Thursday of the 3rd Week of Eastertide Acts 8:26-40Jn 6:44-51 …like these he never opens his mouth. How many times have we found ourselves in a situation where in order to ‘preserve the peace’, we don’t speak up or offer others our opinions? Or for those of us who work in organisations where ‘groupthink’ rules... Continue Reading →
2 July, Tuesday – Even the sea obeys God
Tuesday of Week 13 in Ordinary Time Amo 3:1-8;4:11-12Mt 8:23-27 Without warning a storm broke over the lake... Today’s gospel is a popular one, and probably seems recently familiar – it should be, as this same story is recorded in all four gospels and Mark’s telling was our gospel eight days ago on 22 June. Because... Continue Reading →
20 May, Monday — Signs of Patience
May 20 – Memorial for St. Bernadine of Siena, Priest St. Bernadine (1381-1444) was a Friar Minor, a priest, an itinerant preacher, and a theological writer. His preaching skills were so great and the conversions so numerous, that he has become associated with all areas of speaking, advertising, public relations, etc. Bernadine’s charismatic preaching filled... Continue Reading →
13 March, Monday – Complexity Biasness Hindering Our Relationship With God?
Monday of the 3rd Week of Lent 2 Kgs 5:1-15 Lk 4:24-30 “...if the prophet had asked you to do something difficult, would you not have done it? All the more reason then, when he says to you, ‘Bathe and you will become clean.’” The story of Naaman in today’s reading demonstrates several valuable lessons... Continue Reading →
12 February, Sunday – Obeying God in this world and the next
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ecc 15:16-211 Cor 2:6-10Mt 5:17-37 “If your right eye should cause you to sin, tear it out and throw it away...” As Catholics, we often find ourselves existing in two dimensions of reality. On the one hand, we live in an increasingly secularised society that views religion with either suspicion... Continue Reading →
31 May, Monday – Obedience of Mary
May 31 -- Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary This day is called the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary because on it Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth, whom, as the angel had told her, God had blessed with a son in her old age. Patron Saint Index Rm 12:9-16Lk 1:39-56 ...a... Continue Reading →
21 March, Sunday — Purposeful Obedience
5th Sunday of Lent Jer 31:31-34Heb 5:7-9Jn 12:20-33 “Although he was Son, he learnt to obey through suffering; but having been made perfect, he became for all who obey him the source of eternal salvation” Blessed Lent everyone! As we enter the 5th week of Lent, for some of us, it is a countdown towards... Continue Reading →
20 December, Sunday — To say yes or no?
4th Sunday of Advent 2 Sam 7:1-5,8-12,14,16Rm 16:25-27 “I am the handmaid of the Lord,” said Mary, “let what you have said be done to me.” It never fails to amaze me how much faith and trust Mary had in God when the angel Gabriel announced to her the Good News that she would be... Continue Reading →
15 December, Tuesday — Keeping your word
Tuesday of the 3rd Week of Advent Zep 3:1-2,9-13Mt 21:28-32 Which of the two did his father’s will? I have been told recently to be a sister and not a mother to my sibling. I am still figuring out what it really means. How does a mother/sister behave when faced with the same situation? I... Continue Reading →
20 April, Monday – Christ Beckons
Acts 4:23:31Jn 3:1-8 “Why this arrogance among the nations, these futile plots among the peoples?” Here in Singapore, we are in Week 3 of what our government has called a ‘circuit breaker’ mode in order to stop the spread of local transmissions of COVID-19, which has seen a pretty alarming spike in cases on a... Continue Reading →
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