Lord, help us to be like you ... compassionate , caring for the sick and taking care of the poor 1st Week of Advent : Wednesday 2nd December 2020Is. 25:6-10; Ps. 22: 1-4,5,6; Mt. 15:29-37 (Ps Wk I) In his World Mission Sunday Message, 2020, Pope Francis has called on the Church to understand what…
Lord, teach us the divine path each day1st Week of Advent : Tuesday 1st December 2020Is 11:1-10; Ps. 71:1-2,7-8,12-13,17; Lk 10:21-24 (Ps Wk I) Many people have longed for a world of peace, justice, and harmony. It seems as if we only experience conflict, injustice, greed, and hatred. Human efforts to build this world often…
Lord, help us to be willing to set other priorities aside, & serve you, just like your disciples didFeast St Andrew, Apostle : Monday, 30th November 2020Rom. 10:9-18; Ps. 18:2-3,4-5; Mt. 4:18-22 (Ps Wk I) Paul believed that salvation came through faith and was available to all. God loved both Jews and gentiles and provided…
Father, continue to guide our lives by the truth that will set us free1st Sunday of Advent (B) : 29th November 2020Is. 63:16-17; 64:1,3-8; Ps. 79:2-3,15-16, 18-19; 1 Cor. 1:3-9; Mk. 13:33-37 (Ps Wk I) For all of human history, it seems that faced with the mystery of human existence and the mystery of God,…
Lord, help us to serve You faithfully in this community of faith, love and hope 34th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday, 28th November 2020Rev. 22:1-7; Ps. 94:1-2,3-5,6-7; Lk. 21:34-36 (Ps Wk II) The Apocalypse proclaims for us great and eternal hope: “The night shall be no more,” and so the Church is guaranteed victory…
Lord, help us to keep our eyes on You as we read the signs of the times!34th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday, 27th November 2020Rev. 20:1-4,11—21:2; Ps. 83:3,4,5-6,8; Lk. 21:29-33 (Ps Wk II) Jesus’ parable in today’s Gospel passage teaches doctrine which Jesus elsewhere sums up as “reading the signs of the times” (cf.…
We live on God’s promise... We will win, for the glory of God, for the second coming of the Christ34th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday, 26th November 2020Rev. 18:1-2,21-23; 19:1-3,9; Ps. 99:2,3,4,5; Lk. 21:20-28 (Ps Wk II) In today’s gospel reading the Son of Man comes ‘in a cloud with power and great glory’…
St Catharine of Alexandria, virgin & martyr34th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday, 25th November 2020Rev. 15:1-4; Ps. 97:1,2-3,7-8,9; Lk. 21:12-19 (Ps Wk II) Persecution and betrayal — no other promise of Jesus is as tangible as the Cross. But in this stark Gospel, there is a consolation far more profound than any false religion…
Ss Andrew Dung-Lac, priest and comps34th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday, 24th November 2020Rev. 14:14-19; Ps. 95:10,11-13; Lk. 21:5-11 (Ps Wk II) Isaiah uses very vivid images to express the judgment and wrath of God. He pictures God’s action as grapes being squeezed in a huge winepress. The term ‘grapes of wrath’ has even…
St Clement I, pope & martyr34th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday, 23rd November 2020Rev. 14:1-3,4-5; Ps. 23:1-2,3-4,5-6; Lk. 21:1-4 (Ps Wk II) There is a saying that goes, “What we do in this life echoes in eternity.” Basically, what we do here on earth can be put into two categories, which is what we…