Lord, grant us grace to share in Your Passion and VictoryThursday after Ash Wednesday : 23rd February 2023Deut. 30:15-20; Ps. 1:1-4,6; Lk. 9:22-25 (Ps. Wk. IV) Now the time has come for Jesus to announce His Passion to His disciples. Jesus has not come only to teach but to open the door leading to the…
Lord, help me to put on the mind and heart of JesusASH WEDNESDAY : 22nd February 2023Joel 2:12-18; Ps. 50:3-6,12-14,17; 2 Cor. 5:20—6:2; Mt. 6:1-6, 16-18 (Ps. Wk. IV) God is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and filled with compassion – and it is never too late to turn back to God and ask…
St Peter Damian, bishop & doctor7th Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Tuesday 21st February 2023Sir. 2:1-11; Ps. 36:3-4,18-19,27-28,39-40; Mk. 9:30-37 (Ps. Wk. III) Mark, in today’s Gospel begins with Jesus’ announcement of His Paschal Mystery to His disciples for the second time. Confronted with this ‘bad news’, the disciples did what we will…
Lord, help me to be wise and faithful7th Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Monday 20th February 2023Sir. 1:1-10; Ps. 92:1-2,5; Mk. 9:14-29 (Ps. Wk. III) All wisdom is from God. Wisdom is very different from knowledge. Knowledge is the accumulation of facts, but wisdom is the ability to discern or judge what is…
Lord, grant us the grace to live sincerely according to Your commandments of love7th Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Sunday 19th February 2023Lev. 19:1-2,17-18; Ps. 102:1-4,8,10,12-13; 1 Cor. 3:16-23; Mt. 5:38-48 (Ps. Wk. III) Today's Gospel reading from the Sermon on the Mount divides neatly into two sections. The first section comments on…
Jesus Lord, may I live in You alone!6th Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Saturday 18th February 2023Heb. 11:1-7; Ps. 144:2-5,10-11; Mk. 9:2-13 (Ps. Wk. II) The writer of the letter to the Hebrews presents a definition of faith. Then he gives a list of Old Testament figures whose lives illustrate some particular virtue…
Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order6th Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Friday 17th February 2023Gen. 11:1-9; Ps. 32:10-15; Mk. 8:34—9:1 (Ps. Wk. II) The story of the tower of Babel illustrates humanity’s desire to reach God – and to be as powerful as God – just as in the Garden of Eden.…
Lord, help us keep close to You6th Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Thursday 16th February 2023Gen. 9:1-13; Ps. 101:16-21,29,22-23; Mk. 8:27-33 (Ps. Wk. II) The Flood in Genesis chapters 6-8 happened because God saw that “human wickedness was great on the earth, and that human hearts contrived nothing but wicked schemes all day…
Lord Jesus, I want to see You more clearly. Help me to see You!6th Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Wednesday 15th February 2023Gen. 8:6-13,20-22; Ps. 115:12-15,18-19; Mk. 8:22-26 (Ps. Wk. II) When someone sick encounters Jesus, the person is usually healed immediately. Yet, today only after Jesus lays hands on the blind man…
Ss Cyril, monk, & Methodius, bishop6th Week in Ordinary Time (Year A) : Tuesday 14th February 2023Gen. 6:5-8; 7:1-5,10; Ps. 29:1-4,9-10; Mk. 8:14-21 (Ps. Wk. II) How easy it is for us to miss the point about God. This seems to be the message in both readings today. In the first reading from the Book…