St Therese of the Child Jesus, virgin & doctor27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Saturday 1st October 2022Job 42:1-3,5-6,12-17; Ps. 118:66,71,75,91,125,130; Lk.10:17-24 (Ps Wk II) Humans need to know and understand how things work. We do not take kindly to unsolved mysteries or walk in the dark. Job had suffered mightily during the testing…
St Jerome, priest and doctor26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Friday 30th September 2022Job. 38:1,12-21; 40:3-5; Ps. 138:1-3,7-8,9-10,13-14ab; Lk. 10:13-16 (Ps Wk II) Job’s life has been visited with utter misfortune – the loss of his possessions, the death of his children, the pain of physical illness and the torment of spiritual confusion. His…
The Holy Archangels Michael, Gabriel and RaphaelThe Holy Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael : Thursday 29th September 2022Dan. 7:9-10,13-14 or Rev. 12:7-12a; Ps. 137:1-2a,2bcd-3,4-5; Jn. 1:47-51 (Ps Wk II) As frightening as it was, Daniel’s vision of the human-like figure was comforting. This dazzling and powerful figure would be the one to judge humanity, and…
SS Lawrence Ruiz & Comps. martyrs26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Wednesday 28th September 2022Job. 9: 1-12,14-16; Ps. 87:10bc-11,12-13, 14-15; Lk. 9:57-62 (Ps Wk II) God’s immense authority and power portrayed in Job’s understanding of his creator are tinged with a sense of man’s helplessness and dependence. This authority is again reflected in Jesus’…
St Vincent de Paul, priest26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Tuesday 27th September 2022Job. 3:1-3,11-17,20-23; Ps. 87:2-3,4-5,6,7-8; Lk. 9:51-56 (Ps Wk II) Job cursed the day he was born and wished that he could die. Many people have felt that way at one time or another, and sometimes it completely overwhelms an individual. Life…
St Paul VI, Pope; SS Cosmas and Damian, martyrs 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Monday 26th September 2022Job. 1:6-22; Ps. 16:1,2-3,6-7; Lk. 9:46-50 (Ps Wk II) I always admired Job in his encounters with misfortune, especially when they struck him one after another; he still uttered his total trust in God, “The Lord…
World Day of Migrants & Refugees26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Sunday 25th September 2022Am. 6:1a,4-7; Ps. 145:6c-7,8-9a,9bc-10; 1 Tim. 6:11-16; Lk. 16:19-31 (Ps Wk II) Today the readings invite us to step back and look at the bigger picture: “Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called” (1 Tim. 6:12).…
Lord, help me to be patient and trust in You25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Saturday 24th September 2022Eccl. 11:9—12:8; Ps. 89:3-4,5-6,12-13, 14 and 17; Lk. 9:43b-45 (Ps Wk I) The writer of our first reading lived around 200 BC, too early for him to have had a clear belief in life after death.…
St Pius of Pietrelcina, priest - pray for us25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Friday 23rd September 2022Eccl. 3:1-11; Ps. 143:1a et 2abc,3-4; Lk. 9:18-22 (Ps Wk I) The writer of Ecclesiastes recognized that there is a time for everything. God was the one who determined the time for events to occur. For some…
Lord, may I be renewed by You each day25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Thursday 22nd September 2022Eccl. 1:2-11; Ps. 89:3-4,5-6,12-13,14 and 17; Lk. 9:7-9 (Ps Wk I) The first reading is taken from the Book of Ecclesiastes. Most biblical scholars conclude that its author is someone known as Qoheleth, a Hebrew word meaning…