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30th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 31st October 2023

Lord, help me to be a witness to your Message in my life?30th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 31st October 2023Rom. 8:18-25; Ps. 125:1-2ab,2cd-3,4-5,6; Lk. 13:18-21 (Ps. Wk. II) Luke gives two brief parables of Jesus, which describe the Kingdom or the Reign of God in this world. They may be brief, but they…

30th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 30th October 2023

Lord, may I always show compassion and mercy to others30th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 30th October 2023Rom. 8:12-17; Ps. 67:2 and 4,6-7ab,20-21; Lk. 13:10-17 (Ps. Wk. II) We can choose to be led by the flesh or by the spirit. If we are led by the flesh, we turn away from God and…

30th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 29th October 2023

Lord, help me love You and all those around me as You love them30th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 29th October 2023Ex. 22:20-26; Ps. 17:2-3a,3bc-4,47 and 51ab; 1 Thess. 1:5c-10; Mt. 22:34-40 (Ps. Wk. II) Jesus had just silenced the Sadducees who had tried to catch Him out with a problem to which they…

29th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 28th October 2023

Feast of SS Simon and Jude, Apostles, pray for us29th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 28th October 2023Eph. 2:19-22; Ps. 18:2-3,4-5; Lk. 6:12-19 (Psalter proper or feast) Our world is seriously divided, and even our Church has not been spared. Many identify themselves by what they are not rather than what they are, and…

29th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 27th October 2023

Speak, Lord, your servant is listening29th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 27th October 2023Rom. 6:19-23; Ps. 1:1-2,3,4 and 6; Lk. 12:49-53 (Ps. Wk. I) The famous “Prayer of Serenity” asks God for the serenity to accept the things that one cannot change, the courage to change the things that one can and the wisdom…

29th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 26th October 2023

Holy Spirit, lead us to the paths that follow Jesus’ way of life in Peace, Justice and Hope29th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 26th October 2023Rom. 6:19-23; Ps. 1:1-2,3,4 and 6; Lk. 12:49-53 (Ps. Wk. I) In today’s Gospel reading, we see Jesus giving us stern warnings, unlike His usual gentle and mild reminders.…

29th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 25th October 2023

Lord, may You be my Master always29th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 25th October 2023Rom. 6:12-18; Ps. 123:1-3,4-6,7-8; Lk. 12:39-48 (Ps. Wk. I) The parable in the Gospel is linked to the inevitable return of the Son of Man at the end of time. The main point here is the challenge to the believer…

29th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 24th October 2023

St Anthony Mary Claret, bishop, pray for us29th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 24th October 2023Rom. 5:12,15b,17-19,20b-21; Ps. 39:7-8a,8b-9,10,17; Lk. 12:35-38 (Ps. Wk. I) Paul wrote to the Church in Rome about sin and grace. Sin came into the world through one man, Adam, but grace also came into the world through one man,…

29th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 23rd October 2023

St John of Capestrano, priest, pray for us29th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 23rd October 2023Rom. 4:20-25; (R. Ps.) Lk. 1:69-70,71-72,73-75; Lk. 12:13-21 (Ps. Wk. I) Someone in the crowd asks Jesus to be the arbitrator over the distribution of their family fortunes. Jesus declines but tells the people to guard themselves against greed…

29th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 22nd October 2023

Lord, may we be faithful to our calling and remember that You are with us, always leading us to You!29th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 22nd October 2023Is. 45:1-6; Ps. 95:1 and 3,4-5,7-8a,9-10c; 1 Thess. 1:1-5b; Mt. 22:15-21 (Ps. Wk. I) Today’s first two readings talk about the call and faithfulness to that call.…