OUR LADY, MOTHER AND QUEEN , pray for us20th Week in Ordinary Times : Saturday, 22nd August 2026Is 9:1-7; Ps 112 (113):1-8; Lk 1:26-38 (Ps Prop) Eight days after the Assumption of Mary, we celebrate the Queenship of Mary. In the olden days, this would be an octave in the liturgical calendar. Mary is queen…
ST PIUS X, Pope, pray for us20th Week in Ordinary Times : Friday, 21st August 2026Ez 37:1-14; Ps 106 (107):2-9; Mt 22:34-40 (Ps Wk IV) As Christians, we are familiar with the Ten Commandments. They form the basic framework of our living faith and the lenses through which we engage the world in the people…
ST BERNARD, Abbot & Doctor, pray for us20th Week in Ordinary Times :Thursday, 20th August 2026Ez 36:23-28; Ps 50 (51):12-15, 18-19; Mt 22:1-14 (Ps Wk IV) Jerusalem had been destroyed and the people were in exile. Ezekiel was encouraging the people by talking of the restoration that would occur. The Israelites would be gathered and…
Lord, grant me a generous and compassionate heart, willing to share Your love and peace, especially in places where it is more common to be selfish than to be kind20th Week in Ordinary Times : Wednesday, 19th August 2026Ez 34:1-11; Ps 22 (23); Mt 20:1-16 (Ps Wk IV) Many people in the world today are…
Our wants are the attachments that we must learn to let go in order to be free to love as children of God20th Week in Ordinary Times : Tuesday, 18th August 2026Ez 28:1-10; (Rs Ps) Dt 32:26-28, 30, 35-36; Mt 19:23-30 (Ps Wk IV) In the movie Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the…
Only two things are needed, that is, to let go of our attachments and to follow Jesus closely20th Week in Ordinary Times : Monday, 17th August 2026Ez 24:15-24; (Rs Ps) Dt 32:18-21; Mt 19:16-22 (Ps Wk IV) The death of Ezekiel the prophet’s wife becomes a vivid symbol of how the Israelites are to respond…
God's love extends to all who seek Him with sincerity, regardless of their race, nationality, language, or social status20th Week in Ordinary Times : Sunday, 16th August 2026Is 56:1, 6-7; Ps 66 (67):2-3, 5-6, 8; Rom 11:13-15, 29-32; Mt 15:21-28 (Ps Wk IV) A six-year-old girl went to her friend’s house for dinner. When everyone…
Dearest Mother Mary, pray for usSOLEMNITY OF THE ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY : Saturday, 15th August 2026Rev 11:19; 12:1-6, 10; Ps 44 (45):10-12, 16; 1 Cor 15:20-26; Lk 1:39-56 (Ps Prop) The solemnity that we celebrate today is the celebration of the life of our Blessed Mother, based on the dogma that she was taken…
ST MAXIMILIAN KOLBE, Priest & Martyr, pray for us19th Week in Ordinary Times : Friday, 14th August 2026Ez 16:1-15, 60, 63; (Rs Ps) Is 12:2-6; Mt 19:3-12 (Ps Wk III) When the people of Jerusalem were abandoned, God Himself cared for them, adorning them with beauty, richness, and dignity until they became renowned among the…
SS PONTIAN, Pope, AND HIPPOLYTUS, Priest, Martyrs, pray for us19th Week in Ordinary Times : Thursday, 13th August 2026Ez 12:1-12; Ps 77 (78):56-59, 61-62; Mt 18:21—19:1 (Ps Wk III) In the past one year or so, there has been a boom in AI generated videos. They range in topics, like relationships, religion and courtroom cases.…