St Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest & Doctor, pray for us16th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 21st July 2025Ex 14:5-18; (R Ps) Ex 15:1-6; Mt 12:38-42 (Ps Wk IV) Both the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures are filled with the ‘signs and wonders’ that God has wrought in human history. The Passover retells the story of the…
Thank you, Jesus, for the hope You give us by freeing us from idle worries16th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 20th July 2025Gen 18:1-10; Ps 14 (15): 2-5; Col 1:24-28; Lk 10:38-42 (Ps Wk IV) In the Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Abba Apollos said: “‘We must venerate the brothers who come by. It…
Thank you, Jesus, for the hope You give us by freeing us from idle worries15th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 19th July 2025Ex 12:37-42; Ps 135 (136):1, 10-15, 23-24; Mt 12:14-21 (Ps Wk III) It takes a grave experience for people to change their treatment of others. The Lord had just brought the tenth plague,…
True discipleship is not mere ritual performance but personal and intimate.15th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 18th July 2025Ex 11:10 – 12:14; Ps 115 (116):12-13, 15-18; Mt 12:1-8 (Ps Wk III) In Matthew’s Gospel, we read “I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. If you had known what these words mean,…
Jesus help us go through pain... Jesus will not treat us as spoilt brats15th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 17th July 2025Ex 3:13-20; Ps 104 (105):1-5, 8-9, 24-27; Mt 11:28-30 (Ps Wk III) Whenever we feel tired, it is natural for us to take time to recover, this gives our body and mind an opportunity…
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us15th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 16th July 2025Ex 3:1-6, 9-12; Ps 102 (103):1-4, 6-7; Mt 11:25-27 (Ps Wk III) In Exodus 3, Moses stands before the burning bush - a symbol of God's holy presence - God calls and Moses responds, “Here I am.” But when God…
St Bonaventure, Bishop & Doctor, pray for us15th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 15th July 2025Ex 2:1-15; Ps 68 (69):3, 14, 30-31, 33-34; Mt 11:20-24 (Ps Wk III) Repentance has no terminus signpost. It is refining our interior disposition to choose to relate to God ever more intentionally and amend our engagement with others and…
St Camillus de Lellis, Priest Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin, pray for us 15th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 14th July 2025Ex 1:8-14, 22; Ps 123 (124):1-8; Mt 10:34 – 11:1 (Ps Wk III) Joseph had welcomed his family into Egypt to escape the famine. They survived and life was manageable. Years after Joseph died, there…
Lord, help me to reach out to outsiders and strangers15th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 13th July 2025Deut 30:10-14; Ps 68 (69):14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36-37 (or 18:8-11); Col 1:15-20; Lk 10:25-37 (Ps Wk III) The law of the Lord is not beyond our strength or beyond our reach. In other words, obeying the commands…
Lord, help us to carry our own crosses and follow you as a true disciple14th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 12th July 2025Gen 49:29-33; 50:15-26; Ps 104 (105):1-4, 6-7 Mt 10:24-33 (Ps Wk II) Fear is a common denominator among us. Between superior and servant, the ability to serve and to please is the…