29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Exo 17:8-132 Tim 3:14-4:2Lk 18:1-8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. Today’s gospel reading is known as the parable of the persistent widow. She was a poor widow who repeatedly appeals to an unrighteous judge (who neither feared God nor regarded men)... Continue Reading →
12 October, Sunday — Let Us Offer Our Sincere and Grateful Hearts to God
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2 Kgs 5:14-172 Tim 2:8-13Lk 17:11-19 “…no one has come back to give praise to God, except this foreigner.” I remember in my schooling years, how I studied and ploughed through pile after pile of assessment books and when I got excellent grades, I would always thank my parents and... Continue Reading →
4 August, Monday — Satisfaction Guaranteed
Aug 4 – Memorial for St. John Mary Vianney, priest In his youth, John Mary Vianney (1786-1859) taught other children their prayers and catechism. As a priest, was assigned to a parish which suffered from very lax attendance. He began visiting his parishioners, especially the sick and poor, spent days in prayer before the Blessed... Continue Reading →
29 June, Sunday — Captain, Pilot, North Star…
Jun 29 – Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, apostles Peter (c.1–64) was a professional fisherman. He was the brother of St. Andrew the Apostle, the man who led him to Christ. Given the name Simon, he was renamed “Peter” (rock) by Jesus to indicate that Peter would be the rock-like foundation on which the... Continue Reading →
13 June, Friday — Staying focused on Jesus
Jun 13 – Memorial for St. Anthony of Padua, priest, religious, doctor St. Anthony's (1195-1231) wealthy family wanted him to be a great nobleman, but for the sake of Christ he became a poor Franciscan. When the remains of St. Berard and his companions, the first Franciscan martyrs, were brought to be buried in his... Continue Reading →
11 March, Tuesday — How to pray
Tuesday of the 1st Week of Lent Isa 55:10-11Mt 6:7-15 “…do not babble as the pagans do…” On the back of yesterday’s Gospel focusing on almsgiving, one of the three pillars of Lent, today’s Gospel touches on prayer. It is safe to assume that many know the importance of prayer in the life of a... Continue Reading →
9 March, Sunday — Pray, fast, give more? You choose
1st Sunday of Lent Deu 26:4-10Rm 10:8-13Lk 4:1-13 My God in whom I trust. Lent is upon us. For this first Sunday of Lent, the following themes resonate with me: Giving Alms, Faith and Confession, Temptation and Resistance and Trust in God’s help. Today’s first reading from Deuteronomy offers a good lesson on giving alms.... Continue Reading →
24 February, Monday — Even at the Bottom of the Bottom He is There
Monday of Week 7 in Ordinary Time Ecc 1:1-10Mk 9:14-29 ...the boy lay there so like a corpse that most of them said, ‘He is dead.’ But Jesus took him by the hand and helped him up, and he was able to stand. How desperate does desperation look or sound like? How far down the... Continue Reading →
2 January, Thursday — A Generous Heart
2 Jan – Memorial for Sts. Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, bishops St. Basil the Great (329-379) was a noble by birth. His parents and four of his nine siblings were canonized, including St. Gregory of Nyssa. He was the grandson of St. Marcina the Elder. As a youth, he was noted for organizing... Continue Reading →
22 October, Tuesday — Always prepared
Oct 22 – Memorial for St. John Paul II Karol Józef Wojtyla was born in 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. After his ordination to the priesthood and theological studies in Rome, he returned to his homeland and resumed various pastoral and academic tasks. He became first auxiliary bishop and, in 1964, Archbishop of Kraków and took... Continue Reading →
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