St Paul VI, Pope; SS Cosmas and Damian, martyrs 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Monday 26th September 2022Job. 1:6-22; Ps. 16:1,2-3,6-7; Lk. 9:46-50 (Ps Wk II) I always admired Job in his encounters with misfortune, especially when they struck him one after another; he still uttered his total trust in God, “The Lord…
World Day of Migrants & Refugees26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Sunday 25th September 2022Am. 6:1a,4-7; Ps. 145:6c-7,8-9a,9bc-10; 1 Tim. 6:11-16; Lk. 16:19-31 (Ps Wk II) Today the readings invite us to step back and look at the bigger picture: “Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called” (1 Tim. 6:12).…
Lord, help me to be patient and trust in You25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Saturday 24th September 2022Eccl. 11:9—12:8; Ps. 89:3-4,5-6,12-13, 14 and 17; Lk. 9:43b-45 (Ps Wk I) The writer of our first reading lived around 200 BC, too early for him to have had a clear belief in life after death.…
St Pius of Pietrelcina, priest - pray for us25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Friday 23rd September 2022Eccl. 3:1-11; Ps. 143:1a et 2abc,3-4; Lk. 9:18-22 (Ps Wk I) The writer of Ecclesiastes recognized that there is a time for everything. God was the one who determined the time for events to occur. For some…
Lord, may I be renewed by You each day25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Thursday 22nd September 2022Eccl. 1:2-11; Ps. 89:3-4,5-6,12-13,14 and 17; Lk. 9:7-9 (Ps Wk I) The first reading is taken from the Book of Ecclesiastes. Most biblical scholars conclude that its author is someone known as Qoheleth, a Hebrew word meaning…
St Matthew, pray for usST MATTHEW, APOSTLE & EVANGELIST : Wednesday 21st September 2022Eph. 4:1-7,11-13; Ps. 18:2-3,4-5; Mt. 9:9-13 (Ps Wk I) Who would you consider a “sinner”? Someone who was into erroneous teachings, with a common-law wife and an illegitimate son, like Augustine of Hippo? Someone who was a slave-ship captain (human trafficking) and…
SS Laurent Imbert, bishop, Jaques Chastan, priest (of College General), Andrew Kim Tae-gon, priest, & Paul Chong Ha sang, & Comps. martyrs 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Tuesday 20th September 2022Prov. 21:1-6,10-13; Ps. 118:1,27,30,34,35,44; Lk. 8:19-21 (Ps Wk I) Over the past few days, we read in Luke how Jesus gives His disciples…
St Januarius, Bishop & martyr25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Monday 19th September 2022Prov. 3:27-34; Ps. 14:2-3ab,3cd-4ab,5; Lk. 8:16-18 (Ps Wk I) The Book of Proverbs contains many short statements that advise how to live. In today’s reading, there is advice concerning relations with one’s neighbour. A person should pay their neighbour what is…
Lord, teach us through Your Holy Spirit what is truth, justice and love25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Sunday 18th September 2022Am. 8:4-7; Ps. 112:1-2,4-6,7-8; 1 Tim. 2:1-8; Lk. 16:1-13 (or 10-13) (Ps Wk I) Today’s Gospel reading challenges us, as disciples of Jesus, to be: prudent and decisive. In the parable, Jesus praised…
St Robert Bellarmine, Bishop & doctor,24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Saturday 17th September 20221 Cor. 15:35-37,42-49; Ps. 55:10,11-12, 13-14; LK. 8:4-15 (Ps Wk IV) Jesus often uses ordinary examples from daily life to teach the crowds. In the Parable of the Sower, Jesus speaks about the seed being sowed and what happens to…