ST BRUNO, Priest, pray for us27th Week in Ordinary Times : Tuesday, 6th October 2026Gal 1:13-24; Ps 138 (139):1-3, 13-15; Lk 10:38-42 (Ps Wk III) Luke’s story presents a definite contrast between Martha and Mary: Jesus says that Mary has chosen the better way. Martha has often been seen as a symbol of activity and…
ST FAUSTINA KOWALSKA, Religious, pray for us27th Week in Ordinary Times : Monday, 5th October 2026Gal 1:6-12; Ps 110 (111):1-2, 7-10; Lk 10:25-37 (Ps Wk III) A neighbour typically is one who lives very close to us. However, in today’s parable, Jesus overturns this definition by leading the lawyer to reflect not on the theoretical…
The Lord will one day ask us for an accounting of our lives and what we have produced27th Week in Ordinary Times : Sunday, 4th October 2026Is 5:1-7; Ps 79 (80):9, 12-16, 19-20; Phil 4:6-9; Mt 21:33-43 (Ps Wk III) The readings make reference to vineyards – an image that is often used in Scripture…
Do we get overly excited about what we do in our families or parishes, and forget that we are working in the Lord’s vineyard?26th Week in Ordinary Times : Saturday, 3rd October 2026Job 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17; Ps 118 (119):66, 71, 75, 91, 125, 130; Lk 10:17-24 (Ps Wk II) When the seventy-two disciples returned from…
Holy Guardian Angels, watch over us26th Week in Ordinary Times : Friday, 2nd October 2026Ex 23:20-23; Ps 90 (91):1-6, 10-11; Mt 18:1-5, 10 (Ps Wk II) What is it like to become a little child? The Gospel does not mean that we should be childish or immature. But we need to develop certain qualities that…
ST THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS, Virgin, Doctor, Patroness of Missions, pray for us26th Week in Ordinary Times : Thursday, 1st October 2026Is 66:10-14; Ps 130 (131); Mt 18:1-5 (Ps Wk II) At St Joseph’s Church in Singapore, built by the Portuguese in 1854 under the Bishop of Macau, the statues of St Francis Xavier…
ST JEROME, Priest & Doctor, pray for us26th Week in Ordinary Times : Wednesday, 30th September 2026Job 9:1-13, 14-16; Ps 87 (88):10-15; Lk 9:57-62 (Ps Wk II) Life is full of compromise, whether we make them intentionally or otherwise. For some, it might mean accepting a job because it’s necessary and not because it’s preferred.…
SS MICHAEL, GABRIEL AND RAPHAEL,Archangels, pray for us26th Week in Ordinary Times : Tuesday, 29th September 2026Dan 7:9-10, 13-14 or Rev 12:7-12; Ps 137 (138):1-5; Jn 1:47-51 (Ps Prop) Several lessons can be drawn from today’s Gospel account of Nathaniel’s encounter with Jesus. First, Nathaniel was said to be a skeptic yet seeker of the…
ST WENCESLAUS, Martyr SS LAWRENCE RUIZ AND COMPANIONS, Martyr, pray for us26th Week in Ordinary Times : Monday, 28th September 2026Job 1:6-22; Ps 16 (17):1-3, 6-7; Lk 9:46-50 (Ps Wk II) It was a time of persecution after the martyrdom of Stephen, Satan challenged God and Job was the subject of the challenge. Satan was…
Is my faith a matter of noble words or of concrete deeds?26th Week in Ordinary Times : Sunday, 27th September 2026Ez 18:25-28; Ps 24 (25):4-9; Phil 2:1-11; Mt 21:28-32 (Ps Wk II) We often profess beliefs with our lips, yet our lives whisper a different story or sometimes even shout aloud an opposite way of…