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…
SS Cornelius, Pope & Cyprian, Bishop, martyrs24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) : Friday 16th September 20221 Cor. 15:12-20; Ps. 16:1,6-7,8b and 15; Lk. 8:1-3 (Ps Wk IV) In today’s reading, Luke gives testimony to the freedom of the Gospel. The scene gives an image of the infant Church. It is on the move and…
Mother Mary, pray for usOur Lady of Sorrows : Thursday 15th September 2022Heb. 5:7-9; Ps. 30:2-3ab,3cd-4,5-6,15-16,20; Jn. 19:25-27 or Lk. 2:33-35 Some people in the Corinthian church had been saying there was no resurrection of the dead. Paul was reminding the Corinthians that belief in the resurrection of Christ was the foundation of the faith…