SS SIMON AND JUDE, APOSTLES, pray for us30th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 28th October 2025Eph 2:19-22; Ps 18 (19):2-5; Lk 6:12-19 (Ps Wk II) The two Apostles—Simon and Jude—are quiet figures in the Gospel, yet pillars in the foundation of the Church. Chosen by Christ after a night of prayer, they were sent…
For it is only when we empty our hearts can God fill us with His power and grace (2 Cor 12:9)30th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 27th October 2025Rom 8:12-17; Ps 67 (68):2, 4, 6-7, 20-21; Lk 13:10-17 (Ps Wk II) Jesus confronts a mindset that values rules over healing. The idea that one…
For it is only when we empty our hearts can God fill us with His power and grace (2 Cor 12:9)30th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 26th October 2025Ecclus 35:15-17, 20-22; Ps 33 (34):2-3, 17-19, 23; 2 Tim 4:6-8, 16-18; Lk 18:9-14 (Ps Wk II) Virtue signalling is an attempt to show others that…
Christ Way of life - To show a life of repentance by feeding the hungry, to visit the sick and those in prison and to look after those less fortunate29th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 25th October 2025Rom 8:1-11; Ps 23 (24):1-6; Lk 13:1-9 (Ps Wk I) When Paul wrote that there is “no…
ST ANTHONY MARY CLARET, Bishop, pray for us29th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 24th October 2025Rom 7:18-25; Ps 118 (119):66, 68, 76-77, 93-94; Lk 12:54-59 (Ps Wk I) St Paul’s epistle to the Romans, presented us with the “True Self” and the “Unspiritual Self”. The True Self wishes to do the “good things” (v19)…
ST JOHN OF CAPESTRANO, Priest, pray for us29th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 23rd October 2025Rom 6:19-23; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 12:49-53 (Ps Wk I) “I have come to bring fire to the earth and how I wish it were blazing already!”. In Scripture, fire has dual meaning. On one hand, a fire that…
ST JOHN PAUL II, Pope, pray for us29th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 22nd October 2025Rom 6:12-18; Ps 123 (124):1-8; Lk 12: 39-48 (Ps Wk I) After Jesus’ resurrection, the early Christians believed Jesus would return to judge the world. However, Jesus did not return immediately as anticipated. So, some Christians began to doubt…
To live each moment as if it were the moment to do one noble act: to forgive, to serve, to speak truth, to love boldly. No more delaying. Jesus is near!29th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 21st October 2025Rom 5:12, 15, 17-21; Ps 39 (40):7-10, 17; Lk 12:35-38 (Ps Wk I) St Paul speaks…
Do we ask for inheritance like the man in the crowd instead of intimacy with the closeness and providence of the Lord?29th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 20th October 2025Ex 17:8-13; Ps 120 (121):1-8; 2 Tim 3:14—4:2; Lk 18:1-8 (Ps Wk I) Abraham’s faith was not transactional. He did not believe in God to…
MISSION SUNDAY29th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 19th October 2025Ex 17:8-13; Ps 120 (121):1-8; 2 Tim 3:14—4:2; Lk 18:1-8 (Ps Wk I) Was there magic in the arms of Moses? Why did the Israelites only prevail against their enemy when he had his arms up? They were a sign of encouragement and a reminder…