Lord, help me to remember that love is not sentimentality or feelings and to seek You always4th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 30th January 2022Jer. 1:4-5,17-19; Ps. 70:1-2,3-4,5-6,15,17; 1 Cor. 12:31— 13:13 (or 13:4-13); Lk. 4:21-30 (Ps Wk IV) So often, fear holds us back from becoming the person God intended us to be.…
Lord, help us not to be afraid of the storms in our own lives because You are always with us3rd Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 29th January 20222 Sam. 12:1-7,10-17; Ps. 50:12-13,14-15,16-17; Mk. 4:35-41 (Ps Wk III) So often, people condemn attitudes and behaviour in other people but are unaware that they are guilty…
St Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor3rd Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 28th January 20222 Sam. 11:1-4,5-19,13-17; Ps. 50:3-4,5-7,10-11; Mk. 4:26-34 (Ps Wk III) Unlimited power can be a powerful drug indeed, and it can convince one that they are above the law or ordinary morality. Even the great King David was not immune to…
St Angela Merici, virgin3rd Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 27th January 20222 Sam. 7:18-19,24-29; Ps. 131:1-2,3-5,11,12,13-14; Mk. 4:21-25 (Ps Wk III) Despite all the mistakes he had made in his life, David was not afraid to ask God for favours. He acknowledged all of God’s kindness and mercy towards him in the past in…
Sts Timothy and Titus, Bishops3rd Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 26th January 20222 Tim 1:1-8 or Tit. 1:1-5; Ps. 95:1-3,7-8,10; Lk. 10:1-9 (Ps Wk III) There is a sense of urgency in today’s gospel reading. Jesus not only called the twelve to go out and preach the Good News. He now extends this invitation…
THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL, THE APOSTLE 3rd Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 25th January 2022Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22; Ps. 116:1,2; Mk. 16:15-18 (Ps Wk III) Today we celebrate the conversion of St Paul. What is conversion? Whether in Hebrew (shubh) or Greek (epistrophe), ‘conversion’ relates to ‘turning’ —turning towards God. Conversion begins…
St Francis de Sales, Bishop and doctor3rd Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 24th January 20222 Sam. 5:1-7,10; Ps. 88:20,21-22,25-26; Mk. 3:22-30 (Ps Wk III) David united the twelve tribes of Israel under his kingship, a role carved and intimately prepared by God. The succession of David was the unfolding of the divine plan of…
Lord, help me to reveal Christ to others and to the world3rd Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 23rd January 2022Neh. 8:2-4,5-6,8-10; Ps. 18:8,9,10,15; 1 Cor. 12:12-30 (or 12-14,27) Lk. 1:1-4; 4:14-21 (Ps Wk III) The Israelites had been in Babylonian exile for fifty years. They had forgotten the laws and traditions of their religion.…
St Vincent, deacon and martyr2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Saturday 22nd January 20222 Sam. 1:1-4,11-12,19,23-27; Ps. 79:2-3,5-7; Mk. 3:20-21 (Ps Wk II) On hearing about the death of Saul, and his son, Jonathan, David rents his clothes and mourns, and weeps throughout the day. In his lamentation, David uses the word “heroes”, which…
St Agnes, virgin & Martyr2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Friday 21st January 20221 Sam. 24:3-21; Ps. 56:2,3-4,6,11; Mk. 3:13-19 (Ps Wk II) In 1 Samuel, King Saul is seen in hot pursuit of his son-in-law, David. The king had “three thousand men chosen from the whole of Israel” (v 3). And of all…