Lord Jesus, help us build your Father’s kingdom here on earth5th Week in Ordainary Time (C) : Saturday 12th February 20221 Kgs 12:26-32; 13:33-34; Ps. 105:6-7,19-20,21-22; Mk. 8:1-10 (Ps Wk I) Mark’s Gospel recounts a familiar miracle of Jesus, the multiplication of loaves and fish to feed a multitude. Yet, the familiar leads us to…
Our Lady of Lourdes5th Week in Ordainary Time (C) : Friday 11th February 20221 Kgs. 11:29-32; 12:19; Ps. 80:10-11,12-13,14-15; Mk. 7:31-37 (Ps Wk I) Disunity is a terrible thing – it tears communities apart and sets one person against another. So often, disunity starts through backbiting, gossip, power struggles, selfishness, and misunderstandings. This is what…
St Scholastica, Virgin5th Week in Ordainary Time (C) : Thursday 10th February 20221 Kgs. 11:4-13; Ps. 105:3-4,35-36,37,40; Mk. 7:24-30 (Ps Wk I) The readings of today’s Liturgy from 1 Kings and Mark’s Gospel show a contrast in attitudes. In 1 Kings, a leader of God’s chosen people, Solomon, should have been a model worshipper of…
Lord, let Your Word always be in our hearts5th Week in Ordainary Time (C) : Wednesday 9th February 20221 Kgs. 10:1-10; Ps. 36:5-6,30-31,39-40; Mk. 7:14-23 (Ps Wk I) In the Gospel reading, Jesus tells the people to - “listen … understand … and … see …” (Vv 16, 18). So, what is it that Jesus…
Lord, open my heart to understand and follow Your way6th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Tuesday 15th February 2022Jm. 1:12-18; Ps. 93:12-13,14-15,18-19; Mk. 8:14-21 (Ps Wk II) James contrasted the evil of giving in to temptation with the act of giving. He wrote that temptation came from one’s own desires, not from God, for…
St Jerome Emiliani; St Josephine Bakhita, virgin 5th Week in Ordainary Time (C) : Tuesday 8th February 20221 Kgs. 8:1-7,9-13; Ps. 131:6-7,8-10; Mk. 6:53-56 (Ps Wk I) In the first reading, King Solomon offered sacrifices before the Ark of the Covenant. The Ark represented the presence of God in His new home. The joy and…
Lord, I am unworthy, but use me as You will5th Week in Ordainary Time (C) : Monday 7th February 20221 Kgs. 8:1-7,9-13; Ps. 131:6-7,8-10; Mk. 6:53-56 (Ps Wk I) In the first reading, King Solomon offered sacrifices before the Ark of the Covenant. The Ark represented the presence of God in His new home. The…
Lord, I am unworthy, but use me as You will5th Sunday in Ordainary Time (C) : 6th February 2022Is. 6:1-2,3-8; Ps. 137:1-3,4-5,7-8; 1 Cor. 15:1-11 (or 15:3-8,11) Lk. 5:1-11 (Ps Wk I) If a common message runs through the Scripture readings today, it is the irony that God chooses those people deemed unworthy for His…
St Agatha, virgin & martyr4th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 5th February 2022I Kgs. 3:4-13; Ps. 118:9,10,11,12,13,14; Mk. 6:30-34 (Ps Wk IV) Today’s Gospel passage is a prelude to the ‘Multiplication of the Loaves’. It includes the following: i) Jesus’ invitation to the Apostles to rest in a lonely place by themselves (vs 30-31)…
St Blaise, bishop & martyr; St Ansgar, bishop4th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 4th February 2022Sir. 47:2-13; Ps. 17:31,47,50,51; Mk. 6:14-29 (Ps Wk IV) God chose King David while he was still a youth. David killed Goliath, not by his own strength but by the power given to him by God after he had…