Lord, help us to be like St Matthew - to drop everythig and follow you1st Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Saturday 18th January 2025Heb 4:12-16; Ps 18:8-10, 15; Mk 2:13-17 (Ps Wk I) Naturally, dingy places are painted with dirt and abhorrence, and our regard for the people in such places are prejudiced. It…
St Anthony, Abbot, pray for us1st Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Friday 17th January 2025Heb 4:1-5, 11; Ps 77:3-4, 6-8; Mk 2:1-12 (Ps Wk I) Jesus has keen attention to affirm everyone on their level of faith. To us, we usually think of faith as a personal thing and we would not be wrong.…
We are not lepers externally but what about an unclean heart and wounded image?1st Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Thursday 16th January 2025Heb 3:7-14; Ps 94:6-11; Mk 1:40-45 (Ps Wk I) Mark's Gospel reading today illustrates two necessary attitudes for healing. One is the courageous confidence of the leper and the other is the…
St Paul the Hermit, Confessor, pray for us1st Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Wednesday 15th January 2025Heb 2:14-18; Ps 104:1-4, 6-9; Mk 1:29-39 (Ps Wk I) Christ Jesus is made like us in every way (Heb 2:17), strangely we are unlike Him in many ways. He is compassionate and prays in solitude, whereas we…
Lord, help me to recognise and acknowledge You as the author of holiness in my life1st Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Tuesday 14th January 2025Heb 2:5-12; Ps 8:2, 5:6-9; Mk 1:21-28 (Ps Wk I) The Letter to the Hebrews had been warning the people to pay attention to what they had heard and not…
St Hilary, Bishop & Doctor, pray for us1st Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Monday 13th January 2025Heb 1:1-6; Ps 96:1-2, 6-7, 9; Mk 1:14-20 (Ps Wk I) The call of the first disciples according to Mark was immediate, without any condition from Jesus. Nothing was laid down by Jesus. The inviting words of Jesus…
Lord, help many who are closed to you, to open their heart and mind to YouBAPTISM OF THE LORD (C) : Sunday 12th January 2025Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Ps 103:1-4, 24-25, 27-30 Tit 2:11-14; 3:4-7; Lk 3:15-16, 21-22 (Psalter proper) Jesus’ baptism utters “Ephatha”! It connects us to the healing of the deaf and dumb (Mk…
Lord, help me to appreciate others who build Your kingdom, and not see them as rivalsSaturday after Epiphany : 11th January 20251 Jn 5:14-21; Ps 149:1-6, 9; Jn 3:22-30 (Ps Wk II) Listen to the response of John the Baptist to his disciples, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him…
The Word of God is ever active and living -Listen to The Word!Friday after Epiphany : 10th January 20251 Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; Lk 5:12-16 (Ps Wk II) Both the first reading and the Gospel emphasise the importance of staying connected to God through prayer. Jesus often withdrew Himself to a lonely place and…
The Word of God is ever active and living -Listen to The Word!Thursday after Epiphany : 9th January 20251 Jn 4:19 – 5:4; Ps 71:1-2, 14-15, 17; Lk 4:14-22 (Ps Wk II) The Word of God is ever active and living (Heb 4:12). Hence, procrastination is not the nature of God’s Word. In the Synagogue…