Lord, help us to be truly grateful for all that youhave done for us20th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Sunday 18th August 2024Prov 9:1-6; Ps 33:2-3, 10-15; Eph 5:15-20; Mt 6:51-58 (Ps Wk IV) From the psalmist who encourages us to “bless the Lord at all times’’, that “His praise’’ be “always on my…
Lord, grant us a pure heart that seeks only You and all things that lead to You19th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Saturday 17th August 2024Ez 18:1-10, 13, 30-32; Ps 50:12-15, 18-19; Mt 19:13-15 (Ps Wk III) The scene in the Gospel speaks of the disciples turning away people who were bringing children to…
St Stephen of Hungary, pray for us19th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Friday 16th August 2024Ez 16:1-15, 60, 63 (or 59-63); Ps Is 12:2-6; Mt 19:3-12 (Ps Wk III) The convenient excuse for break-ups in a covenantal relationship treats everyone as a utility. It fails to tie responsibility and relationship as a call. Every…
Mother Mary, pray for usASSUMPTION OF THE B.V. MARY : Thursday 15th August 2024Rev 11:19, 12:1-6, 10; Ps 44:10-12, 16; 1 Cor 15:20-26; Lk 1:39-56 (Psalter Proper) The Assumption reveals Mary’s devout life. Luke’s gospel depicts Mary’s experience of a human encounter with the divine - troubled when she hears the voice of the angel…
St Maximilian Kolbe, Priest & Martyr, pray for us19th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Wednesday 14th August 2024Ez 9:1-7, 10:18-22; Ps 112:1-6; Mt 18:15-20 (Ps Wk III) The prophet Ezekiel was a priest in the Temple in Jerusalem before the Israelites were exiled to Babylon. The Temple was the setting for Ezekiel’s vision. The…
Ss Pontian, Pope & Hippolytus, Priest, pray for us19th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Tuesday 13th August 2024Ez 2:8—3:4; Ps 118:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131; Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 (Ps Wk III) ‘You are what you eat.’ Do you believe this adage? The prophet Ezekiel takes it quite seriously. God calls Ezekiel in…
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’…