Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order, pray for us6th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Monday 17th February 2025Gen 4:1-15, 25; Ps 49:1, 8, 16-17, 20-21; Mk 8:11-13 (Ps Wk II) At every Eucharistic celebration, this attitude is reiterated - it is right and just always and everywhere to give thanks to the Lord. Today, our…
Dear Lord, shape our attitude docile to Your providence today.6th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Sunday 16th February 2025Jer 17:5-8; Ps 1:1-4, 6; 1 Cor 15:12, 16-20; Lk 6:17, 20-26 (Ps Wk II) Today, Jesus refers to the poor, the hungry, the weeping and the persecuted for His sake, as spiritually blessed. Isn’t His…
Lord, let my work proclaim the beatitudes of serving You in my littleness5th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Saturday 15th February 2025Gen 3:9-24; Ps 89:2-6, 12-13; Mk 8:1-10 (Ps Wk I) The Genesis story is not just the story of a past, it is a story told whenever and wherever sin occurs. Out of the…
St Cyril, Monk & St Methodius, Bishop, pray for us5th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Friday 14th February 2025Gen 3:1-8; Ps 31:1-2, 5-7; In the book of Genesis, the serpent was a smooth and subtle talker. He brushed aside Eve’s arguments and twisted the words of God around thereby making it sort of a virtue…
Nothing sincere and life-giving is shameful before the Lord5th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Thursday 13th February 2025Gen 2:18-25; Ps 127:1-5; Mk 7:24-30 (Ps Wk I) It is a beautiful affirmation to hear that all was given to Adam the man by God to make him happy. But not enough to make Adam exclaim “Yes! This…
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us5th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Wednesday 12th February 2025Gen 2:4-9, 15-17; Ps 103:1-2, 27-30; Mk 7:14-23 (Ps Wk I) God, Who places us in the reality of where we are, will also nourish us with the knowledge and capability to protect and preserve ourselves and the work entrusted to…
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us5th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Tuesday 11th February 2025Gen 1:20 – 2:4; Ps 8:4-9; Mk 7:1-13 (Ps Wk I) The World Day of the Sick is celebrated by offering one’s suffering in prayer. We are to see the face of Christ in our sick brothers and sisters, with love…
St Scholastica, Virgin, pray for me5th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Monday 10th February 2025Gen 1:1-19; Ps 103:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 24, 35; Mk 6:53-56 (Ps Wk I) The beautiful and almost poetic account of the Creation story and Jesus’ healing the sick are two events signifying God’s graciousness to imprint His mark on them. It…
Lord asks, “Whom shall I send?” Will your answer be, “Here I am, send me!”5th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Sunday 9th February 2025Is 6:1-8; Ps 137:1-8; 1 Cor 15:1-11 (or 15:3-8, 11) Lk 5:1-11 (Ps Wk I) “Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?” To these questions the prophet Isaiah answers---"Here…
St Jerome Emiliani, Priest St Josephine Bakhita, Virgin, pray for us4th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Saturday 8th February 2025Heb 13:15-17, 20-21; Ps 22:1-6; Mk 6:30-34 (Ps Wk IV) “Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.” (Hb 13:16) This resonates with the motive of…