To follow Jesus, our eternal high priest, is our calling and destiny4th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Friday 7th February 2025Heb 13:1-8; Ps 26:1, 3, 5, 8-9; Mk 6:14-29 (Ps Wk IV) Today’s Letter to the Hebrews reading exhorts us to “continue to love each other, remember to welcome strangers and to keep in mind those…
Sts. Paul Miki & Companions, Martyrs, pray for us4th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Thursday 6th February 2025Heb 12:18-19, 21-24; Ps 47:2-4, 9-11; Mk 6:7-13 (Ps Wk IV) Religion has always been tinged with fear. People want to approach the divine and holy, and yet there is often uneasiness or even terror. Many want to draw…
St Agatha, Virgin & Martyr, pray for us4th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Wednesday 5th February 2025Heb 12:4-7, 11-15; Ps 102:1-2, 13-14, 17-18; Mk 6:1-6 (Ps Wk IV) Discipline is a frightening word for some these days. Inevitably, our response to God’s call or any noble duty is paved with discipline. It is likened to…
Lord, let us not become untouchables for those in need4th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Tuesday 4th February 2025Heb 12:1-4; Ps 21:26-28, 30-32; Mk 5:21-43 (Ps Wk IV) Biblical scholars would refer to the structuring of the Gospel text today as a typical “Markan sandwich,” wherein a story is narrated but inserted in the middle, is…
St. Blaise, Bishop & Martyr; St. Ansgar, Bishop, pray for us4th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Monday 3rd February 2025Heb 11:32-40; Ps 30:20-24; Mk 5:1-20 (Ps Wk IV) The call to prophecy has never been uncomplicated. Many prophets and holy men and women in Israel’s history endured persecution, torture, and martyrdom. They suffered willingly…
God has placed Himself at our hands, pure, gentle and vulnerableTHE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD (C) : Sunday 2nd February 2025Mal 3:1-4; Ps 23:7-10; Heb 2:14-18: Lk 2:22-40 (or 22-32) (Psalter Proper) Prophet Malachi envisioned the coming of the Lord in the Temple as a profound act of purification. Acting as refiner’s fire, He will purify…
St John Bosco, Priest, pray for us3rd Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Saturday 1st February 2025Heb 11:1-2, 8-19; (R. Ps.) Lk 1:69-75; Mk 4:35-41 (Ps Wk III) Our vocations in life are always coloured with hope and anxiety. In fact, every chapter of our age, career, relationship, ministry and endeavor display various intensities of emotions and…
St John Bosco, Priest, pray for us3rd Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Friday 31st January 2025Heb 10:32-39; Ps 36:3-6, 23-34, 39-40; Mk 4:26-34 (Ps Wk III) To have steadfast faith and do the Will of God and receive the promise in God’s Kingdom, the Lord teaches us to trust in Him and to learn…
The measure you give will be the measure you get, and still more will be given you!3rd Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Thursday 30th January 2025Heb 10:19-25; Ps 23:1-6; Mk 4:21-25 (Ps Wk III) The fact that Christians consider themselves as children of light demonstrates that they have an attitude of reverence for the…
Lord, help me to be open to the 'Word of God' and grow in knowledge of You3rd Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Wednesday 29th January 2025Heb 10:11-18; Ps 109:1-4 Mk 4:1-20 (Ps Wk III) The parable of the sower appears as a simple tale of seeds growing, or not growing, depending on the type…