Wednesday of Week 14 in Ordinary Time Hos 10:1-3,7-8,12Mt 10:1-7 …proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is close at hand… Would you agree that calling us by our name is very pleasant to our ears? When a person calls me bymy name, I feel something special. How much more if it were Jesus Christ who... Continue Reading →
28 February, Saturday — Let us follow His ways to love as He loves
Saturday of the 1st Week of Lent Deu 26:16-19Mt 5:43-48 …you will be a people consecrated to the Lord… We are in the early days of the Lenten season, in preparation for the celebration of our Lord Jesus Christ’s resurrection. Today’s readings have much to offer our prayer, fasting and almsgiving practices. When read together,... Continue Reading →
18 June, Tuesday — Loving Our Enemies
Tuesday of Week 11 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 21:17-29Mt 5:43-48 “…love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Easier said than done, right? How often we get hurt and disappointed by people who say or do things which hurt us, or do not live up to our expectations and yet, we are... Continue Reading →
8 March, Friday — “Walk with me…”
Friday of the 3rd Week of Lent Hos 14:2-10Mk 12:28-34 For the ways of the Lord are straight, and virtuous men walk in them, but sinners stumble. Today’s reflection was difficult for me. Nothing really jumped up from the texts, but this line pricked my conscience and made me reflect a little more. Perhaps it... Continue Reading →
19 February, Monday — Love God, Love People
Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Eastertide Lev 19:1-2,11-18Mt 25:31-46 But love your neighbour as yourself I often hurry into the season of Lent, bent on setting my heart and mind to practice some form of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. The priest would be preaching during Ash Wednesday mass and my mind would often be... Continue Reading →
29 October, Sunday — “So simple yet so difficult.”
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Exo 22:20-261 Ths 1:5-10Mt 22:34-40 “You must love your neighbour as yourself…” Well, the Lord does have a rather peculiar sense of humour. For my birthday this year, he has gifted me with this phrase, “You must love your neighbour as yourself”. This is very possibly, for me, one of... Continue Reading →
11 September, Monday – A Loving Obedience
Monday of Week 23 in Ordinary Time Col 1:24-2:3Lk 6:6-11 “I put it to you: is it against the law on the sabbath to do good, or to do evil; to save life, or to destroy it?” Is there love in obedience? Why do we obey? Sometimes we obey because we are at the mercy... Continue Reading →
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