St Francis of Paola, Hermit, pray for us4th Week of Lent (C) : Wednesday 2nd April 2025Is 49:8-15; Ps 144 (145):8-9, 13-14, 17-18; Jn 5:17-30 (Ps Wk IV) In the virtual world, relationships are superficial because the identities are disguised. Jesus, however, discloses His intimate relationship with God to indicate His words and deeds are based on…
Lord, let not abundance or scarcity blind our vision of You drawing close to us4th Week of Lent (C) : Tuesday 1st April 2025Ez 47:1-9, 12; Ps 45:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; Jn 5:1-3, 5-6 (Ps Wk IV) Water is a source of life. The passages in Prophet Ezekiel and the Gospel of John mentioned water in…
Lord, in this year of hope, let Your words and deeds be our constant guide in facing every crisis.4th Week of Lent (C) : Monday 31st March 2025Is 65:17-21; Ps 29 (30):2, 4-6, 11-13; Jn 4:43-54 (Ps Wk IV) Lent is a testing time and also a gracious time of moulding true Christian attitudes that will…
“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled by his own pride, but the man who humbles himself will be exalted by God.”4th Sunday in Lent (C) : Sunday 30th March 2025Hos 5:15 – 6:6; Ps 50 (51):3-4, 18-21; Lk 18:9-14 (Ps Wk III) The story of the Pharisee and the tax collector praying in the…
“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled by his own pride, but the man who humbles himself will be exalted by God.”3rd Week of Lent (C) : Saturday 29th March 2025Hos 5:15 – 6:6; Ps 50 (51):3-4, 18-21; Lk 18:9-14 (Ps Wk III) The story of the Pharisee and the tax collector praying in the…
Lord, You have loved me, may my way of loving console those in crisis.3rd Week of Lent (C) : Friday 28th March 2025Hos 14:2-10; Ps 80 (81):6-11, 14, 17; Mk 12:28-34 (Ps Wk III) The religious authorities of Jesus’ time often debated the commandments and requirements of the Law that were passed down from Moses, constantly…
Lord, help me to always listen to the Your voice of God3rd Week of Lent (C) : Thursday 27th March 2025Jer 7:23-28; Ps 94 (95):1-2, 6-9; Lk 11:14-23 (Ps Wk III) It has been an incessant bombardment to hear people saying how rigid The Catholic Church is, that God is very authoritarian in a reading…
Lord, ground my heart in loving You, so that my obedience becomes a heart-rooted and holistic one. 3rd Week of Lent (C) : Wednesday 26th March 2025Deut 4:1, 5-9; Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20; Mt 5:17-19 (Ps Wk III) “When they come to know of all these laws they will exclaim, ‘No other people is as wise…
Lord, Your words are eternal. Let it be done to me according to Your will.ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD : Tuesday 25th March 2025Is 7:10-14; 8:10; Ps 39 (40):7-11; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38 (Ps Wk III) Isaiah’s prophecy was initially intended for King Ahaz, who reigned seven centuries before the birth of Jesus. King Ahaz rejected the…
Are we hesitant to obey God?3rd Week of Lent (C) : Monday 24th March 20252 Kgs 5:1-15; Ps 41 (42):2-3, 42:3-4 Lk 4:24-30 (Ps Wk III) Our primary catechesis taught that the fall of Adam and Eve was due to disobedience. Compared with Jesus, as Paul described in His letter to the Philippians, “Jesus was obedient…