St Gregory of Narek, Abbot & Doctor, pray for us7th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Thursday 27th February 2025Eccls 5:1-8, Ps 1:1-4, 6; Mk 9:41-50 (Ps Wk III) St. John of the Cross, in his works “The Ascent of Mount Carmel” and “The Dark Night of the Soul”, expounds on the need to be…
Grant to me, Lord, wisdom upon finding You, and patient fidelity as I await You, and confidence in finally embracing You7th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Wednesday 26th February 2025Eccls 4:11-19; Ps 118:165, 168, 171-172, 174-175; Mk 9:38-40 (Ps Wk III) Unlike knowledge, wisdom is not an intellectual pursuit that can be gained through reading…
Lord, help me to be prepared for any trials as Your willing servant.7th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Tuesday 25th February 2025Eccls 2:1-11; Ps 36:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40; Mk 9:30-37 (Ps Wk III) Sirach shared what it meant to be faithful to the Lord. Be prepared for trials. There would be testing but it…
Jesus, thank you for loving me and molding my attitude to love truthfully.7th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Monday 24th February 2025Eccls 1:1-10; Ps 92:1-5; Mk 9:14-29 (Ps Wk III) In the wise collection of Ecclesiastes sayings, the teacher cautions us that everything ends in vanity and hopelessness. “What has been is what will be, and…
Jesus, thank you for loving me and molding my attitude to love truthfully.7th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Sunday 23rd February 20251 Sam 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23; Ps 102:1-4, 8, 10, 12-13; 1 Cor 15:45-49; Lk 6:27-38 (Ps Wk III) Anyone who is called to serve the Church will be invested with the power to…
CHAIR OF ST PETER, THE APOSTLE6th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Saturday 22nd February 20251 Pt 5:1-4; Ps 22:1-6 Mt 16:13-19 (Psalter Proper) In the apse of the Basilica of St Peter in Rome, there is a huge bronze chair which is the monument to the Chair of St Peter, a work of Bernini.…
St Peter Damian, Bishop & Doctor, pray for us6th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Friday 21st February 2025Gen 11:1-9; Ps 32:10-15; Mk 8:34 — 9:1 (Ps Wk II) The story of the construction of the Tower of Babel offers an explanation for the world--for the multiplicity of its languages, the reason for the variety of…
Lord, lead and teach me to see ordinary things anew6th Week in Ordinary Time (C) :Thursday 20th February 2025Gen 9:1-13; Ps 101:16-21, 29, 22-23; Mk 8:27-33 (Ps Wk II) In Genesis, the hopeful sign for Noah was that of a rainbow crossing the skies. Surely, rain and the rainbow existed long before the time of Noah’s catastrophic…
Lord, lead and teach me to see ordinary things anew6th Week in Ordinary Time (C) :Wednesday 19th February 2025Gen 8:6-13, 20-22; Ps 115:12-15, 18-19; Mk 8:22-26 (Ps Wk II) Noah had been in the ark for a long time. Finally, the waters were subsiding, so Noah sent out a raven to see if there was dry land.…
Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order, pray for us6th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Tuesday 18th February 2025Gen 6:5-8, 7:1-5, 10; Ps 28:1-4, 9-10; Mk 8:14-21 (Ps Wk II) Nothing sincere and honest is too little for God to magnify. Imagine the space for Noah and the ark, only the few ‘good’ are taken in.…