Lord, help me to remain steadfast and close to You at all times7th Week of Easter : Saturday 7th June 2025Acts 28:16-20, 30-31; Ps 10 (11):4-5, 7; Jn 21:20-25 (Ps Wk III) Most farewells are loaded with poignant and immortalized undertones, to draw us deeply into the scenes with trepidation and expectancy, bequeathed with an openness…
St Norbert, Bishop, pray for us7th Week of Easter : Friday 6th June 2025Acts 25:13-21; Ps 102 (103):1-2, 11-12, 19-20; Jn 21:15-19 (Ps Wk III) The Roman governor Festus did not know what to make of Paul. Why were his own people so against him? And why had Paul requested a trial before the emperor? Festus…
St Boniface, Bishop & Martyr, pray for us7th Week of Easter : Thursday 5th June 2025Acts 22:30, 23:6-11; Ps 15 (16):1-2, 5, 7-11; Jn 17:20-26 (Ps Wk III) It was evidently clear that, by now, Paul’s life was totally in the Spirit of the Lord. He was attentive to his audience in the Council, comprising dissenting…
Lord, help me to be true to You and to belong to You alone7th Week of Easter : Wednesday 4th June 2025Acts 20:28-38; Ps 67 (68):29-30, 33-36; Jn 17:11-19 (Ps Wk III) Jesus prays to the Father that His disciples may be “one like us.” Ever wonder what these three words mean? Simply put, Jesus is…
Lord, may my life reveal Your light and love to others7th Week of Easter : Tuesday 3rd June 2025Acts 20:17-27; Ps 67 (68):10-11, 20-21; Jn 17:1-11 (Ps Wk III) Paul probably knew what lay ahead of him. He suspected that things would not go well for him in Jerusalem, but his conscience was clear. He gave…
Ss Marcellinus & Peter, Martyrs, pray for us7th Week of Easter : Monday 2nd June 2025Acts 19:1-8; Ps 67 (68):2-7; Jn 16:29-33 (Ps Wk III) Jesus prepared His disciples to face the future without hiding the ugly reality of troubling forces. “I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. In…
Lord, help me to be compassionate towards others7th Week of Easter : Sunday 1st June 2025Acts 7:55-60; Ps 96 (97):1-2, 6-7, 9; Rev 22:12-14, 16-17, 20; Jn 17:20-26; (Ps Wk III) From Stephen, the first martyr, we read he fell to his knees and cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin…
VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY6th Week of Easter : Saturday 31st May 2025Zeph 3:14-18 or Rom 12:9-16; (R Ps) Is 12:2-6; Lk 1:39-56 (Ps Wk II) Here is a timeless song of joy. “Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! The Lord has taken away the judgments against you, He…
Lord, open my heart to submit to Your goodness beyond my prejudice6th Week of Easter : Friday 30th May 2025Acts 18:9-19; Ps 46 (47):2-7; Jn 16:20-23 (Ps Wk II) “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because…
ASCENSION OF OUR LORD6th Week of Easter : Thursday 29th May 2025Acts 1:1-11; Ps 46 (47):2-3, 6-9; Heb 9:24-28, 10:19-23; Lk 24:46-53 (Ps Wk II) “You are witnesses to this.” Prior to His ascending to the Father in heaven, Jesus reminds His disciples of His life and mission on earth. His passion, death and resurrection were…