St Anthony of Padua, priest and doctor11th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 13th June 20221 Kgs. 21:1-16; Ps. 5;2-3,5-6,7; Mt. 5:38-42 (Ps Wk III) Unlimited power over others is too much of a temptation for some. Jezebel and Ahab conspire to rob an honest man of his land. But the land is Naboth’s ancestral…
St Barnabas, ApostleTHE MOST HOLY TRINITY (C) : Trinity Sunday 12th June 2022Prov. 8:22-31; Ps. 8:4-5,6-7,8-9; Rom. 5:1-5; Jn. 16:12-15 We mourn and are sad, even grief-stricken, when someone who loves us, and whom we love, dies. Even when such a person goes far away, to another city or country, we feel lost. But it’s…
St Barnabas, Apostle10th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 11th June 2022Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3; Ps. 97:1,2-3ab,3cd-4,5-6; Mt. 10:7-13 (Ps Wk II) “Go and teach all nations,” says the Lord. Jesus calls all Christians to this mission. St Barnabas heard this, and he joined St Paul on his journeys. They fulfilled the mission by proclaiming God…
God is present in the small things, in the most ordinary things of our life10th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 10th June 20221 Kgs. 19:9a,11-16; Ps. 26:7-8a,8b-9abc, 13-14; Mt. 5:27-32 (Ps Wk II) We are often told to seek and find God in all things. Some wait for great signs and wonders. Some go…
St Ephrem, deacon and doctor10th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 9th June 20221 Kgs. 18:41-46; Ps. 64:10abcd-11, 12-13; Mt. 5:20-26 (Ps Wk II) When are we most insulting to others? When we are angry! When are we most likely to kill? When our hearts are full of anger! Being angry, killing, being insulting has…
Lord, help me to honour You by obeying Your law10th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 8th June 20221 Kgs. 18:20-39; Ps. 15:1-2a,4,5 and 8,11; Mt. 5:17-19 (Ps Wk II) Elijah was defending the faith of the Israelites against the cult of Baal. He challenged the prophets of Baal to ask Baal to bring down…
God cannot be outdone in generosity10th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 7th June 20221 Kgs. 17:7-16; Ps. 4:2-3,4-5,7-8; Mt. 5:13-16 (Ps Wk II) In today’s reading, God’s ongoing plan of salvation was accomplished by using two unlikely persons: One was Elijah, a lonely prophet rejected in his hometown, and the other, a poverty-stricken unnamed…
Our Lady Mother of the Church10th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 6th June 2022Gen. 3:9-15,20 or Acts 1:12-14; Ps. 87:1-2,3 et 5, 6-7; Jn. 19:25-34 (Ps Wk II) Today, we celebrate the memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church. The memorial was included in the Roman calendar by Pope Francis in…
COME HOLY SPIRIT, COME!PENTECOST SUNDAY (C) : 5th June 2022Acts 2:1-11; Ps. 103:1ab and 24ac, 29bc-30, 31 and 34; Rom. 12:3-7,12-13 or 8:8-17; Jn. 20:19-23 or 14:15-16,23b-26 Let us imagine the scene on Pentecost Day and become aware of those different signs which appeared. Allow these symbols to reveal to us their significance. We ask…
Lord, help me to use my gifts to serve you for your greater glory7th Week of Easter : Saturday 4th June 2022Acts 28:16-20,30-31; Ps. 10:4,5, and 7; Jn. 21:20-25 The Jews in Jerusalem had implored the Romans to arrest Paul because of his preaching about Jesus. As a Roman citizen, Paul was brought to Rome…