St Cecilia, virgin & martyr34th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday 22nd November 2021Dan. 1:1-6,8-20; (R. Ps.) Dan. 3:52,53,54, 55,56; Lk. 21:1-4 (Ps. Wk. II) Today’s readings give us great examples of trust in the Lord in order to teach us how to deepen our own trust in God’s providence. The situation of those…
All Glory and Honour to Jesus Christ our KingSolemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (B) : Sunday 21st November 2021Dan. 7:13-14; Ps. 92:1-2,5; Rev. 1:5-8; Jn. 18:33-37 (Ps. Wk. II) Today, the Scripture readings speak about the kingship of Jesus, although in different ways. In the first reading, Daniel describes his…
Thank you, Lord Jesus, for the gift of eternal life with you33rd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Saturday 20th November 20211 Mac. 6:1-13; Ps. 9:2-3,6,16,19; Lk. 20:27-40 (Ps. Wk. I) King Antiochus had stolen the gold and silver vessels from the Jerusalem Temple. The following year, he returned and viciously attacked Jerusalem. A while…
Dedication of the Basilicas of St Peter and St Paul33rd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Friday 19th November 20211 Mac. 4:36-37,52-59; (R. Ps.) 1 Chr. 29:10,11-12; Lk. 19:45-48 (Ps. Wk. I) These days, the readings taken from the book of Maccabees and often give us a violent way of defending the faith and the…
Dedication of the Basilicas of St Peter and St Paul 33rd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Thursday 18th November 20211 Mac. 2:15-29; Ps. 49:1-2,5-6,14-15; Lk. 19:41-44 (Ps. Wk. I) In the worst of times, when, as a community, we find it difficult to believe in God, heroes arise. Mattathias, about whom we read today,…
St Elizabeth of Hungary, religious33rd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Wednesday 17th November 20212 Mac. 7:1,20-31; Ps. 16:1,5-6,8,15; Lk. 19:11-28 (Ps. Wk. I) Like the other Jews of their time, Jesus’ disciples expected a political Messiah, and this notion continued even after the Resurrection. Thus, they asked Jesus, just before his Ascension, “Will you…
“Today salvation has come to this house” (Lk. 19:9)33rd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Tuesday 16th November 20212 Mac. 6:18-31; Ps. 3:2-3,4-5,6-7; Lk. 19:1-10 (Ps. Wk. I) The story of Zacchaeus can serve as a parable of hope. His action of climbing the sycamore tree was, it seems, merely motivated by curiosity in wanting…
St Albert the Great, bishop & doctor33rd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday 15th November 20211 Mac. 1:10-15,41-4354-57,62-64; Ps. 118:53,61,134,150,155,158; Lk. 18:35-43 (Ps. Wk. I) To make an alliance with the Gentile nations surrounding Israel seemed to some people to be a politically desirable way of proceeding to enhance the nation’s prospects. But they…
Fifth World Day of the Poor 33rd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Sunday 14th November 2021Dan. 12:1-3; Ps. 15:5,8,9-10,11; Heb. 10:11-14,18; Mk. 13:24-32 (Ps. Wk. I) Many people lose heart in the face of so much evil, injustice and negativity. Their efforts to be faithful and to do good may seem useless, naïve, and…
Lord, help us to stay faithful to You32nd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Saturday 13th November 2021Wis. 18:14-16; 19:6-9; Ps. 104:2-3,36-37, 42-43; Lk. 18:1-8 (Ps. Wk. IV) The Wisdom of Solomon contrasted the evil of the Egyptians, who had killed the infants of the Israelites in the Nile River, with the miraculous rescue of…