World Day For Grandparents And The Elderly17th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 27th July 2025Gen 18:20-32; Ps 137 (138):1-3, 6-8; Col 2:12-14; Lk 11:1-13 (Ps Wk I) A sincere prayer produces tenacity and persistence. Such qualities should be fruits of the Our Father prayer that Jesus taught us, especially when we want something very…
Ss Joachim & Anne, Parents of the B.V.M. , pray for us16th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 26th July 2025Ex 24:3-8; Ps 49 (50):1-2, 5-6, 14-15; Mt 13:24-30 (Ps Wk IV) Jesus, chooses common everyday images familiar to His followers to get close to the kingdom of heaven. The images contain hidden meanings. Imagine the…
ST JAMES, APOSTLE, pray for us16th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 25th July 20252 Cor 4:7-15; Ps 125 (126):1-6; Mt 20:20-28 (Ps Wk IV) Our bodies are so frail and prone to injury and illness. We see even young people and children die before their time. We tend to think that we are guaranteed a…
St Charbel Makhluf, Priest, pray for us16th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 24th July 2025Ex 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20; (R Ps) Dan 3:52-56; Mt 13:10-17 (Ps Wk IV) Now and again, it is not uncommon to hear people say Scripture is too ancient to be understood. But take heart, Jesus’ answer to His disciples’ question, “Why…
St Bridget of Sweden, Religious, pray for us16th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 23rd July 2025Ex 16:1-5, 9-15; Ps 77 (78):18-19, 23-28; Mt 13:1-9 (Ps Wk IV) It is clear for us that in the Parable of the Sower, the seed represents the Word of God, with Christ as the sower. The soil represents our…
ST MARY MAGDALENE, Apostle of the Apostles pray for us16th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 22nd July 2025Song 3:1-4 or 2 Cor 5:14-17; Ps 62 (63):2-6, 8-9; Jn 20:1-2, 11-18 (Ps Wk IV) Jesus has the power to change our lives. We see such a graced change in the life of St. Mary Magdalene. Originally,…
St Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest & Doctor, pray for us16th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 21st July 2025Ex 14:5-18; (R Ps) Ex 15:1-6; Mt 12:38-42 (Ps Wk IV) Both the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures are filled with the ‘signs and wonders’ that God has wrought in human history. The Passover retells the story of the…
Thank you, Jesus, for the hope You give us by freeing us from idle worries16th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 20th July 2025Gen 18:1-10; Ps 14 (15): 2-5; Col 1:24-28; Lk 10:38-42 (Ps Wk IV) In the Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Abba Apollos said: “‘We must venerate the brothers who come by. It…
Thank you, Jesus, for the hope You give us by freeing us from idle worries15th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 19th July 2025Ex 12:37-42; Ps 135 (136):1, 10-15, 23-24; Mt 12:14-21 (Ps Wk III) It takes a grave experience for people to change their treatment of others. The Lord had just brought the tenth plague,…
True discipleship is not mere ritual performance but personal and intimate.15th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 18th July 2025Ex 11:10 – 12:14; Ps 115 (116):12-13, 15-18; Mt 12:1-8 (Ps Wk III) In Matthew’s Gospel, we read “I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. If you had known what these words mean,…