St Henry15th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 13th July 2022Is. 10:5-7,13-16; Ps. 93:5-6,7-8,9-10,14-15; Mt. 11:25-27 (Ps Wk III) Today’s two readings help us see things as they are, as God sees them. In each case, two ways of looking at reality are proposed: an ordinary everyday human way of assessing and analysing things and…
Lord Jesus, increase my faith and make ime strong to face all the challenges of life.15th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 12th July 2022Is. 7:1-9; Ps. 47:2-3ab,3cd-4,5-6,7-8 Mt. 11:20-24 (Ps Wk III) The Gospel and the first reading both remind us of the transience of this world. Through Isaiah, God reminded David that his…
St Benedict, abbot15th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 11th July 2022Is. 1:10-17; Ps. 49:8-9,16bc-17,21 and 23; Mt. 10:34—11:1 (Ps Wk III) Isaiah’s words today are a potent reminder that our thoughts may not be God’s thoughts or God’s ways. Nowadays, we do not have any basic concept of sacrifice, especially the sacrifice of animals…
Who can you be neighbour to?15th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 10th July 2022Deut. 30:10-14; Ps. 68:14 and 17, 30-31,33-34,36ab and 37; (or Ps:18:8,9, 10,11); Col. 1:15-20; Lk. 10:25-37; (Ps Wk III) All the “commandments and statutes written in this book of the Law” may well seem very complicated and unnecessarily burdensome. However, Moses…
SS Augustine Zhao Rong, priest & Comps14th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 9th July 2022Is. 6:1-8; Ps. 92:1ab,1c-2,5; Mt. 10:24-33 (Ps Wk II) Sinfulness – Sanctification – Service: these seemed to be the progression for Isaiah in today’s reading. In his vision, Isaiah saw – “the Lord on a high throne” (v 1) ……
Holy Spirit Lord, please accompany me and give me strength14th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 8th July 2022Hos. 14:2-10; Ps. 50:3-4,8-9,12-13,14 and 17; Mt. 10:16-23 (Ps Wk II) People turn everywhere, looking for gods and powers to help them. They create gods out of their imaginations. But here, God’s real nature is revealed –…
Lord, help me to surrender my life completely over to You, My Lord and My God14th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 7th July 2022Hos. 11:1-4,8c-9; Ps. 79:2ac and 3bc,15-16; Mt. 10:7-15 (Ps Wk II) As Christians, we live with two theological experiences: ‘the already and the not yet’. With the Incarnation of God in…
St Maria Goretti, virgin & martyr14th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 6th July 2022Hos. 10:1-3,7-8,12; Ps. 104:2-3,4-5,6-7; Mt. 10:1-7 (Ps Wk II) The message prophesied by prophet Hosea may date to the early years of King Hoshea of Samaria. During this time, the land was again producing abundant fruit as it recovered from the…
Lord, help us be faithful to You in living out our missionary discipleship14th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 5th July 2022Hos. 8:4-7,11-13; Ps. 113b:3-4,5-6,7ab, and 8, 9-10; Mt. 9:32-38 (Ps Wk II) Today’s Gospel reading shows another miraculous deed of Jesus with the dumb demoniac (Mt.9:32-34). Matthew recorded the miracles of Jesus to present…
St Elizabeth of Portugal14th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 4th July 2022Hos. 2:16,17b-18,21-22; Ps. 144:2-3,4-5,6-7,8-9; Mt. 9:18-26 (Ps Wk II) God has established a covenant beyond usual expectations, and if we look carefully at the wording, it is a covenant not only with humanity, but with all creation. And all creation has a part…