Lord, help me to welcome You and listen to You always16th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 17th July 2022Gen. 18:1-10a; Ps. 14:2-3ab,3cd-4ab,5; Col. 1:24-28; Lk. 10:38-42 (Ps Wk IV) The story, in the Book of Genesis, is based on the common custom among the people who live in the desert of offering hospitality to…
Our Lady of Mount Carmel15th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 16th July 2022Mic. 2:1-5; Ps. 9:22-23,24-25,28-29,35; Mt. 12:14-21 (Ps Wk III) In today’s Gospel text, we read how Jesus deals with the hostility of the Pharisees as they conspire against Him, how to destroy Him! Chilling words indeed, as all that Jesus has been…
St Bonaventure, bishop and doctor15th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 15th July 2022Is. 38:1-6,21-22,7-8; Ps. 38:10,11,12abcd,16; Mt. 12:1-8 (Ps Wk III) None of us likes to endure pain, suffering or a threat to our life. But Hezekiah wept with a humble heart to the Lord and recounted the goodness of his life. He didn’t…
Jesus, gentle and humble of heart, make my heart like unto Thine15th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 14th July 2022Is. 26:7-9,12,16-19; Ps. 101:13-14ab and 15,16-18,19-21; Mt. 11:28-30 (Ps Wk III) In our journey of life, we primarily labour and are overburdened. We move along life with its many challenges and difficulties. According to Isaiah,…
St Henry15th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 13th July 2022Is. 10:5-7,13-16; Ps. 93:5-6,7-8,9-10,14-15; Mt. 11:25-27 (Ps Wk III) Today’s two readings help us see things as they are, as God sees them. In each case, two ways of looking at reality are proposed: an ordinary everyday human way of assessing and analysing things and…
Lord Jesus, increase my faith and make ime strong to face all the challenges of life.15th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 12th July 2022Is. 7:1-9; Ps. 47:2-3ab,3cd-4,5-6,7-8 Mt. 11:20-24 (Ps Wk III) The Gospel and the first reading both remind us of the transience of this world. Through Isaiah, God reminded David that his…
St Benedict, abbot15th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 11th July 2022Is. 1:10-17; Ps. 49:8-9,16bc-17,21 and 23; Mt. 10:34—11:1 (Ps Wk III) Isaiah’s words today are a potent reminder that our thoughts may not be God’s thoughts or God’s ways. Nowadays, we do not have any basic concept of sacrifice, especially the sacrifice of animals…
Who can you be neighbour to?15th Week in Ordinary Time : Sunday 10th July 2022Deut. 30:10-14; Ps. 68:14 and 17, 30-31,33-34,36ab and 37; (or Ps:18:8,9, 10,11); Col. 1:15-20; Lk. 10:25-37; (Ps Wk III) All the “commandments and statutes written in this book of the Law” may well seem very complicated and unnecessarily burdensome. However, Moses…
SS Augustine Zhao Rong, priest & Comps14th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 9th July 2022Is. 6:1-8; Ps. 92:1ab,1c-2,5; Mt. 10:24-33 (Ps Wk II) Sinfulness – Sanctification – Service: these seemed to be the progression for Isaiah in today’s reading. In his vision, Isaiah saw – “the Lord on a high throne” (v 1) ……
Holy Spirit Lord, please accompany me and give me strength14th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 8th July 2022Hos. 14:2-10; Ps. 50:3-4,8-9,12-13,14 and 17; Mt. 10:16-23 (Ps Wk II) People turn everywhere, looking for gods and powers to help them. They create gods out of their imaginations. But here, God’s real nature is revealed –…