God is faithful - sit and pray quietly alone with Him1st Week of Lent (A) : Tuesday 28th February 2023Is. 55:10-11; Ps. 33:4-7,16-19; Mt. 6:7-15 (Ps. Wk. I) The prophet encouraged the people to follow the Lord God. He contrasted the faithfulness of the Lord with the ways of the Israelites. This passage emphasises the…
God is the Holy One and commands us to be holy like Him1st Week of Lent (A) : Monday 27th February 2023Lev. 19:1-2,11-18; Ps. 18:8-10,15; Mt. 25:31-46 (Ps. Wk. I) Our God is a self-revealing God anxious to communicate with us to reveal what He is like. What is God like, then? From Yahweh’s conversation…
Lord, help us rely on Your Word to prevent us from falling into the temptations of the world1st Sunday of Lent (A) : 26th February 2023Gen. 2:7-9; 3:1-7; Ps. 50:3-6,12-14,17; Rom. 5:12-19 (or 12:17-19); Mt. 4:1-11 (Ps. Wk. I) In Matthew’s Gospel, the Baptism of Jesus (Mt.3:13-17) is closely connected with His Temptation (Mt.4:1-11). It…
Lord, help me to genuinely care and love othersSaturday after Ash Wednesday : 25th February 2023Is. 58:9-14; Ps. 85:1-6 Lk. 5:27-32 (Ps. Wk. IV) The Book of Isaiah describes the prophet speaking out against the observance of rituals on the Sabbath without any due consideration for matters related to mercy and justice. According to the…
Lord, deepen my spiritual understandingFriday after Ash Wednesday : 24th February 2023Is. 58:1-9a; Ps. 50:3-6,18-19; Mt. 9:14-15 (Ps. Wk. IV) God continually tells us through the prophets that He is not interested in worship and piety, which are not the fruits of compassion, mercy, and justice. It’s just a sham – play-acting. God outlines true…
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…