Our Lenten journey - towards a deeper relationship with the Lord1st Sunday of Lent (C) : Sunday 9th March 2025Deut 26:4-10; Ps 90 (91):1-2, 10-15; Rom 10:8-13; Lk 4:1-13 (Ps Wk I) After Jesus' baptism, He was ‘led by the Spirit into the desert’ where He was tempted by the devil. He passed through undistracted. Our…
St John of God, Religious, pray for usSaturday after Ash Wednesday : 8th March 2025Is 58:9-14; Ps 85 (86):1-6; Lk 5:27-32 (Ps Wk IV) Isaiah comments on complaints being made by people that, though they are fasting, God is not taking any notice of them. The reason, says Isaiah, is because while they are virtuously fasting,…
Sts. Perpetua & Felicity, Martyrs, pray for usFriday after Ash Wednesday : 7th March 2025Is 58:1-9; Ps 50 (51):3-6, 18-19; Mt 9:14-15 (Ps Wk IV) The Entrance Antiphon in Latin sets us into a period of quiet gratitude: “Audivit Dominus, et misertus est mihi, Dominus factus est adiutor meus”. (The Lord heard and had mercy on…
God asks us to be faithful - to listen and to heed His voiceThursday after Ash Wednesday : 6th March 2025Deut 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 9:22-25 (Ps Wk IV) In the passage from Deuteronomy, God is encouraging the Israelites to choose life. How were they to do that? They were to follow the laws that…
The ash on our head is powerful - it is an emblem for ambassadors of compassionASH WEDNESDAY : 5th March 2025Joel 2:12-18; Ps 50 (51):3-6, 12-14, 17; 2 Cor 5:20 — 6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 (Ps Wk IV) The ash on our forehead is a profound sign of our faith in a compassionate God, despite…
Lord, make me a joyful disciple in my engagement with others8th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Tuesday 4th March 2025Sir 35:1-12; Ps 49 (50):5-8, 14, 23; Mk 10:28-31 (Ps Wk IV) What is the price and prize of discipleship? This is possibly what was in St. Peter’s mind when he asked the Lord, “What about…
What do we cling to? What gives us our identity and security?8th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Monday 3rd March 2025Sir 17:24-29; Ps 31 (32):1-2, 5-7; Mk 10:17-27 (Ps Wk IV) Take heart, no good deed or act of kindness is unnoticed by God. Most of us are not called to do spectacular things worthy…
Lord, mould me, may I never labour in vain towards my true self!8th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Sunday 2nd March 2025Sir 27:4-7; Ps 91 (92):2-3, 13-16; 1 Cor 15:54-58; Lk 6:39-45 (Ps Wk IV) In the first reading from Ecclesiasticus, Ben Sira gives us good advice on human speech. The words of a person…
Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it7th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Saturday 1st March 2025Sir 17:1-15; Ps 102 (103):13-18 Mk 10:13-16 (Ps Wk III) Family defines the home of belonging. God sets it as a cradle of proliferating seeds of human dignity and fulfilment.…
Lord, please sustain us, we strive to remain faithful, even going the extra mile as You call us to7th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Friday 28th February 2025Eccls 6:5-17; Ps 118:12, 16, 18, 27, 34, 35; Mk 10:1-12 (Ps Wk III) February ends today but our response to the call of God never ceases. Hence,…