What do we cling to? What gives us our identity and security?8th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Monday 3rd March 2025Sir 17:24-29; Ps 31 (32):1-2, 5-7; Mk 10:17-27 (Ps Wk IV) Take heart, no good deed or act of kindness is unnoticed by God. Most of us are not called to do spectacular things worthy…
Lord, mould me, may I never labour in vain towards my true self!8th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Sunday 2nd March 2025Sir 27:4-7; Ps 91 (92):2-3, 13-16; 1 Cor 15:54-58; Lk 6:39-45 (Ps Wk IV) In the first reading from Ecclesiasticus, Ben Sira gives us good advice on human speech. The words of a person…
Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it7th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Saturday 1st March 2025Sir 17:1-15; Ps 102 (103):13-18 Mk 10:13-16 (Ps Wk III) Family defines the home of belonging. God sets it as a cradle of proliferating seeds of human dignity and fulfilment.…
Lord, please sustain us, we strive to remain faithful, even going the extra mile as You call us to7th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Friday 28th February 2025Eccls 6:5-17; Ps 118:12, 16, 18, 27, 34, 35; Mk 10:1-12 (Ps Wk III) February ends today but our response to the call of God never ceases. Hence,…
St Gregory of Narek, Abbot & Doctor, pray for us7th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Thursday 27th February 2025Eccls 5:1-8, Ps 1:1-4, 6; Mk 9:41-50 (Ps Wk III) St. John of the Cross, in his works “The Ascent of Mount Carmel” and “The Dark Night of the Soul”, expounds on the need to be…
Grant to me, Lord, wisdom upon finding You, and patient fidelity as I await You, and confidence in finally embracing You7th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Wednesday 26th February 2025Eccls 4:11-19; Ps 118:165, 168, 171-172, 174-175; Mk 9:38-40 (Ps Wk III) Unlike knowledge, wisdom is not an intellectual pursuit that can be gained through reading…
Lord, help me to be prepared for any trials as Your willing servant.7th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Tuesday 25th February 2025Eccls 2:1-11; Ps 36:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40; Mk 9:30-37 (Ps Wk III) Sirach shared what it meant to be faithful to the Lord. Be prepared for trials. There would be testing but it…
Jesus, thank you for loving me and molding my attitude to love truthfully.7th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Monday 24th February 2025Eccls 1:1-10; Ps 92:1-5; Mk 9:14-29 (Ps Wk III) In the wise collection of Ecclesiastes sayings, the teacher cautions us that everything ends in vanity and hopelessness. “What has been is what will be, and…
Jesus, thank you for loving me and molding my attitude to love truthfully.7th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Sunday 23rd February 20251 Sam 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23; Ps 102:1-4, 8, 10, 12-13; 1 Cor 15:45-49; Lk 6:27-38 (Ps Wk III) Anyone who is called to serve the Church will be invested with the power to…
CHAIR OF ST PETER, THE APOSTLE6th Week in Ordinary Time (C) : Saturday 22nd February 20251 Pt 5:1-4; Ps 22:1-6 Mt 16:13-19 (Psalter Proper) In the apse of the Basilica of St Peter in Rome, there is a huge bronze chair which is the monument to the Chair of St Peter, a work of Bernini.…