Dec 8 – Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary On this and the following eight days, the Church celebrates, with particular solemnity, the immaculate conception of the ever-blessed Virgin Mary who, from all eternity, was chosen to be the daughter of the heavenly Father, the spouse of the Holy Ghost, the... Continue Reading →
28 December, Tuesday — ‘Christflyer’
Dec 28 – Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs The Holy Innocents are the children slaughtered by Herod the Great when he tried to kill the infant Christ. Patron Saint Index The children died for Christ, though they do not know it. The parents mourned for the death of martyrs. The Christ child makes of... Continue Reading →
30 January, Saturday – To Honour God’s Gift of Faith
Saturday of Week 3 in Ordinary Time Heb 11:1-2,8-19Mk 4:35-41 All these died in faith, before receiving any of the things that had been promised, but they saw them in the far distance… “Only faith can guarantee the blessings that we hope for, or prove the existence of the realities that at present remain unseen.... Continue Reading →
11 October, Sunday — Offer to God all our plans
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Isa 25:6-10Phi 4:12-14, 19-20Mt 22:1-44 There is nothing I cannot master with the help of the One who gives me strength This year has been a difficult time for everybody. The uncertainty and disruption which Covid-19 introduced into our lives has uprooted the plans which all of us created. Grandiose... Continue Reading →
16 June, Tuesday — To Love like Jesus, we must Trust like Jesus
Tuesday of Week 11 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 21:17-29 Mt 5:43-48 You must therefore be perfect just as your heavenly Father is perfect. The calling on each of us who claim/desire to be a disciple of Christ is evident in those words. We are called to be perfect in our love of God, and therefore... Continue Reading →
23 April, Thursday – The Way, The Truth and The Life
23 Apr – Memorial for St. George, martyr; Memorial for St. Adalbert, bishop & martyr St. George (d. 304) was a soldier who was martyred for his faith. That’s all we know for sure. Several stories have been attached to St. George, the best known of which is the 'Golden Legend'. In it, a dragon... Continue Reading →