God is exceedingly generous, especially with his grace and mercy18th Week in Ordinary Times : Sunday, 2nd August 2026Is 55:1-3; Ps 144 (145):8-9, 15-18; Rom 8:35, 37-39; Mt 14:13-21 (Ps Wk II) God is exceedingly generous. We are invited to come to the waters to drink freely and eat the banquet prepared for us. And…
ST ALPHONSUS LIGUORI, Bishop & Doctor, pray for us17th Week in Ordinary Times : Saturday, 1st August 2026Jer 26:11-16, 24; Ps 68 (69):15-16, 30-31, 33-34; Mt 14:1-12 (Ps Wk I) Today’s Gospel presents a tragic contrast: the fearless witness of John the Baptist and the fearful weakness of Herod. John speaks truth without compromise, and…
ST IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA, Priest, pray for us17th Week in Ordinary Times : Friday, 31st July 2026Jer 26:1-9; Ps 68 (69):5, 8-10, 14; Mt 13:54-58 (Ps Wk I) Jeremiah was asked by God to go to the Temple and speak to the people. He was told to warn them about the disasters which would come…
ST PETER CHRYSOLOGUS, Bishop & Doctor, pray for us17th Week in Ordinary Times : Thursday, 30th July 2026Jer 18:1-6; Ps 145 (146):2-6; Mt 13:47-53 (Ps Wk I) ‘If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again,’ goes an idiom that encourages us never to give up. This helps us when applied to the challenges that…
SS MARTHA, MARY AND LAZARUS, pray for us17th Week in Ordinary Times : Wednesday, 29th July 20261 Jn 4:7-16; Ps 33 (34):2-11; Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42 (Ps Wk I) On this memorial of the sibling saints, Martha, Mary and Lazarus, we encounter a home where love is both tender and tested. In John 11,…
Lord, help me to be strong and to live out God’s Word in spite of challenges17th Week in Ordinary Times : Tuesday, 28th July 2026Jer 14:17-22; Ps 78 (79):8-9, 11, 13; Mt 13:36-43 (Ps Wk I) The lament of the people of Israel was loud and long. Why are we suffering so severely? War, famine,…
It is wisdom which can lead us towards the kingdom of heaven17th Week in Ordinary Times : Monday, 27th July 2026Jer 13:1-11; (Rp Ps) Dt 32:18-21; Mt 13:31-35 (Ps Wk I) Today Jesus offers two simple yet profound parables of the Kingdom of Heaven: a mustard seed and leaven. The mustard seed is among the…
It is wisdom which can lead us towards the kingdom of heaven17th Week in Ordinary Times : Sunday, 26th July 20261 Kg 3:5, 7-12; Ps 118 (119):57, 72, 76-77, 127-130; Rom 8:28-30; Mt 13:44-52 (Ps Wk I) In today’s excerpt from St Paul’s letter to the Romans, we are given a beautiful assurance that God…
ST JAMES, Apostle, pray for us16th Week in Ordinary Times : Saturday, 25th July 20262 Cor 4:7-15; Ps 125 (126):1-6; 5-7; Mt 20:20-28 (Ps Wk IV) In the first reading, the Apostle Paul speaks powerfully about suffering, weakness, and the sustaining power of God. We are like jars of clay – fragile, yet carrying a…
ST CHARBEL MAKHLOUF, Priest , pray for us16th Week in Ordinary Times : Friday, 24th July 2026Jer 3:14-17; (Rp Ps) Jer 31:10-13; Mt 13:18-23 (Ps Wk IV) Jesus’ explanation of the Parable of the Sower suggests that the seed, being the Word of God, falls on four types of grounds – the path, rocky ground,…