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Feast St Andrew, Apostle : Monday, 30th November 2020

Lord, help us to be willing to set other priorities aside, & serve you, just like your disciples didFeast St Andrew, Apostle : Monday, 30th November 2020Rom. 10:9-18; Ps. 18:2-3,4-5; Mt. 4:18-22 (Ps Wk I) Paul believed that salvation came through faith and was available to all. God loved both Jews and gentiles and provided…

1st Sunday of Advent (B) : 29th November 2020

Father, continue to guide our lives by the truth that will set us free1st Sunday of Advent (B) : 29th November 2020Is. 63:16-17; 64:1,3-8; Ps. 79:2-3,15-16, 18-19; 1 Cor. 1:3-9; Mk. 13:33-37 (Ps Wk I) For all of human history, it seems that faced with the mystery of human existence and the mystery of God,…

34th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday, 28th November 2020

Lord, help us to serve You faithfully in this community of faith, love and hope 34th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday, 28th November 2020Rev. 22:1-7; Ps. 94:1-2,3-5,6-7; Lk. 21:34-36 (Ps Wk II) The Apocalypse proclaims for us great and eternal hope: “The night shall be no more,” and so the Church is guaranteed victory…

34th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday, 27th November 2020

Lord, help us to keep our eyes on You as we read the signs of the times!34th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday, 27th November 2020Rev. 20:1-4,11—21:2; Ps. 83:3,4,5-6,8; Lk. 21:29-33 (Ps Wk II) Jesus’ parable in today’s Gospel passage teaches doctrine which Jesus elsewhere sums up as “reading the signs of the times” (cf.…

34th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday, 26th November 2020

We live on God’s promise... We will win, for the glory of God, for the second coming of the Christ34th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday, 26th November 2020Rev. 18:1-2,21-23; 19:1-3,9; Ps. 99:2,3,4,5; Lk. 21:20-28 (Ps Wk II) In today’s gospel reading the Son of Man comes ‘in a cloud with power and great glory’…

34th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday, 25th November 2020

St Catharine of Alexandria, virgin & martyr34th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday, 25th November 2020Rev. 15:1-4; Ps. 97:1,2-3,7-8,9; Lk. 21:12-19 (Ps Wk II) Persecution and betrayal — no other promise of Jesus is as tangible as the Cross. But in this stark Gospel, there is a consolation far more profound than any false religion…

34th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday, 24th November 2020

Ss Andrew Dung-Lac, priest and comps34th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday, 24th November 2020Rev. 14:14-19; Ps. 95:10,11-13; Lk. 21:5-11 (Ps Wk II) Isaiah uses very vivid images to express the judgment and wrath of God. He pictures God’s action as grapes being squeezed in a huge winepress. The term ‘grapes of wrath’ has even…

34th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday, 23rd November 2020

St Clement I, pope & martyr34th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday, 23rd November 2020Rev. 14:1-3,4-5; Ps. 23:1-2,3-4,5-6; Lk. 21:1-4 (Ps Wk II) There is a saying that goes, “What we do in this life echoes in eternity.”  Basically, what we do here on earth can be put into two categories, which is what we…

33rd Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday, 21st November 2020

Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 33rd Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday, 21st November 2020Zec. 2:14-17; (R. Ps). Lk. 1:46-47,48-49,50-51, 52-53,54-55; Mt. 12:46-50 (Ps Wk I) While there is no scriptural basis for this feast day, there is a long tradition that Mary was dedicated to God at a very young age. The New…