SS Augustine Zhao Rong, priest & Comps14th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 9th July 2022Is. 6:1-8; Ps. 92:1ab,1c-2,5; Mt. 10:24-33 (Ps Wk II) Sinfulness – Sanctification – Service: these seemed to be the progression for Isaiah in today’s reading. In his vision, Isaiah saw – “the Lord on a high throne” (v 1) ……
Holy Spirit Lord, please accompany me and give me strength14th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 8th July 2022Hos. 14:2-10; Ps. 50:3-4,8-9,12-13,14 and 17; Mt. 10:16-23 (Ps Wk II) People turn everywhere, looking for gods and powers to help them. They create gods out of their imaginations. But here, God’s real nature is revealed –…
Lord, help me to surrender my life completely over to You, My Lord and My God14th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 7th July 2022Hos. 11:1-4,8c-9; Ps. 79:2ac and 3bc,15-16; Mt. 10:7-15 (Ps Wk II) As Christians, we live with two theological experiences: ‘the already and the not yet’. With the Incarnation of God in…
St Maria Goretti, virgin & martyr14th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 6th July 2022Hos. 10:1-3,7-8,12; Ps. 104:2-3,4-5,6-7; Mt. 10:1-7 (Ps Wk II) The message prophesied by prophet Hosea may date to the early years of King Hoshea of Samaria. During this time, the land was again producing abundant fruit as it recovered from the…
Lord, help us be faithful to You in living out our missionary discipleship14th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 5th July 2022Hos. 8:4-7,11-13; Ps. 113b:3-4,5-6,7ab, and 8, 9-10; Mt. 9:32-38 (Ps Wk II) Today’s Gospel reading shows another miraculous deed of Jesus with the dumb demoniac (Mt.9:32-34). Matthew recorded the miracles of Jesus to present…
St Elizabeth of Portugal14th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 4th July 2022Hos. 2:16,17b-18,21-22; Ps. 144:2-3,4-5,6-7,8-9; Mt. 9:18-26 (Ps Wk II) God has established a covenant beyond usual expectations, and if we look carefully at the wording, it is a covenant not only with humanity, but with all creation. And all creation has a part…
The harvest is rich, but there is a shortage of workers14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Sunday 3rd July 2022Is. 66:10-14c; Ps. 65:1-3a,4-5,6-7a, 16 and 20; Gal. 6:14-18; Lk. 10:1-12, 17-20 (or 1-9) (Ps Wk II) Today’s Gospel speaks about the challenges, difficulties and rewards of discipleship. God is actively present in the here…
The Lord invites us to the peace He gives always... “Peace, I give to you"13th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 2nd July 2022Am. 9:11-15; Ps. 84:9,11-12,13-14; Mt. 9:14-17 (Ps Wk I) “The Lord speaks peace to His people,” exclaimed the psalmist. This is a very consoling and hopeful message. The Lord constantly reaches out…
St Matthew, pray for us13th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 1st July 2022Am. 8:4-6,9-12; Ps. 114:1-2,3-4,5-6,8-9; Mt. 9:9-13 (Ps Wk I) The measure of any nation’s religious health is not liturgical or theological correctness but how the poor, the weak and the vulnerable are treated. Here we have a situation where the religious establishment…
First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church13th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 30th June 2022Am. 7:10-17; Ps. 18:8,9,10,11; Mt. 9:1-8 (Ps Wk I) Amos was an unlikely prophet or missionary. He was not a member of the prophets’ union (there was one!) but a shepherd and dresser of trees. The professional prophets mocked him…