Jesus Lord, bless me with the grace of reconciliation and freedom.10th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 15th June 20232 Cor. 3:15—4:1,3-6; Ps. 84:9-14; Mt. 5:20-26 (Ps. Wk. II) Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount is filled with wisdom for daily life. Today Jesus warns us about anger. If we allow anger to linger in our…
Move our hearts. O Lord, to love You and our will to serve You10th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 14th June 20232 Cor. 3:4-11; Ps. 98:5-9; Mt. 5:17-19 (Ps. Wk. II) We are drawn to love God and our neighbour, not driven to obey by fear of hell and punishment. The Pharisees had reduced…
St Anthony of Padua, priest & doctor, Pray for us10th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 13th June 20232 Cor. 1:18-22; Ps. 118:129-133; Mt. 5:13-16 (Ps. Wk. II) “You cannot give what you don’t have.” Sometimes, we exploit this familiar phrase to excuse ourselves from doing more. The interplay between today’s Psalm and Gospel readings…
Holy Spirit, Come transform me10th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 12th June 20232 Cor. 1:1-7; Ps. 33:2-9; Mt. 5:1-12 (Ps. Wk. II) Paul reminded the Corinthians of his authority. They had questioned his apostleship as he had not personally walked with Jesus. Paul had suffered greatly for the sake of sharing the good news…
Jesus says : I am the living bread!THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (CORPUS CHRISTI) : Sunday 11th June 2023Deut. 8:2-3,14-16; Ps. 147:12-15,19-20; 1 Cor. 10:16-17; Jn. 6:51-58 (Psalter proper) The first reading has a verse, “Man does not live on bread alone, but that man lives on everything that comes from the…
St Ephrem, deacon and doctor9th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 10th June 2023Tob. 12:1,5-15,20; (R.Ps.) Tob. 13:2,6-8; Mt. 12:38-44 (Ps. Wk. I) At the end of the Book of Tobit, Raphael, one of the seven angels who stand ever ready in the presence of the glory of the Lord, reveals to Tobit and his…
St Ephrem, deacon and doctor9th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 9th June 2023Tob. 11:5-17; Ps. 145:2,7-10; Mk. 12:35-37 (Ps. Wk. I) Who do you say Jesus is to you? Ask this question, and we will get a range of subjective answers, from Jesus as a moral teacher who challenged the status quo and existing…
Lord, help me love my neighbour as I love You9th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 8th June 2023Tob. 6:10-11; 7:1,9-14; 8:4-9; Ps. 127:1-5; Mk. 12:28-34 (Ps. Wk. I) For some time, Jesus had faced a series of scheming and malicious questions from the Pharisees and scribes who intended to find fault with Him. Therefore,…
Lord, make me walk in Your truth, and teach me, for You are God, my Saviour9th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 7th June 2023Tob. 3:1-11,16-17; Ps. 24:2-9; Mk. 12:18-27 (Ps. Wk. I) “He is God, not of the dead, but of the living.” God restores life in abundance. Death seems to be liberation for…
St Norbert, bishop, Pray for us9th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 6th June 2023Tob. 2:9-14; Ps. 111:1-2,7-9; Mk. 12:13-17 (Ps. Wk. I) What sort of descendants would a man have if he reveres the Lord, takes delight in God’s commands, and is upright (vv 1-2)? The Psalmist says, “his sons will be powerful on…