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15th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Wednesday 17th July 2024

No one has answers for the world. Lord help us accept in humility and faith. 15th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Wednesday 17th July 2024Is 10:5-7, 13-16; Ps 93:5-10, 14-15; Mt 11:25-27 (Ps Wk III) Ever ponder why Jesus praised God for hiding things from the learned and revealing them to mere children? To…

15th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Tuesday 16th July 2024

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us15th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Tuesday 16th July 2024Is 7:1-9; Ps 47:2-8; Mt 11:20-24 (Psalter Proper) Are you afraid of being frustrated? Today’s Gospel seems to show Jesus in that mode. Was He not also tired and upset? “Woe to you!” is a warning and frustrating…

15th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday 15th July 2024

St. Bonaventure, Bishop & Doctor, pray for us15th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday 15th July 2024Is 1:10-17; Ps 49:8-9, 16-17, 21, 23; Mt 10:34 — 11:1 (Ps Wk III) The Lord spoke through Isaiah - smoke of burnt rams and fat of calves sicken Him. The right command for true sacrifice is to…

15th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Sunday 14th July 2024

Time is short. Open our mind and heart to the Spirit of God15th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Sunday 14th July 2024Am 7:12-15; Ps 84:9-14; Eph 1:3-14 (or 1:3-10); Mk 6:7-13 (Ps Wk III) The priests in Bethel did not want Amos around. They told him to stay in his own lane – to…

14th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Saturday 13th July 2024

God’s love and care for us is greater than any challenge we will face in life14th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Saturday 13th July 2024Is 6:1-8; Ps 92:1-2, 5 Mt 10:24-33 (Ps Wk II) Have you ever felt God is calling you personally? One common immediate reaction to anyone who encounters such experience is…

14th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Friday 12th July 2024

Lord, grant us wisdom to understand Your words, and intelligence to grasp their meaning14th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Friday 12th July 2024Hos 14:2-10; Ps 50:3-4, 8-9, 12-14, 17 Mt 10:16-23 (Ps Wk II) When Israel sinned against God, the Lord said to Israel, “Come back’’ (Hosea 14: 2-3). For Israel, the way back…

14th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Thursday 11th July 2024

St. Benedict, Abbot, pray for us14th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Thursday 11th July 2024Hos 11:1-4, 8-9; Ps 79:2-3, 15-16 Mt 10:7-15 (Ps Wk II) Prophet Hosea illustrates the divine-human relationship with the metaphor of familial imagery : with God as the parent and Israel as the beloved child whom God rescued from slavery…

14th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Wednesday 10th July 2024

Lord, let me not pass this and every day without doing Your will14th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Wednesday 10th July 2024Hos 10:1-3, 7-8, 12; Ps 104:2-7; Mt 10:1-7 (Ps Wk II) The passage from the Book of Hosea is part of an oracle, that is a farsighted view with an authoritative saying. It…

14th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Tuesday 9th July 2024

Ss. Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest & Companions, Martyrs, pray for us14th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Tuesday 9th July 2024Hos 8:4-7, 11-13; Ps 113B:3-10 Mt 9:32-38 (Ps Wk II) It is helpful to know the situation prophet Hosea is addressing to the northern kingdom of Israel, Ephraim as well as Samaria. He prophesied that…

14th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday 8th July 2024

God meets us where we are. Our smallest gestures of reaching out are met with His warmth and compassion14th Week in Ordinary Time (B) : Monday 8th July 2024Hos 2:16-18, 21-22; Ps 144:2-9; Mt 9:18-26 (Ps Wk II) Are we seeking God as much as God is seeking us? In Prophet Hosea, we are given…