St Vincent, Deacon & Martyr, pray for us2nd Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Wednesday 22nd January 2025Heb 7:1-3, 15-17; Ps 109:1-4; Mk 3:1-6 (Ps Wk II) Jesus was appalled at the people because they were watching to see if He would cure the man with the withered hand on the Sabbath in order to…
St Agnes, Virgin & Martyr, pray for us2nd Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Tuesday 21st January 2025Heb 6:10-20; Ps 110:1-2, 4-5, 9-10; Mk 2:23-28 (Ps Wk II) “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath,” beckons us to ponder a deeper understanding and experience of connecting our religious practice and God.…
St Fabian, Pope & Martyr; St Sebastian, Martyr, pray for us2nd Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Monday 20th January 2025Heb 5:1-10; Ps 109:1-4; Mk 2:18-22 (Ps Wk II) What is your attitude for today? Indifference or eagerness? Today’s Gospel passage reminds us that our Christian life has its joys and sorrows. We are never…
Lord, help us to be like St Matthew - to drop everythig and follow you2nd Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Sunday 19th January 2025 Is 62:1-5; Ps 95:1-3, 7-10; 1 Cor 12:4-11; Jn 2:1-11 (Ps Wk II) God wants our rejoicing. God instils hope when life seems to bring us many heartbreaks, tragedies, and…
Lord, help us to be like St Matthew - to drop everythig and follow you1st Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Saturday 18th January 2025Heb 4:12-16; Ps 18:8-10, 15; Mk 2:13-17 (Ps Wk I) Naturally, dingy places are painted with dirt and abhorrence, and our regard for the people in such places are prejudiced. It…
St Anthony, Abbot, pray for us1st Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Friday 17th January 2025Heb 4:1-5, 11; Ps 77:3-4, 6-8; Mk 2:1-12 (Ps Wk I) Jesus has keen attention to affirm everyone on their level of faith. To us, we usually think of faith as a personal thing and we would not be wrong.…
We are not lepers externally but what about an unclean heart and wounded image?1st Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Thursday 16th January 2025Heb 3:7-14; Ps 94:6-11; Mk 1:40-45 (Ps Wk I) Mark's Gospel reading today illustrates two necessary attitudes for healing. One is the courageous confidence of the leper and the other is the…
St Paul the Hermit, Confessor, pray for us1st Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Wednesday 15th January 2025Heb 2:14-18; Ps 104:1-4, 6-9; Mk 1:29-39 (Ps Wk I) Christ Jesus is made like us in every way (Heb 2:17), strangely we are unlike Him in many ways. He is compassionate and prays in solitude, whereas we…
Lord, help me to recognise and acknowledge You as the author of holiness in my life1st Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Tuesday 14th January 2025Heb 2:5-12; Ps 8:2, 5:6-9; Mk 1:21-28 (Ps Wk I) The Letter to the Hebrews had been warning the people to pay attention to what they had heard and not…
St Hilary, Bishop & Doctor, pray for us1st Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Monday 13th January 2025Heb 1:1-6; Ps 96:1-2, 6-7, 9; Mk 1:14-20 (Ps Wk I) The call of the first disciples according to Mark was immediate, without any condition from Jesus. Nothing was laid down by Jesus. The inviting words of Jesus…