Our Lady of Lourdes5th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Thursday 11th February 2021Gen. 2:18-25; Ps 127:1-2,3,4-5; Mk 7:24-30 (Ps Wk I) The first reading contains the story of the creation of woman, or rather the motive given by God for creating woman, that is, “It is not good that man should be alone.” As…
St Scholastica, Virgin5th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Wednesday 10th February 2021Gen. 2:4-9,15-17; Ps. 103:1-2,27-28,29-30; Mk. 7:14-23 (Ps Wk I) The account of the garden of Eden is a teaching story of a type well known in the ancient near east. It is not literal, but symbolic, and it has a profound message for…
Lord, help me to not to forget God's commandments as we obey human-made rules/laws5th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Tuesday 9th February 2021Gen. 1:20—2:4; Ps. 8:4-5,6-7,8-9; Mk. 7:1-13 (Ps Wk I) The Genesis account of creation as in the First reading illustrates how God looked into every detail in His art of creation. The…
St Josephine Bakhita, virgin5th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday 8th February 2021Gen. 1:1-19; Ps. 103:1-2,5-6,10,12,24,35; Mk. 6:53-56 (Ps Wk I) Today’s first reading comes from the first page of the Bible. It describes the creation of the world. This account is written in the tradition known as Priestly. The style is quite formal…
Life on earth will pass because our life is but a breath (Job 7:7).5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) : 7th February 2021Job. 7:1-4,6-7; Ps. 146:1-2,3-4,5-6; 1 Cor. 9:16-19,22-23; Mk. 1:29-39 (Ps Wk I) In today’s Gospel, we see Jesus in Capernaum, busy with his ministry by listening to those in need of Liberation. He…
Ss Paul Miki & Comps. Martyrs4th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Saturday 6th February 2021Heb. 13:15-17,20-21; Ps. 22:1-4,5,6; Mk. 6:30-34 (Ps Wk IV) Today we come to the end of the Letter to the Hebrews. The writer urges the community to live in faithfulness and peace, with Christ as the centre. We Christians live…
St Agatha, virgin & martyr4th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Friday 5th February 2021Heb. 13:1-8; Ps. 26:1,3,5,8-9; Mk. 6:14-29 (Ps Wk IV) In the ancient world, offering someone hospitality was not only an obligation but a sacred act. Those of the ancient world were responsible for the well-being of the person to whom hospitality…
Who is God to you? 4th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Thursday 4th February 2021Heb. 12:18-19,21-24; Ps. 47:2-4,9,10-11; Mk. 6:7-13 (Ps Wk IV) Who is God? God is the One Who is “great and worthy to be praised” (Ps 48:1). When we ponder on the psalmist’s words — do we realise, how seldom we…
St Blaise and the Blessing of Throats4th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Wednesday 3rd February 2021Heb. 12:4-7,11-15; Ps. 102:1-2,13-14,17-18; Mk. 6:1-6 (Ps Wk IV) In the first reading, the writer of Hebrews uses the metaphor of a father disciplining his children to explain suffering. According to him, because we are called to be sons…
Jesus came to call sinners to him ... that includes yu and me!Saturday after Ash Wednesday : 20th February 2021Is. 58:9b-14; Ps. 85:1-2,3-4,5-6; Lk. 5:27-32 (Ps Wk IV) Isaiah was sharing the Lord's message with the people. God would restore the people if they followed his conditions. It was a call to repentance and a…