To love is never about liking, but rendering service through sweat, stress, and sacrifices5th Week of Easter : Sunday 18th May 2025Acts 14:21-27; Ps 144 (145):8-13 Rev 21:1-5; Jn 13:31-35 (Ps Wk I) Recognizing that work is part of God's good design for me and one of the ways in which I reflect God's image as…
Lord, we pray for zeal in our work to bring others to you4th Week of Easter : Saturday 17th May 2025Acts 13:44-52; Ps 97 (98):1-4; Jn 14:7-14 (Ps Wk IV) In any public conference, people of varied classes attend. Some come out of curiosity to know more about the topic, others come ready to mock and…
Jesus is not merely a guide to eternal life; He is the path itself4th Week of Easter : Friday 16th May 2025Acts 13:26-33; Ps 2:6-11; Jn 14:1-6 (Ps Wk IV) Do you allow troubles to rob you of God’s peace? Life’s challenges are inevitable, and at times they can overwhelm us. Whether it’s personal struggles,…
Lord, help us to serve others as You have served us.4th Week of Easter : Thursday 15th May 2025Acts 13:13-25; Ps 88 (89):2-3, 21-22, 25, 27 Jn 13:16-20 (Ps Wk IV) Jesus tells His Apostles that servants are not greater than their master. This saying of Jesus follows right after the remarkable passage in which Jesus…
ST MATTHIAS, APOSTLE, pray for usST MATTHIAS, APOSTLE : Wednesday 14th May 2025Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Ps 112 (113):1-8; Jn 15:9-17 (Ps Prop) There was a sudden opening among the 12 Apostles. Judas had committed suicide and now they had to choose his replacement. The requirements were few: the candidate had to have accompanied them from the…
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us4th Week of Easter : Tuesday 13th May 2025Acts 11:19-26; Ps 86 (87):1-7; Jn 10:22-30 (Ps Wk IV) The early persecution dispersed the believers to safety as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, Antioch and Cyrene. It was then that the encounter with Greeks provided the opportunity for believers to preach the…
SS Nereus & Achilleus, St Pancras, Martyrs, pray for us4th Week of Easter : Monday 12th May 2025Acts 11:1-18; Ps 41 (42):2-3, 42 (43):3-4; Jn 10:1-10 (Ps Wk IV) Today, we hear from Jesus, the parable of ‘The good shepherd’. We can imagine one of those sheepfolds in which the flocks of various shepherds are…
Jesus, our Good Shepherd, lead us safely to our eternal hopeGOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY : 11th May 2025Acts 13:14, 43-52; Ps 99 (100):1-3, 5; Rev 7:9, 14-17; Jn 10:27-30 (Ps Wk IV) How can I be the voice of Christ our Good Shepherd that raises the hope of those under my care? Shepherd in Biblical Hebrew has…
St John De Avila, Priest & Doctor, pray for us3rd Week of Easter : Saturday 10th May 2025Acts 9:31-42; Ps 115 (116):12-17; Jn 6:60-69 (Ps Wk III) How serious are we taking Jesus’ words? Today’s Gospel is a moment of profound significance where the words of Jesus challenge and test the faith of His disciples.…
Lord, help us to live the role that God has destined for each of us3rd Week of Easter : Friday 9th May 2025Acts 9:1-20; Ps 116 (117):1-2 Jn 6:52-59 (Ps Wk III) Today the Acts of the Apostles relates how Saul reappears, on his way to Damascus, authorised by the Jewish leaders to arrest any members…