World Day of Prayer for the Sanctity of Priestly LifeSOLEMNITY OF THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS : Friday 7th June 2024Hos. 11:1, 3-4, 8-9; (R.Ps.) Is 12:2-6 Eph. 3:8-12, 14-19; Jn. 19:31-37 (Psalter Proper) “I am God, not man” and “I will not give rein to My fierce anger” points to God as a…
St Norbert, Bishop, pray for us9th Week in Ordinary Time (Year B) : Thursday 6th June 20242 Tim 2:8-15; Ps. 24:4-5, 8-10, 14; Mk. 12:28-34 (Ps Wk I) We should always remember ‘The Word of God is not chained’ . We should allow the Word to do its work. It kept Paul going through all…
St Boniface, Bishop & Martyr, pray for us9th Week in Ordinary Time (Year B) : Wednesday 5th June 20242 Tim 1:1-3, 6-12; Ps. 122:1-2; Mk. 12:18-27 (Ps Wk I) The Sadducees were a priestly and aristocratic party. They accepted only the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Torah, as authoritative while rejecting other writings…
Give back to God what truly belongs to God!9th Week in Ordinary Time (Year B) : Tuesday 4th June 20242 Pt. 3:11-15, 17-18; Ps. 89:2-4, 10, 14, 16; Mk. 12:13-17 (Ps Wk I) “This reply took them completely by surprise.” (Mk.12:17) The reaction of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus’ response is a point for…
Ss Charles Lwanga & Comps, Martyrs, pray for us9th Week in Ordinary Time (Year B) : Monday 3rd June 20242 Pt. 1:2-7; Ps. 90:1-2, 14-16; Mk. 12:1-12 (Ps Wk I) The graces and promises that God has given us are astounding, but often people are unaware of them. Peter tells us that we are called…
Blood of Christ, inebriate me!THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (CORPUS CHRISTI) (B) : Sunday 2nd June 2024Ex. 24:3-8; Ps.115:12-13, 15-18; Heb. 9:11-15; Mk. 14:12-16, 22-26 (Psalter Proper) The significance of blood is life binding in enacting a covenant. The previous old covenant under Moses was one of recurring sacrifices and the shedding…
St Justin, Martyr, pray for us8th Week in Ordinary Time (Year B) : Saturday1st June 2024Jude 1:17, 20-25; Ps. 62:2-6; Mk 11:27-33 (Ps Wk IV) The agitated leaders of the day questioned Jesus’ authority because their own authority was undermined by His good works. Is authority endorsed by the power to oppress and exploit? Today,…
Mother Mary, pray for usVISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY : Wednesday 31st May 2024Zeph. 3:14-18 or Rom. 12:9-16; (R. Ps.) Is. 12:2-6; Lk. 1:39-56 (Ps Wk IV) We started our May Shalom with St Joseph the Worker and end with the Blessed Virgin Mary visiting her cousin Elizabeth. Both lives, as beginning and end,…
Lord, thank you for Your great mercy, let me see reality through Your merciful eyes8th Week in Ordinary Time (Year B) : Thursday 30th May 20241 Pt. 2:2-5, 9-12; Ps. 99:2-5; Mk. 10:46-52 (Ps Wk IV) Even glancing through the last part of chapter ten in Mark’s Gospel, we know that this is not just…
St Paul VI, Pope, pray for us8th Week in Ordinary Time (Year B) : Wednesday 29th May 20241 Pt. 1:18-25; Ps. 147:12-15, 19-20; Mk. 10:32-45 (Ps Wk IV) For the Son of Man Himself did not come to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.” (Mk.10:45) This…