Faith is not the absence of struggle—it is the courage to remain steadfast, to trust, to hope27th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 5th October 2025Hab 1:2-3, 2:2-4; Ps 94 (95):1-2, 6-9; 2 Tim 1:6-8, 13-14; Lk 17:5-10 (Ps Wk III) “Increase our faith,” the Apostles plead. It’s a cry that echoes in every heart…
ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI, pray for us26th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 4th October 2025Bar 4:5-12, 27-29; Ps 68 (69):33-37; Lk 10:17-24 (Ps Wk II) One of the things that we admire about St Francis of Assisi is not so much that he was a nature lover but that his radical trust in God…
What are we doing to make a difference for others? Are we following the way of Christ or ignoring what is happening to the poor and afflicted?26th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 3rd October 2025Bar 1:15-22; Ps 78 (79):1-5, 8-9; Lk 10:13-16 (Ps Wk II) One of the core messages of the Book of…
The Holy Guardian Angels, pray for us26th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 2nd October 2025Ex 23:20-23; Ps 90 (91):1-6, 10-11; Mt 18:1-5, 10 (Ps Prop) In the holy guardian angels, we remember and celebrate God’s tender and loving care for us. In the dangerous migration of the Israelites out of bondage from Egypt, God…
ST THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS, Virgin & Doctor, pray for us26th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 1st October 2025Is 66:10-14; Ps 130 (131):1-3; Mt 18:1-5 (Ps Wk II) The attraction and yearning to experience God's presence never fades. As prophesied by Zechariah, people from many cities and nations are drawn to Jerusalem to…
ST JEROME, Priest & Doctor, pray for us26th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 30th September 2025Zee 8:20-23; Ps 86 (87):1-7; Lk 9:51-56 (Ps Wk II) The attraction and yearning to experience God's presence never fades. As prophesied by Zechariah, people from many cities and nations are drawn to Jerusalem to seek the Lord. They…
SS MICHAEL, GABRIEL & RAPHAEL, ARCHANGELS, watch over us26th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 29th September 2025Am 6:1, 4-7; Ps 145 (146):6-10; 1 Tim6:ll-16; Lkl6:19-31 (PsWkII) The feast day of the archangels, Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, direct our attention that all of their names end with "el". It is the Jewish reference to God…
World Day of Migrants and Refugees26th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 28th September 2025Am 6:1, 4-7; Ps 145 (146):6-10; 1 Tim6:ll-16; Lkl6:19-31 (PsWkII) God's words proclaimed through the prophets caution us against becoming complacent in our perceived success and righteousness. Prophet Amos forewarned that too much comfort runs the risk of shutting our ears…
ST VINCENT DE PAUL, Priest, pray for us25th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 27th September 2025Zec2:5-9, 14-15; (RsPs)Jer31:10-13; Lk 9:43-45 (Ps Wk I) Zechariah declared to the exiles, "Truly, one who touches you touches the apple of my eye" (v8). This evidently indicates that God's oppressed people never escape from His attentive sight and…
SS COSMAS & DAMIAN, Martyrs, pray for us25th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 26th September 2025Hag 1:15-2:9; Ps42 (43):1-4; Lk 9:18-22 ((Ps Wk I) At Caesarea Philippi, Jesus reveals His true identity just by asking a probing question "Who do you say that I am?" - firstly to the crowd and then to His…