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…
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.…
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’…
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…
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…
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…
All glory, praise and worship to Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe ! Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ King of the Universe (A) : Sunday, 22nd November 2020Ez. 34:11-12,15-17; Ps. 22:1-4,5,6; 1 Cor. 15:20-26,28; Mt. 25:31-46 (Ps Wk II) Shepherds are supposed to protect their flocks and insure for their well-being. The…
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…
Lord, help me to remember that your church is a house of prayer33rd Week in Ordinary Time : Friday, 20th November 2020Rev. 10:8-11; Ps. 8:14,24,72,103,111,131; Lk. 19:45-48 (Ps Wk I) John was told that he must prophesy again, but first, he had to take the scroll and eat it. As he had been told, the…
Lord, help us to recognise the sacred time, the time of God’s visitation33rd Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday, 19th November 2020Rev. 5:1-10; Ps. 149:1-2,3-4,5-6,9; Lk. 19:41-44 (Ps Wk I) This is undoubtedly one of the most moving passages in the Gospel. Pilgrims to Jerusalem visit the Church known as Dominus flevit (The Lord wept)…