Lord, help me to respond to Your call31st Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 5th November 2019Rom. 12:5-16; Ps. 131(130):1,2,3; Lk. 14:15-24 (Ps Wk III) What does it mean to be holy and to be part of Christ's body? When we realize that we are all connected to one another and to Jesus, there is…
St Charles Borromeo, bishop31st Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 4th November 2019Rom. 11:29-36; Ps. 69(68):30-31,33-34,36-37; Lk.14:12-14 (Ps Wk III) Jesus advises his disciples on the choice of invitees to the banquet. It is not those who can reciprocate but the less fortunate (poor, outcast, marginalized, deprived) who are not able to return any reward.…
God sees beyond what or who a person is, to what a person can become. 31st Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 3rd November 2019Wis 11:22 - 12:2; Ps. 145(144):1-2,8-9, 10-11,13-14; 2 The. 1:11-2:2; Lk. 19:1-10 (Ps Wk III) Today, we reflect on God’s abundant love for humanity. The idea that God never gives up…
Eternal rest and everlasting life and joy grant unto all, O Lord,ALL SOULS : Saturday 2nd November 2019Is. 25:6-9; Ps. 27(26):1,4,7-9,13-14; Rom 5:5-11; Lk. 7:11-17 (Ps Wk II) All cultures have faced the inevitable mystery of death with various rites of remembrance and reverence for the dead. Thus, the Second Book of Maccabees, which we…
Our calling is to be like Jesus as much as we can each dayALL SAINTS : Friday 1st November 2019Rev. 7:2-4, 9-14; Ps.24(23): 1-2, 3-4ab,5-6; 1 Jn.3:1-3; Mt.5:1-12a (Psalter proper) How many are going to heaven? Revelation hints not many - 144,000 - but this should not be taken literally. It is a symbolic number…
Nothing can separate us from the love of God30th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 31st October 2019Rom. 8:31b-39; Ps. 109(108):21-22,26-27,30-31; Lk. 13:31-35 (Ps Wk II) We live in uncertainty; economic, political and social conflicts leave us scrambling for some guarantee, or at least some lessened risk of disaster and failure. But our faith gives…
Lord, let me not take Your gifts for granted but use them for Your Kingdom30th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 30th October 2019Rom. 8:26-30; Ps. 13(12):4-5,6; Lk. 12:22-30 (Ps Wk II) In the first reading, Paul gives us one of the most important passages on prayer: “the Spirit helps us in our weakness …”…
Lord, help me to place my hope and trust in You30th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 29th October 2019Rom. 8:18-25; Ps. 126(125):1-3,4-5,6; Lk. 13:18-21 (Ps Wk II) Paul recognized the tension between the suffering that people were enduring and the great hope that they had in Christ. He encouraged the Church at Rome to…
Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles30th Week in Ordinary Time :Monday 28th October 2019Eph. 2:19-22; Ps. 19(18):2-3,4-5; Lk. 6:12-19 (Ps Wk II) The feast of the lesser known apostles, such as Simon and Jude, reminds us of St Paul’s teaching that God has chosen the less important people to be the channels of his…
Lean on God's Wisdom30th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 27th October 2019Sir. 35:15b-17,20-22; Ps. 34(33):2-3,17-18,19,23; 2 Tim. 4:6-8,16-18; Lk. 18:9-14 (Ps Wk II) The Book of Sirah of Ecclesiasticus as it is sometimes called is found in the Greek translation of the Jewish Bible called the Pentatuch on which the Catholic canon was based.…