St Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious, pray for us19th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday 12th August 2024Ez 1:2-5, 24-28; Ps 148:1-2, 11-14; Mt 17:22-27 (Ps Wk III) In Jewish life, every male above the age of 20 (Exodus 30:11-15) is obligated to pay the Temple Tax (a half-shekel for each male: equivalent to…
Jesus says: I AM the living bread which has come down from heaven, anyone who eats this bread will live forever!19th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Sunday 11th August 20241 Kgs 19:4-8; Ps 33:2-9; Eph 4:30—5:2 Jn 6:41-51 (Ps Wk III) Both Elijah and Jesus encountered not only skepticism, but also met with hostile…
ST LAWRENCE, DEACON & MARTYR, pray for us18th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Saturday 10th August 20242 Cor 9:6-10; Ps 111:1-2, 5-9 Jn 12:24-26 (Psalter Proper) Today, on the Feast of St. Lawrence, a deacon who was martyred in Rome in 258AD, we hear “unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and…
St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin & Martyr, pray for us18th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Friday 9th August 2024Nah 2:1, 3, 3:1-3, 6-7; Ps Deut 32:35-36, 39, 41 Mt 16:24-28 (Ps Wk II) “What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?” (Mt 6:25) Jesus’…
St Dominic, Priest, pray for us18th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Thursday 8th August 2024Jer 31:31-34; Ps 50:12-15, 18-19 Mt 16:13-23 (Ps Wk II) The drama in Caesarea Philippi with Jesus’ reprimand of Peter cautions us - “You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do”. Imagine how shocked Peter was…
St Sixtus II, Pope & Companions, Martyrs, pray for us18th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Wednesday 7th August 2024Jer 31:1-7; Ps Jer 31:10-13 Mt 15:21-28 (Ps Wk II) For the last two weeks, Prophet Jeremiah’s mission was twofold: ‘to uproot and demolish’ and ‘to build and plant’ (Jer. 31:28). In his first years, he…
TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD18th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Tuesday 6th August 2024Dan 7:9-10, 13-14 or 2 Pt 1:16-19; Ps 96:1-2, 5-6, 9; Mk 9:2-10 (Psalter proper) The Transfiguration event helps us to see things anew. When we are on the verge of despair and hope seems distant, a vision or inspiration can change…
Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major18th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday 5th August 2024Jer 28:1-17; Ps 118:29, 43, 79-80, 95, 102; Mt 14:13-21 (Ps Wk II) In the first reading, we hear Hananiah prophesy that the Babylonians would be driven out of Judah in two years’ time. He even removes the…
Lord, thank You for providing bread and word to nourish our spiritual hunger18th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Sunday 4th August 2024Ex 16:2-4, 12-15; Ps 77:3-4, 23-25, 54; Eph 4:17, 20-24; Jn 6:24-35 (Ps Wk II) Ever wonder why Jesus uses the images of hunger and thirst when speaking of human salvation? It is…
Lord, give me the courage to speak and live the truth17th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Saturday 3rd August 2024Jer 26:11-16, 24; Ps 68:15-16, 30-31, 33-34; Mt 14:1-12 (Ps Wk I) True politics advocates truthfulness. Speaking truth to power is rarely easy and, sometimes, it is dangerous. Jeremiah the Prophet discovered this when he…