Difficulties and resistance that we face are ultimately for our benefit. Even Jesus had to endure suffering! Difficulty is never a time to give up or doubt God because God is with us through it all.3rd Sunday of Advent (A) : Sunday 14th December 2025Is 35:1-6,10; Ps 145 (146):6-10; Jam 5:7-10; Mt 11:2-11 (Ps Wk…
ST LUCY, Virgin & Martyr , pray for us2nd Sunday of Advent (A) : Saturday 13th December 2025Ec 48:1-4,9-12; Ps 79(80):2-3, 15-16, 18-19; Mt 17:10-13 (Ps Wk II) Precede to prepare. What or who comes before is to make ready for the One who is to come after. In today’s Scripture passages, we have Elijah…
Our Lady of Guadalupe , pray for us2nd Sunday of Advent (A) : Friday 12th December 2025Is 48:17-19; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Mt 11:16-19 (Ps Wk II) Today's Gospel reading is about listening to what God is saying to us. God uses the people and the situations we encounter in our everyday life to say what…
ST DAMASUS I, Pope, pray for us2nd Sunday of Advent (A) : Thursday 11th December 2025Is 41:13-20; Ps 144 (145):1, 9-13a; Mt 11:11-15 (Ps Wk II) The psalm today presents to us an image of a God who is kind, full of compassion and mercy. We can approach this loving God confidently as we go…
Our Lady of Loreto, pray for us2nd Sunday of Advent (A) : Wednesday 10th December 2025Is 40:25-31; Ps 102 (103):1-4, 8, 10; Mt 11:28-30 (Ps Wk II) The timeless invitation of Jesus to all who all labour and are overburdened to go to Him is comforting as it is hopeful. Well aware of the oppression…
ST JUAN DIEGO CUAUHTLATOATZIN, pray for us2nd Sunday of Advent (A) : Tuesday 9th December 2025Is 40:1-11; Ps 95 (96):1-3, 10-13; Mt 18:12-14 (Ps Wk II) The oratorio, entitled “The Messiah” by George Frideric Handel, is often heard during Advent, and some of its most memorable arias are based on the text of Isaiah which…
Immaculate Mary, Mother of God, concieved without sin, pray for usSolemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the BVM : Monday 8h December 2025Gen 3:9-15, 20; Ps 97 (98):1-4; Eph 1:3-6,11-12; Lk 1:26-38 (Ps Prop) Today we celebrate the Immaculate Conception: through God’s grace, Mary was conceived free from the stain of original sin in her…
ST NICHOLAS, Bishop, pray for us2nd Sunday of Advent (A) : Sunday 7th December 2025Is 11:1-10; Ps 71 (72):1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17; Rom 15:4-9; Mt 3:1-12 (Ps Wk II) Isaiah invites us to consider an exhilarating vision: a King anointed not with power, but with the Spirit of wisdom, justice, and peace. He will judge…
ST NICHOLAS, Bishop, pray for us1st Sunday of Advent (A) : Saturday 6th December 2025Is 30:19-21, 23-26; Ps 146 (147):1-6; Mt 9:35-10:1, 5, 6-8 (Ps Wk I) The Israelites were suffering under the rule of the Assyrians, and they had turned to worshipping the idols of their captors. Here Isaiah was telling the people what…
Hope in the Lord, hold firm and take heart!1st Sunday of Advent (A) : Friday 5th December 2025Is 29:17-24; Ps 26 (27):1, 4, 13-14; Lk 10:13-16 (Ps Wk I) The words of the responsorial psalm are rich in hope and trust in the Lord. In his cry to the Lord, the psalmist proclaims that the…