Wednesday of Week 31 in Ordinary Time Rm 13:8-10Lk 14:25-33 Avoid getting into debt, except the debt of mutual love. If you love your fellow men, you have carried out your obligations... Love is the one thing that cannot hurt your neighbour; that is why it is the answer to every one of the commandments.... Continue Reading →
18 September, Thursday — The cost of easy love is easy
Thursday of Week 24 in Ordinary Time 1 Tim 4:12-16Lk 7:36-50 "...she would not have shown such great love." The devil is okay with us having a little religion, but not too much. I can literally feel the unease, the downright awkward discomfort of what it would be like to be at a dinner party... Continue Reading →
26 May, Friday — Words mean nothing without action
Today, we welcome on board Esther Leet, who grew up in a Catholic household, attended catechism classes and participated in church activities dutifully in her teenage years but became a lapsed Catholic after she went abroad for further studies in her 20s. Through the grace of God, she found her way back to church.... Continue Reading →
16 July, Saturday — Humility at Heart
Jul 16 – Memorial for Our Lady of Mount Carmel The Church celebrates on this day the feast of the Scapular of Mount Carmel. The scapular, which derives its name from the Latin word scapulæ, meaning shoulders, is a dress which covers the shoulders. It is best known among as the name of two little... Continue Reading →
8 February, Tuesday – Laws and the Spirit
8 Feb – Memorial for St. Jerome Emiliani; Memorial for St. Josephine Bakhita, virgin St. Jerome (1481–1537) was born wealthy, the son of Angelo and Eleanor Mauroceni Emiliani. His father died when Jerome was a teenager, and he ran away from home at age 15. After a dissolute youth, he became a soldier in Venice... Continue Reading →
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