesday — The true meaning of Christmas
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 -- Midnight Mass Isa 9:1-7Tit 2:11-14Lk 2:1-14 What we have to... Continue Reading →
4 January, Thursday — Let go to embrace
4 January 1 Jn 3:7-10Jn 1:35-42 "Come and see" Last year, just after Christmas, in my daily morning prayer journaling (I am a lover of words, and most often when I sit to write, I don’t know what words my pen will put on paper – this is a way that God often speaks to... Continue Reading →
21 August, Monday – Be Contented with Imperfection
Aug 21 – Memorial for St. Pius X, pope St. Pius X (1835-1914) encouraged frequent Holy Communion. He reformed the liturgy, promoted clear and simple homilies, and brought Gregorian chant back to services. He also reorganised the Roman curia, the administrative elements of the Church, and worked against the modern antagonism of the state against the... Continue Reading →
4 January, Wednesday — Let go to embrace
Wednesday before Epiphany Sunday 1 Jn 3:7-10Jn 1:35-42 "Come and see" Just after Christmas, in my daily morning prayer journaling (I am a lover of words, and most often when I sit to write, I don’t know what words my pen will put on paper – this is a way that God often speaks to... Continue Reading →
4 October, Tuesday — My Past is not My Present
Oct 4 – Memorial for St. Francis of Assisi Francis Bernardone (1181–1226) was the son of Pietro Bernadone, a rich cloth merchant. Though he had a good education and became part of his father’s business, he also had a somewhat misspent youth. He was a street brawler and some-time soldier. He was captured during a... Continue Reading →
29 July, Friday — Half-time with God
Jul 29 – Memorial for Sts. Martha, Mary and Lazarus St Martha Jesus liked to stay at the house of Martha, Mary and Lazarus, his friends at Bethany, when he was in Judaea. One of these visits has ever remained dear to Christian memory. On that occasion Martha, busily serving the Master, asked Him to... Continue Reading →
6 November, Saturday – Serving One, Not Two Masters.
Saturday of Week 31 in Ordinary Time Rm 16:3-6,16,22-27Lk 16:9-15 "….but God knows your hearts." In today’s reading, Jesus tells us that we cannot be both wealthy and serve the Lord, as if God and money are in opposing teams. It calls to mind the parable of the rich young man who did not want... Continue Reading →
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