St. Januarius, Bishop & Martyr, pray for us24th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Thursday 19th September 20241 Cor 15:1-11; Ps 117:1-2, 16-17, 28; Lk 7:36-50 (Ps Wk IV) God has left us a clear set of teachings and an illuminated path to follow. But it is so easy to drift away and get off…
Lord, teach us to love untiringly; to love without obsessions to dominate! 24th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Wednesday 18th September 20241 Cor 12:31—13:13; Ps 32:2-5, 12, 22; Lk 7:31-35 (Ps Wk IV) Gullible Christians, like those in Corinth (modern day Greece), are very much taken up by the “display’’ of the spiritual gifts…
St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop & Doctor and St. Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin & Doctor, pray for us24th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Tuesday 17th September 20241 Cor 12:12-14, 27-31; Ps 99:2-5 Lk 7:11-17 (Ps Wk IV) “God has visited His people!” (Lk 7:16) The people exclaimed when they witnessed Jesus raising the only son…
Sts. Cornelius, Pope & Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs, pray for us24th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday 16th September 20241 Cor 11:17-26, 33; Ps 39:7-10, 17; Lk 7:1-10 (Ps Wk IV) God is immediately attentive to needs upon submission. The Capernaum encounter between Jesus, the representatives of the centurion and the crowds elicits a deeper…
What are the crosses, responsibilities I am invited to carry for others? 24th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Sunday 15th September 2024Is 50:5-9; Ps 114:1-6, 8-9; Jm 2:14-18; Mk 8:27-35 (Ps Wk IV) “If anyone wants to be My disciple, they must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow Me” (Mk 8:34).…
THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS23rd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Saturday 14th September 2024Num 21:4-9 or Phil 2:6-11; Ps 77:1-2, 34-38; Jn 3:13-17 (Psalter Proper) If our daily life is left unexamined, we often create negative energies around us. During their journey through the desert, the Israelites grumbled, complained, and spoke ill of…
St John Chrysostom, Bishop & Doctor, pray for us23rd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Friday 13th September 20241 Cor 9:16-19, 22-27; Ps 83:3-6, 12; Lk 6:39-42 (Ps Wk III) In our modern world, complacency with our mobile phones may numb our senses to stay vigilant against unnecessary websites, videos and chats. Certain media news…
Most Holy Name of Mary, pray for us23rd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Thursday 12th September 20241 Cor 8:1-7, 11-13; Ps 138:1-3, 13-14, 23-24 Lk 6:27-38 (Ps Wk III) How willing are we to “love’’ our enemies? “Do good’’ to those who hate us, “bless’’ those who curse us, and “pray’’ for those who…
Lord, shape our attitudes according to Yours 23rd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Wednesday 11th September 20241 Cor 7:25-31; Ps 44:11-12, 14-17; Lk 6:20-26 (Ps Wk III) With regard to conduct and performing duties, St Paul cautions the Corinthians not to be oblivious, only taken with mere earthly pleasures. He urges them to consider…
St. Peter Claver, Priest, pray for us23rd Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Tuesday 10th September 20241 Cor 6:1-11; Ps 149:1-6, 9; Lk 6:12-19 (Ps Wk III) Paul reprimanded those in the Corinthian community who readily betrayed their own brothers and sisters by bringing their disputes to pagan courts. Paul chastised them – how can…