Lord, Lord, I place my life in Your handsThursday after Ash Wednesday : 18th February 2021Deut. 30:15-20; Ps. 1:1-2,3,4,6; Lk. 9:22-25 (Ps Wk IV) Lent is a time to step back and look at the bigger picture. In life, some things seem attractive at first but end up leaving us feeling empty. What is it…
Lord, put in me “a steadfast spirit” this Lent ... that I may grow closer to YouASH WEDNESDAY (B) : 17th February 2021JOEL 2:12-18; pS. 50:3-4,5-6,12-13, 14,17; 2 Cor. 5:20—6:2; Mt. 6:1-6,16-18 (Ps Wk IV) Today is Ash Wednesday and is the beginning of Lent. Lent is the 40 days of intensified prayer, fasting, and…
Lord, help me to focus on You, my Divine Provider, and not on the gifts6th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Tuesday 16th February 2021Gen. 6:5-8; 7:1-5,10; Ps. 1,2,3-4,9-10; Mk. 8:14-21 (Ps Wk II) How easy it is for us to miss the point about God. This seems to be the message in both readings…
Lord, help me to keep my focus on Your Holy Presence with me throughout the day6th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday 15th February 2021Gen. 4:1-15,25; Ps. 49:1,8,16-17,20-21; Mk. 8:11-13 (Ps Wk II) Today’s readings have to do with “signs”. In the first reading Cain, who has murdered his brother Abel, is condemned by…
Lord, make my heart clean of self-centredness and self-righteous6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) : 14th February 2021Lev. 13:1-2,44-46; Ps. 31:1-2,5,11; 1 Cor. 10:31—11:1; MK. 1:40-45 (Ps Wk II) The essence of Jesus’ mission was to restore humanity in the glory of God, His Father. True to His identity, He felt compassion for the outcast…
Lord, remove all fear and doubt from my heart5th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Saturday 13th February 2021Gen. 3:9-24; Ps. 89:2,3-4,5-6,12-13; MK. 8:1-10 (Ps Wk I) ‘Where are you?’ This is the question God has asked humans for thousands of years. We avoid him. We hide from God because we are frightened or ashamed.…
Lord, Open my eyes and my ears... to hear and see You .. in people, in events, everywhere!5th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Friday 12th February 2021Gen. 3:1-8; Ps. 31:1-2,5,6,7; Mk. 7:31-37 (Ps Wk I) Jesus' mission, which began in Galilea, now brings him into Gentile territory. Gentiles are allowed to experience the saving…
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…