ST MONICA, pray for us21st Week in Ordinary Times : Thursday, 27th August 20261 Cor 1:1-9; Ps 144 (145):2-7; Mt 24:42-51 (Ps Wk I) St Paul, in the first reading, reminds the Corinthians that God has already enriched them with His grace and gifts. Despite their weaknesses, God was already at work among them. The…
Lord, help me to live a life where prayer and labour, inner devotion and outer duty, are one21st Week in Ordinary Times : Wednesday, 26th August 20262 Th 3:6-10, 16-18; Ps 127 (128):1-2, 4-5; Mt 23:27-32 (Ps Wk I) In the Gospel, Jesus exposes the sin of religious hypocrisy, that is, appearing holy on the…
ST LOUIS & ST JOSEPH OF CALASANZ, Priest , pray for us21st Week in Ordinary Times : Tuesday, 25th August 20262 Th 2:1-3, 14-17; Ps 95 (96):10-13; Mt 23:23-26 (Ps Wk I) In the first reading, the apostle Paul addresses the confusion among believers about “the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” In the midst…
ST BARTHOLOMEW, Apostle, pray for us21st Week in Ordinary Times : Monday, 24th August 2026Rev 21:9-14; Ps 144 (145):10-13, 17-18; Jn 1:45-51 (Ps Wk I) Biblical scholars inform us that Bartholomew and Nathanael are likely to be the same person. This should not surprise us. “Bartholomew” simply shows his lineage - that he is the…
When we still our minds and our voices, and listen with patience and humility, God will teach and inspire us too21st Week in Ordinary Times : Sunday, 23rd August 2026Is 22:19-23; Ps 137 (138):1-3, 6, 8; Rom 11:33-36; Mt 16:13-20 (Ps Wk I) Many people think that they have God all figured out. Some even…
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…