Jesus invites us to live not by rigid rule, but by radiant love30th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 31st October 2025Rom 9:1-5; Ps 147 (148):12-15, 19-20; Lk 14:1-6 (Ps Wk II) Jesus heals a man with dropsy on the Sabbath. The setting is tense—He’s being watched, tested. Yet He does not hesitate. Taking the…
Take every opportunity to be drawn into the shelter of His wings, into the unshakable embrace of His divine mercy30th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 30th October 2025Rom 8:31-39; Ps 108 (109):21-22, 26-27, 30-31; Lk 13:31-35 (Ps Wk II) “How often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her…
When Jesus was on earth, He had many followers but few friends. Many were happy to party with Jesus. But unwilling to bear the cross of the mission. When trials and tribulations come, they fall away! What about you? 30th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 29th October 2025Rom 8:26-30; Ps 12 (13):4-6; Lk 13:…
SS SIMON AND JUDE, APOSTLES, pray for us30th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 28th October 2025Eph 2:19-22; Ps 18 (19):2-5; Lk 6:12-19 (Ps Wk II) The two Apostles—Simon and Jude—are quiet figures in the Gospel, yet pillars in the foundation of the Church. Chosen by Christ after a night of prayer, they were sent…
For it is only when we empty our hearts can God fill us with His power and grace (2 Cor 12:9)30th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 27th October 2025Rom 8:12-17; Ps 67 (68):2, 4, 6-7, 20-21; Lk 13:10-17 (Ps Wk II) Jesus confronts a mindset that values rules over healing. The idea that one…
For it is only when we empty our hearts can God fill us with His power and grace (2 Cor 12:9)30th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 26th October 2025Ecclus 35:15-17, 20-22; Ps 33 (34):2-3, 17-19, 23; 2 Tim 4:6-8, 16-18; Lk 18:9-14 (Ps Wk II) Virtue signalling is an attempt to show others that…
Christ Way of life - To show a life of repentance by feeding the hungry, to visit the sick and those in prison and to look after those less fortunate29th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 25th October 2025Rom 8:1-11; Ps 23 (24):1-6; Lk 13:1-9 (Ps Wk I) When Paul wrote that there is “no…
ST ANTHONY MARY CLARET, Bishop, pray for us29th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 24th October 2025Rom 7:18-25; Ps 118 (119):66, 68, 76-77, 93-94; Lk 12:54-59 (Ps Wk I) St Paul’s epistle to the Romans, presented us with the “True Self” and the “Unspiritual Self”. The True Self wishes to do the “good things” (v19)…
ST JOHN OF CAPESTRANO, Priest, pray for us29th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 23rd October 2025Rom 6:19-23; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 12:49-53 (Ps Wk I) “I have come to bring fire to the earth and how I wish it were blazing already!”. In Scripture, fire has dual meaning. On one hand, a fire that…
ST JOHN PAUL II, Pope, pray for us29th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 22nd October 2025Rom 6:12-18; Ps 123 (124):1-8; Lk 12: 39-48 (Ps Wk I) After Jesus’ resurrection, the early Christians believed Jesus would return to judge the world. However, Jesus did not return immediately as anticipated. So, some Christians began to doubt…