Jesus, thank you for loving me and molding my attitude to love truthfully.7th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Monday 24th February 2025Eccls 1:1-10; Ps 92:1-5; Mk 9:14-29 (Ps Wk III) In the wise collection of Ecclesiastes sayings, the teacher cautions us that everything ends in vanity and hopelessness. “What has been is what will be, and…
Jesus, thank you for loving me and molding my attitude to love truthfully.7th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Sunday 23rd February 20251 Sam 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23; Ps 102:1-4, 8, 10, 12-13; 1 Cor 15:45-49; Lk 6:27-38 (Ps Wk III) Anyone who is called to serve the Church will be invested with the power to…
CHAIR OF ST PETER, THE APOSTLE6th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Saturday 22nd February 20251 Pt 5:1-4; Ps 22:1-6 Mt 16:13-19 (Psalter Proper) In the apse of the Basilica of St Peter in Rome, there is a huge bronze chair which is the monument to the Chair of St Peter, a work of Bernini.…
St Peter Damian, Bishop & Doctor, pray for us6th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Friday 21st February 2025Gen 11:1-9; Ps 32:10-15; Mk 8:34 — 9:1 (Ps Wk II) The story of the construction of the Tower of Babel offers an explanation for the world--for the multiplicity of its languages, the reason for the variety of…
Lord, lead and teach me to see ordinary things anew6th Week in Ordinary Time (C) :Thursday 20th February 2025Gen 9:1-13; Ps 101:16-21, 29, 22-23; Mk 8:27-33 (Ps Wk II) In Genesis, the hopeful sign for Noah was that of a rainbow crossing the skies. Surely, rain and the rainbow existed long before the time of Noah’s catastrophic…
Lord, lead and teach me to see ordinary things anew6th Week in Ordinary Time (C) :Wednesday 19th February 2025Gen 8:6-13, 20-22; Ps 115:12-15, 18-19; Mk 8:22-26 (Ps Wk II) Noah had been in the ark for a long time. Finally, the waters were subsiding, so Noah sent out a raven to see if there was dry land.…
Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order, pray for us6th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Tuesday 18th February 2025Gen 6:5-8, 7:1-5, 10; Ps 28:1-4, 9-10; Mk 8:14-21 (Ps Wk II) Nothing sincere and honest is too little for God to magnify. Imagine the space for Noah and the ark, only the few ‘good’ are taken in.…
Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order, pray for us6th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Monday 17th February 2025Gen 4:1-15, 25; Ps 49:1, 8, 16-17, 20-21; Mk 8:11-13 (Ps Wk II) At every Eucharistic celebration, this attitude is reiterated - it is right and just always and everywhere to give thanks to the Lord. Today, our…
Dear Lord, shape our attitude docile to Your providence today.6th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Sunday 16th February 2025Jer 17:5-8; Ps 1:1-4, 6; 1 Cor 15:12, 16-20; Lk 6:17, 20-26 (Ps Wk II) Today, Jesus refers to the poor, the hungry, the weeping and the persecuted for His sake, as spiritually blessed. Isn’t His…
Lord, let my work proclaim the beatitudes of serving You in my littleness5th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Saturday 15th February 2025Gen 3:9-24; Ps 89:2-6, 12-13; Mk 8:1-10 (Ps Wk I) The Genesis story is not just the story of a past, it is a story told whenever and wherever sin occurs. Out of the…