Do I love Jesus enough to fall at His feet, unguarded, and give Him everything?24th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 18th September 20251 Tim4:12-16; Ps 110 (111):7-10 Lk 7:36-50 (Ps WkIV) Discipleship is never theoretical. It is seen, touched, and wept over. In Luke 7:36-50, we encounter a woman whose actions speak louder than…
ST ROBERT BELLARMINE, Bishop & Doctor ST HILDEGARD OF BINGEN, Virgin & Doctor, pray for us24th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 17th September 20251 Tim3:14-16; Ps llO (lll):1-6; Lk 7:31-35 (Ps WkIV) "We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not cry." (v32) If…
SS CORNELIUS, Pope & CYPRIAN, Bishop, Martyrs, pray for us24th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 16th September 20251 Tim 3:1-13; Ps 100 (101):1-3, 5-6; Lk7:ll-17 (PsWkIV) "Whoever aspires to the office of bishop desires a noble task." (1 Tim 3:1) With these words, St Paul addressed to Timothy that those called to serve as…
Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for us24th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 15th September 2025Heb 5:7-9; Ps 30 (31):2-6, 15-16, 20; Jn 19:25-27 or Lk 2:33-35 (Ps Prop) The pieta is considered a stunning masterpiece that depicts the profundity of heartache and sorrow. Beauty is not erased by sorrow, on the contrary, it illustrates…
Exaltation of the Holy Cross24th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 14th September 2025Num 21:4-9; Ps 77 (78):1-2, 34-38; Phil 2:6-11; Jo 3:13-17 (Ps WkIV) Today's readings contain the entire Gospel in just a few verses. In response to the murmuring and rebellion of the Israelites, God sent fiery serpents to bite and harass them.…
ST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, Bishop & Doctor, pray for us23rd Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 13th September 20251 Tim 1:15-17; Ps 112 (113):1-7; Lk 6:43-49 (Ps Wk III) The consistency between words and actions - that's what exposes a hypocrite. We label hypocrites as people who pretend to be virtuous and often advocating proper norms…
The Most Holy Name of Mary23rd Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 12th September 20251 Tim 1:1-2, 12-14; Ps 15 (16):1-2, 5, 7-8, 11; Lk 6:39-42 (Ps Wk III) Jesus teaches His disciples by raising the issue, "How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove that splinter in your eye,' when you…
Members of the Body of Christ live in peace, harmony and with a forgiving and grateful heart23rd Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 11th September 2025Col3:12-17; Ps 150 (151):1-6; Lk6:27-38 (Ps WkIII) In Christian Hans Andersen's story of the Emperor's New Clothes, deception is displayed by two dishonest tailors. They deceived the vain emperor to…
Lord, help me to see others with Christ-centred humility, equality, and love23rd Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 10th September 2025Col 3:1-11; Ps 144 (145):2-3, 10-13; Lk6:20-26 (Ps WkIII) The new life in Christ behests our commitment to pave a new way of relating to one another which affects our care of creation. St Paul…
ST PETER CLAVER, Priest, pray for us23rd Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 9th September 2025Col 2:6-15; Ps 144 (145):1-2, 8-11; Lk6:12-19 (Ps WkIII) The Colossians were being distracted by several philosophical movements which proposed that the universe was controlled by various angelic beings, 'principalities and powers,' who controlled not only the physical universe, but…