Jun 3 – Memorial for St. Charles Lwanga & companions, martyrs One of 22 Ugandan martyrs, St. Charles Lwanga is the patron of youth and Catholic action in most of tropical Africa. He protected his fellow pages aged 13 to 30 from the homosexual demands of the Bagandan ruler, Mwanga, and encouraged and instructed them... Continue Reading →
20 February, Monday — Being Blessed with the Gift of Wisdom
Monday of Week 7 in Ordinary Time Ecc 1:1-10Mk 9:14-29 All wisdom is from the Lord… Today’s first reading reminds us that wisdom is a gift from God, bestowed upon us. I recall various points in my life where I realised I had managed to tide through a difficult circumstance or an obstacle even though... Continue Reading →
1 April, Friday — On Justification
Friday of the 4th Week of Lent Wis 2:1,12-22Jn 7:1-2,10,25-30 Let us...since... Today’s first reading smacks of arrogance, impatience and even a ‘know-it-all’ attitude. If this all sounds familiar to some of you, I think you probably know that it exists in many of our ministries and parish communities. We think we know better, and... Continue Reading →
10 December, Friday — The devil always collects what is due to him
Friday of the 2nd Week of Advent Is 48:17-19Mt 11:16-19 “Yet wisdom has been proved right by her actions.” At the cusp of the Second World War in late 1930s, the world was in a very dark place. In Germany, Fascism and the cult of personality worship of one individual called Hitler, was gaining momentum and rearing its... Continue Reading →
12 October, Tuesday – Wisdom
Tuesday of Week 28 in Ordinary Time Rm 1:16-25Lk 11:37-41 The more they called themselves philosophers, the more stupid they grew... I’d like to touch on a very real trait that is well-known in Singapore society -- ‘kiasu-ism’. The Hokkien term ‘kiasu’ denotes someone who is afraid to lose and would literally do anything to... Continue Reading →
3 April, Saturday — Learning about the importance of wisdom
Holy Saturday -- Sixth Reading Bar 3:9 – 15,32 – 4:4 Who has found the place of wisdom? As someone who has not attended the Easter Vigil for years (or more accurately, decades), the Oxygen reflections were a good chance for me to find out more about the passages featured in this ‘mother of all... Continue Reading →
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