11th Week in Ordinary Time11th Week in Ordinary Time: Monday 17th June 20192 Cor. 6:1-10; Ps. 98(97):1,2-4; Mt. 5:38-42 (Ps Wk II) Do you have an enemy? Has someone ever hurt you so deeply, that it causes you to lose sleep? In times of pain, it can be tempting to think of revenge. I want…
The Most Holy Trinity (C)Trinity Sunday: 16th June 2019Prov. 8:22-31; Ps. 9(8):4-5,6-7,8-9; Rom. 5:1-5; Jn. 16:12-15 (Psalter proper) We have the assurance: the Spirit will guide you to the whole truth! Human strength admires holding on and personal independence! But the mystery of the Trinity is about each One letting go into the Other! God’s…
10th Week in Ordinary Time10th Week in Ordinary Time: Saturday 15th June 20192 Cor. 5:14-21; Ps. 102:1-2,3-4,8-9,11-12; Mt. 5:33-37 (Ps Wk II) Following Jesus is not just ‘being good,’ but taking part in renewing the world and all humanity. Jesus remade the world, and anyone who lives in Christ is a new person for an…
10th Week in Ordinary Time10th Week in Ordinary Time: Friday 14th June 20192 Cor. 4:7-15; Ps. 116(115):10-11,15-16, 17-18; Mt. 5:33-37 (Ps Wk II) The Sermon on the Mount is considered by many as the most inspiring text in the New Testament. Why? Mostly because it describes the qualities that the followers of Jesus are expected…
10th Week in Ordinary Time10th Week in Ordinary Time, St Anthony of Padua: Thursday 13th June 20192 Cor. 3:15-4:1,3-6; Ps. 85(84):9,10,11-12, 13-14; Mt. 5:20-26 (Ps Wk II) Paul, in his letter to the Corinthians, contrasts the ‘blindness’ that prevent the Jews from recognising the true meaning of the law and thereby, from recognising Jesus as…
10th Week in Ordinary Time10th Week in Ordinary Time: Wednesday 12th June 20192 Cor. 3:4-11; Ps. 99(98):5,6,7,8,9; Mt. 5:17-19 (Ps Wk II) How shall we understand the 2 Corinthians passage for today? One approach we can take is to look at what Paul says: i) about himself and other workers of the Gospel; and ii)…
10th Week in Ordinary Time10th Week in Ordinary Time, St Barnabas, Apostle: Tuesday 11th June 2019Acts 11:21-26; 13:1-3; Ps. 98(97):1,2-4,5-6; Mt. 10:7-13 (Ps Wk II) “As you go … proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is close at hand”. The urgency of the message is stressed … they are to waste no time on non-essentials…
10th Week in Ordinary Time10th Week in Ordinary Time – Our Lady, Mother of the Church: Monday 10th June 2019Gen. 3:9-15,20 or Acts 1:12-14; Ps. 87(86):1-2,3,5,6-7; Jn. 19:25-34 (Ps Wk II) Our Lady has been given many titles, stressing her role in union with her Son Jesus in God’s work of salvation. Many of the…
Pentecost SundayPENTECOST SUNDAY (C): 9th June 2019Acts 2:1-11; Ps. 104(103):1,24,29-30,31,34; Rom. 8:8-17; Jn. 14:15-16,23-26 (Psalter proper) Today is Pentecost Sunday. Today is the 50th day of the resurrection of our Lord. Today we remember the coming of the Holy Spirit. When the Holy Spirit came, the Holy Spirit came dramatically. The apostles were in one…
7th Week of Easter7th Week of Easter: Saturday, 8th June 2019Acts 28:16-20,30-31; Ps. 11(10):4,5,7; Jn. 21:20-25 (Ps Wk III) In the first reading, we read how Paul arrives in chains to Rome. While there, he makes an attempt to meet with the Roman Jews in order to explain his case to them. Even in difficult…