Lord, guide us to sow seeds of appreciation and not devastation22nd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Sunday 1st September 2024Deut 4:1-2, 6-8; Ps 14:2-5; Jm 1:17-18, 21-22, 27; Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 (Ps Wk II) To care for the earth implies that all creation be given equal treatment. This unbiased care is underlined in…
The key to happiness is very simple – serving God21st Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Saturday 31st August 20241 Cor 1:26-31; Ps 32:12-13, 18-21; Mt 25:14-30 (Ps Wk I) “For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance.” (Mt 25:29) Jesus’ saying in the Parable of the Talents…
Lord, help me to be ready when You come and call me home to paradise21st Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Friday 30th August 20241 Cor 1:17-25; Ps 32:1-2, 4-5, 10-11; Mt 25:1-13 (Ps Wk I) Reading the Parable of the Ten Virgins with lamps, a religious nun remarked once that waiting is not suffering,…
The Passion of St John the Baptist - St John the Baptist, pray for us21st Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Thursday 29th August 2024Jer 1:17-19; Ps 70:1-6, 15, 17; Mk 6:17-29 (Ps Wk I) The Passion of John the Baptist is celebrated to recognize his martyrdom ahead of Jesus’. Just as John heralded Jesus’…
St Augustine, Bishop & Doctor, pray for us21st Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Wednesday 28th August 20242 Thes 3:6-10, 16-18; Ps 127:1-2, 4-5; Mt 23:27-32 (Ps Wk I) Jesus exposed the “woes” of the scribes and Pharisees. In this instance, Jesus likens them to “whitewashed tombs”. He uses the term in reference to the…
St Monica, pray for us21st Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Tuesday 27th August 20242 Thes 2:1-3, 14-17; Ps 95:10-13 Mt 23:23-26 (Ps Wk I) St. Monica endured a difficult life but she devoted herself to a life of prayer and virtuous living. She persevered, overcame her difficulties and first won over her husband and…
Lord, help me be attentive to Your voice calling me to use my gifts to serve You and for Your greater glory21st Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday 26th August 20242 Thes 1:1-5, 11-12; Ps 95:1-5; Mt 23:13-22 (Ps Wk I) Corruptio optimi pessima is a Latin phrase which means - best things, when…
Lord, grant me a strong faith – for our eyes, minds, and hearts to see the things of God21st Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Sunday 25th August 2024Josh 24:1-2, 15-18; Ps 33:2-3, 16-23; Eph 5:21-32; Jn 6:60-69 (Ps Wk I) We make choices each day, some large and others small. But they are important…
ST BARTHOLOMEW, APOSTLE, pray for usST BARTHOLOMEW, APOSTLE : Saturday 24th August 2024Rev 21:9-14; Ps 144:10-13, 17-18; Jn 1:45-51 (Psalter Proper) St. Bartholomew, the Apostle, is also known as Nathanael in the Gospel of John. Since he is always paired up with Philip, it is reasonably accepted by scholars that this relationship provides us a…
St Rose of Lima, Virgin, pray for us20th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Friday 23rd August 2024Ez 37:1-14; Ps 106:2-9 Mt 22:34-40 (Ps Wk IV) We find Jesus reiterating the Shema by quoting Deuteronomy 6:5 “ You shall love the LORD, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with…