St Peter Chanel, Priest & Martyr; St Louis M. Grignion de Montfort, Priest , pray for us2nd Week of Easter : Monday 28th April 2025Acts 4:23-31; Ps 2:1-9; Jn 3:1-8 (Ps Wk II) Faced with new technologies, it is necessary to re-examine our attitudes towards new and unfamiliar things in the light of faith. The reading…
Have mercy on me, O Lord and let me rise in hope againDIVINE MERCY SUNDAY (C) Second Sunday of Easter : 27th April 2025Acts 5:12-16; Ps 117 (118):2-4, 22-27; Rev 1:9-13, 17-19; Jn 20:19-31 Divine mercy is not for the immoderate pious or purist. They consider themselves untouchable by sin. However, sinners who long to…
Lord, I believe You; help me be your witness in a derisive crowdSATURDAY WITHIN EASTER OCTAVE : 26th April 2025Acts 4:13-21; Ps 117 (118):1, 14-21; Mk 16:9-15 (Psalter Proper) The advance of science and technology to claim absolute truth has its setback. With AI, anything portrayed in the media is suspicious. While science accepts empirical evidence as…
Eucharist is a meal with Jesus Who has provided all that they needed. Do we trust Jesus to provide all that we need?FRIDAY WITHIN EASTER OCTAVE : 25th April 2025Acts 4:1-12; Ps 117 (118):1-2, 4, 22-27; Jn 21:1-14 (Psalter Proper) The encounter with the Crucified and Risen Jesus has dramatically emboldened the Apostles to proclaim…
Lord, grant us courage to be Your witnesses!THURSDAY WITHIN EASTER OCTAVE : 24th April 2025Acts 3:11-26; Ps 8:2, 5-9; Lk 24:35-48 (Psalter Proper) It’s Easter Octave. The two disciples at Emmaus, “ had recognized Jesus at the breaking of bread’’ (Lk 24:35,31). Later, when Jesus appeared to them again in an enclosed room, what was…
Lord, give me the grace to be able to recognize You in all of the hooks and crooks of our activities of daily livingWEDNESDAY WITHIN EASTER OCTAVE : 23rd April 2025Acts 3:1-10; Ps 104 (105):1-4, 6-9; Lk 24:13-35 (Psalter Proper) Someone once said, “Gratitude comes from knowing God.” In Luke’s Emmaus episode, two of the disciples…
Is Jesus inviting me to admit some sin? Does Jesus want me to reconcile with Him and give me new life?TUESDAY WITHIN EASTER OCTAVE : 22nd April 2025Acts 2:36-41; Ps 32 (33):4-5, 18-20, 22; Jn 20:11-18 (Psalter Proper) At the beginning of today’s Gospel, Mary Magdalene is crying, at the end, she is astounded. What…
“Do not be afraid.” “If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Rm 8:31).MONDAY WITHIN EASTER OCTAVE : 21st April 2025Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 15 (16):1-2, 5, 7-11; Mt 28:8-15 (Psalter Proper) The appearances of our Risen Lord Jesus to several disciples are accompanied by a mandate to continue His good work. While the…
Dear Risen Jesus, enlighten our minds and hearts to joyful service and friendship with YouEASTER SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S RESURRECTION (C) : 20th April 2025Acts 10:34, 37-43; Ps 117 (118):1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6-8; Jn 20:1-9 or Lk 24:1-12 (Psalter Proper) Imagine how Mary Magdalene must have felt when she first discovered…
Lord, may my heart magnify the graces You lavish on usHOLY SATURDAY : 19th April 2025Gen 1:1—2:2; 22:1-18; Ex 14:15—15:1; Is 54:5-14; 55:1-11; Bar 3:9-15, 32—4:4; Ez 36:16-17, 18-28; Rom 6:3-11; Lk 24:1-12 (Psalter Proper) The readings from the Easter Vigil lays before us the entire drama of creation - the Fall, the call from…