Jesus says: Only one commandment “Love one another as I have loved you.” All other laws take second place30th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Friday 29th October 2021Rom. 9:1-5; Ps. 147:12-13,14-15,19-20; Lk. 14:1-6 (Ps Wk II) Jesus has accepted an invitation to eat in the house of a leading Pharisee on a Sabbath. Jesus…
Feast of Ss Simon and Jude, Apostles30th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Thursday 28th October 2021Eph. 2:19-22; Ps. 18:2-3,4-5; Lk. 6:12-19 (Psalter proper or feast) Do you recognise yourself in today’s first reading? Even though Paul was writing to the Church in Ephesus, he also had the wider Church in mind. We can consider…
Lord, help us with self-discipline and self-denial so as to enter the Kingdom of God through the narrow door30th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Wednesday 27th October 2021Rom. 8:26-30; Ps. 12:4-5,6; Lk. 13:22-30 (Ps Wk II) Today’s Gospel reading spells out what is required for one to enter the Kingdom of God. Jesus tells…
Lord, help me not to be discouraged by the world’s suffering30th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Tuesday 26th October 2021Rom. 8:18-25; Ps. 125:1-3,4-5,6; Lk. 13:18-21 (Ps Wk II) We usually think of redemption or salvation only in human terms. Paul tells us that we are part of creation, and all creation was groaning with…
Lord, help me to live by the Spirit and thus find peace and joy30th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday 25th October 2021Rom. 8:12-17; Ps. 67:2,4,6-7,20-21; Lk. 13:10-17 (Ps Wk II) The gospel passage today highlights the hypocrisy that may exist among religious leaders. Feeling compassion for the woman possessed by a spirit for…
Lord, help me to never give up calling out to YOU!30th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Sunday 24th October 2021Jer. 31:7-9; Ps. 125:1-3,4-5,6; Heb. 5:1-6; Mk. 10:46-52 (Ps Wk II) Most of Jeremiah’s prophecies were gloomy and grim. He warned the people unless they repented, they would be conquered and driven into exile. And…
Seek God...seek the face of God!29th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Saturday 23rd October 2021Rom. 8:1-11; Ps. 23:1-2,3-4,5-6; Lk. 13:1-9 (Ps Wk I) According to scholars, the context of Psalm 24 is that of the occasion when the Ark was brought up to Mt Zion, and into the temple in Jerusalem. Thus, the psalmist…
St John Paul II, Pope29th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Friday 22nd October 2021Rom. 7:18-26a; Ps. 118:66,68,76,77,93,94; Lk. 12:54-59 (Ps Wk I) Many of us at one time or another have felt like Paul did. We are divided and conflicted in ourselves. We want to avoid negative things, and yet we do them. We…
Lord, help me be committed to You without counting the cost29th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Thursday 21st October 2021Rom. 6:19-23; Ps. 1:1-2,3,4,6; Lk. 12:49-53 (Ps Wk I) Paul appeals to the human experience of being enslaved to sin as a means of showing its futility. The acknowledgement that this kind of life leads…
Lord, help me to follow Your Way every day and be faithful to You alone.29th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Wednesday 20th October 2021Rom. 6:12-18; Ps. 123:1-3,4-6,7-8; Lk. 12:39-48 (Ps Wk I) Paul told those baptised in Christ that they must not surrender themselves to sin. They were living under grace, having been brought…