Lord, help us to trust You in moments of danger when all seems lost19th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 13th August 20231 Kgs. 19:9,11-13; Ps. 84:9-14; Rom. 9:1-5; Mt. 14:22-23 (Ps. Wk. III) What were Peter’s memories of this scene on the lake? He certainly had the experience of walking on water as if…
St Jane Frances de Chantal, religious, pray for us18th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 12th August 2023Deut. 6:4-13; Ps. 17:2-4,47-51; Mt. 17:14-20 (Ps. Wk. II) The reading from Deuteronomy begins an important prayer in Jewish tradition – the Shema, meaning ‘Hear!’ What God was saying through Moses to the Hebrew people is good advice…
St Clare, virgin, pray for us18th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 11th August 2023Deut. 4:32-40; Ps. 76:12-16,21; Mt. 16:24-28 (Ps. Wk. II) “Did a people ever hear the voice of the living God speaking from the heart of the fire, as you heard it, and remain alive?” It is indeed a pointed question directed…
ST LAWRENCE, DEACON & MARTYR, pray for us18th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 10th August 20232 Cor. 9:6-10; Ps. 111:1-2,5-6,7-8,9; Jn. 12:24-26 (Ps. Wk. II) Martin Heidegger (1889–1976), a German philosopher, explains that we do not choose death; instead, we are thrown into it. Each of us must face death; we must accept the…
St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin & martyr, pray for us18th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 9th August 2023Num 13:1-2,25 —14:1,26-29,34-35; Ps.105:6-7,13-14,21-23; Mt. 15:21-28; (Ps. Wk. II) The unnamed Canaanite woman in today’s Gospel teaches us that with faith, trust, humility and fortitude, all things are possible with God. She, a pagan and…
St Dominic, priest, pray for us18th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 8th August 2023Num 12:1-13; Ps. 50:3-7,12-13; Mt. 14:22-36 (or 15:1-2,10-14) (Ps. Wk. II) Due to their jealousy and pride, Aaron and Mariam make a complaint against Moses on two counts. Firstly, they accuse Moses of marrying a Cushite woman, a foreigner. Secondly, they…
St Sixtus II, Pope & Companions and St Cajetan, priest, pray for us 18th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 7th August 2023Num. 11:4-15; Ps. 80:12-17; Mt. 14:13-21 (Ps. Wk. II) People live in the past, and in the future, and both seem far better than the present. God came to the rescue of the…
Lord, with Your mercy and grace, may we love our way to heavenTRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD (A) : Sunday 6th August 2023Dan. 7:9-10,13-14 or 2 Pt. 1:16-19; Ps. 96:1-2,5-6,9; Mt. 17:1-9 (Ps. Wk. II) We are all familiar with the Transfiguration, but how did Peter, James and John know who these two guys were? Clearly,…
Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major17th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 5th August 2023Lev. 25:1,8-17; Ps. 66:2-3,5,7-8; Mt. 14:1-12 (Ps. Wk. I) Moses provided the Israelites with the foundation for a just and humane society. The land belonged to God, not to the people. In the Jubilee years, the land was returned,…
St John Vianney, priest & Patron of all Priests, pray for us 17th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 4th August 2023Lev. 23:1,4-11,15-16,27,34-37; Ps. 80:3-6,10-11; Mt. 13:54-58 (Ps. Wk. I) There is a saying, “With friends like these, who needs enemies?” This was the case with Jesus when He returned home to minister to the…