Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for us24th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 15th September 2025Heb 5:7-9; Ps 30 (31):2-6, 15-16, 20; Jn 19:25-27 or Lk 2:33-35 (Ps Prop) The pieta is considered a stunning masterpiece that depicts the profundity of heartache and sorrow. Beauty is not erased by sorrow, on the contrary, it illustrates…
Exaltation of the Holy Cross24th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 14th September 2025Num 21:4-9; Ps 77 (78):1-2, 34-38; Phil 2:6-11; Jo 3:13-17 (Ps WkIV) Today's readings contain the entire Gospel in just a few verses. In response to the murmuring and rebellion of the Israelites, God sent fiery serpents to bite and harass them.…
ST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, Bishop & Doctor, pray for us23rd Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 13th September 20251 Tim 1:15-17; Ps 112 (113):1-7; Lk 6:43-49 (Ps Wk III) The consistency between words and actions - that's what exposes a hypocrite. We label hypocrites as people who pretend to be virtuous and often advocating proper norms…
The Most Holy Name of Mary23rd Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 12th September 20251 Tim 1:1-2, 12-14; Ps 15 (16):1-2, 5, 7-8, 11; Lk 6:39-42 (Ps Wk III) Jesus teaches His disciples by raising the issue, "How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove that splinter in your eye,' when you…
Members of the Body of Christ live in peace, harmony and with a forgiving and grateful heart23rd Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 11th September 2025Col3:12-17; Ps 150 (151):1-6; Lk6:27-38 (Ps WkIII) In Christian Hans Andersen's story of the Emperor's New Clothes, deception is displayed by two dishonest tailors. They deceived the vain emperor to…
Lord, help me to see others with Christ-centred humility, equality, and love23rd Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 10th September 2025Col 3:1-11; Ps 144 (145):2-3, 10-13; Lk6:20-26 (Ps WkIII) The new life in Christ behests our commitment to pave a new way of relating to one another which affects our care of creation. St Paul…
ST PETER CLAVER, Priest, pray for us23rd Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 9th September 2025Col 2:6-15; Ps 144 (145):1-2, 8-11; Lk6:12-19 (Ps WkIII) The Colossians were being distracted by several philosophical movements which proposed that the universe was controlled by various angelic beings, 'principalities and powers,' who controlled not only the physical universe, but…
Mother Mary, pray for usNativity Of The Blessed Virgin Mary : Monday 8th September 2025Mic 5:1-4 or Rom 8:28-30; Ps 12 (13):6-7; Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 (or 18-23) (PsProp) The nativity of Mary marks a turning point in salvation history-a quiet birth that sets the stage for the Incarnation. Though Scripture is reserved in detail about…
'You, Lord, have been our refuge, age after age23rd Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 7th September 2025Wis 9:13-18; Ps 89 (90):3-6, 12-14, 17 Phm 1:9-10, 12-17; Lk 14:25-33 (Ps WkIII) The Book of Wisdom lays bare our human struggle - how often we wear ourselves out, trying to reach God on our own terms.…
Lord, help me to be faithful to Your teachings22nd Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 6th September 2025Col 1:21-23; Ps 53 (54):3-4, 6, 8; Lk6:l-5 (Ps WkII) According to the letter to the Colossians, Christ was the image of God and through Him, all things were created, sustained, and redeemed. In today's Colossians reading, Paul…