Lord, help me to be a faithful servant of Yours33rd Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Tuesday 8th November 2022Tit. 2:1-8, 11-14; Ps. 36:3-4,18 and 23,27 and 29; Lk. 17:7-10 (Ps. Wk. IV) Paul had left Titus behind in Crete to put some things in order. Titus was to teach sound doctrine. He was to…
Lord, help us to bring compassion to the poor, the sick, the lonely and the unloved33rd Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Monday 7th November 2022Tit. 1:1-9; Ps. 23:1-2,3-4ab, 5-6; Lk. 17:1-6 (Ps. Wk. IV) Jesus offers two pathways for His disciples to live righteously and with integrity, with one heart and mind, caring for…
Lord, help us to remain faithful to You always33rd Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Sunday 6th November 20222 Mac. 7:1-2, 9-14; Ps. 16:1,5-6,8 and 15; 2 Th. 2:16—3:5; Lk. 20:27-38 (or 27, 34-38) (Ps. Wk. IV) The first reading is a narrative about seven brothers and their subsequent martyrdom due to their refusal to…
Lord, help us to share what we have, generously 32nd Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Saturday 5th November 2022Phil. 4:10-19; Ps. 111:1-2,5-6,8a and 9; Lk. 16:9-15 (Ps. Wk. III) Today’s Gospel reading, which follows ‘the Parable of the Dishonest Steward’, challenges us to examine our use of material possessions. Do we, as disciples of…
St Charles Borromeo, bishop 32nd Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Friday 4th November 2022Phil. 3:17—4:1; Ps. 121:1-2,3-4a, 4b-5; Lk. 16:1-8 (Ps. Wk. III) Paul had it made. He was successful in his religious tradition and community and had a good reputation. But now, he said that everything he had accomplished was worthless rubbish compared…
St Martin de Porres, religious32nd Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Thursday 3rd November 2022Phil. 3:3-8a; Ps. 104:2-3,4-5,6-7; Lk. 15:1-10 (Ps. Wk. III) The two parables in the Gospel of today: the lost coin and the lost sheep, help us explore the dynamic at the heart of our spiritual life. In our quest for meaning…
Lord, help me to brighten the lives of othersALL SOULS (C) : Wednesday 2nd November 2022Is. 25:6-9; Ps. 26:1, 4, 7, 8-9, 13-14; Rom. 5:5-11; Lk. 7:11-17 St. Paul convinced us when he expounded these joyful words: “Not merely because we have been reconciled but because we are filled with joyful trust in God, through…
Lord, help me to brighten the lives of othersALL SAINTS (C) : Tuesday 1st November 2022Rev. 7:2-4, 9-14; Ps.24(23): 1-2, 3-4ab,5-6; 1 Jn.3:1-3; Mt.5:1-12a (Psalter proper) John’s vision is beautiful and should form our thinking. He envisioned a great multitude before God’s throne, people of every tribe, nation, and tongue. There were no divisions or…
Lord, help me to brighten the lives of others31st Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Monday 31st October 2022Phil. 2:1-4; Ps. 130:1,2,3; Lk. 14:12-14 (Ps Wk III) If we have ever been in a group of people quarrelling, fighting, and backbiting, we know what a miserable experience it is. Only one thing would complete Paul’s…
Remind me, Lord, that I am created in your image and likeness31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Sunday 30th October 2022Wis. 11:22—12:2; Ps. 144:1-2,8-9,10-11, 13cd-14; 2 Thess. 1:11—2:2; Lk. 19:1-10 (Ps Wk II) God is the “lover of life”, says the author of Wisdom. This insight marks a kind of transition in the passage…