''You cannot serve both God and mammon!" 25th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 21st September 2025Am 8:4-7; Ps 112 (113):1-2, 4-8; 1 Tim 2:1-8; Lk 16:1-13 (or 10-13) (Ps Wk I) Prophet Amos and Luke the Evangelist draw our attention to the reality of the corruption and dishonesty in our economic system-to the fact…
SS LAURENT IMBERT, Bishop, JACQUES CHASTAN, Priest, (Penang College General Fathers) SS ANDREW KIM TAE-GON, Priest & PAUL CHONG HA-SANG & Companions, Martyrs , pray for us24th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 20th September 20251 Tim 6:13-16; Ps 99 (100):1-2, 3, 5; Lk 8:4-15 (Ps WkIV) Seeds are precious and vital. Farmers depend on…
ST JANUARIUS, Bishop & Martyr, pray for us24th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 19th September 20251 Tim6:2-12; Ps48 (49):6-10, 17-20; Lk 8:1-3 (Ps WkIV) In this pastoral letter to Timothy, whom Paul trusted and had close relationship with, Paul expressed that He was concerned about correcting false teaching in the Church. He contrasted true…
Do I love Jesus enough to fall at His feet, unguarded, and give Him everything?24th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 18th September 20251 Tim4:12-16; Ps 110 (111):7-10 Lk 7:36-50 (Ps WkIV) Discipleship is never theoretical. It is seen, touched, and wept over. In Luke 7:36-50, we encounter a woman whose actions speak louder than…
ST ROBERT BELLARMINE, Bishop & Doctor ST HILDEGARD OF BINGEN, Virgin & Doctor, pray for us24th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 17th September 20251 Tim3:14-16; Ps llO (lll):1-6; Lk 7:31-35 (Ps WkIV) "We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not cry." (v32) If…
SS CORNELIUS, Pope & CYPRIAN, Bishop, Martyrs, pray for us24th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 16th September 20251 Tim 3:1-13; Ps 100 (101):1-3, 5-6; Lk7:ll-17 (PsWkIV) "Whoever aspires to the office of bishop desires a noble task." (1 Tim 3:1) With these words, St Paul addressed to Timothy that those called to serve as…
Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for us24th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 15th September 2025Heb 5:7-9; Ps 30 (31):2-6, 15-16, 20; Jn 19:25-27 or Lk 2:33-35 (Ps Prop) The pieta is considered a stunning masterpiece that depicts the profundity of heartache and sorrow. Beauty is not erased by sorrow, on the contrary, it illustrates…
Exaltation of the Holy Cross24th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 14th September 2025Num 21:4-9; Ps 77 (78):1-2, 34-38; Phil 2:6-11; Jo 3:13-17 (Ps WkIV) Today's readings contain the entire Gospel in just a few verses. In response to the murmuring and rebellion of the Israelites, God sent fiery serpents to bite and harass them.…
ST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, Bishop & Doctor, pray for us23rd Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 13th September 20251 Tim 1:15-17; Ps 112 (113):1-7; Lk 6:43-49 (Ps Wk III) The consistency between words and actions - that's what exposes a hypocrite. We label hypocrites as people who pretend to be virtuous and often advocating proper norms…
The Most Holy Name of Mary23rd Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 12th September 20251 Tim 1:1-2, 12-14; Ps 15 (16):1-2, 5, 7-8, 11; Lk 6:39-42 (Ps Wk III) Jesus teaches His disciples by raising the issue, "How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove that splinter in your eye,' when you…