Dearest Lord, help me to choose You always11th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 17th June 20222 Kgs. 11:1-4,9-18,20; Ps. 131:11,12,13-14, 17-18; Mt. 6:19-23 (Ps Wk III) Are we for or against God? This is the question the Scripture passages ask us today. At the death of her son, Ahaziah, who was king of Judah,…
Lord, help me to live my life focus on You only11th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 16th June 2022Sir. 48:1-15; Ps. 96:1-2,3-4,5-6,7; Mt. 6:7-15 (Ps Wk III) In today’s Gospel text, Jesus teaches us how to pray. The prayer He teaches is the ‘Our Father’. The ‘Our Father’ is the only prayer that Jesus…
Lord, help me to live my life focus on You only11th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 15th June 20222 Kgs. 2:1,6-14; Ps. 30:20,21,24; Mt. 6:1-6,16-18 (Ps Wk III) Elijah’s departure from this world was spectacular. His ‘exodus’ mirrored that of Enoch in Genesis and that of Jesus and Mary. Elijah was fully aware that…
Lord, help me to be kinder to people, especially those who have hurt me11th Week in Ordinary Time : Tuesday 14th June 20221 Kgs. 21:17-29; Ps. 50:3-4,5-6a, 11 & 16; Mt. 5:43-48 (Ps Wk III) When rain comes down from the sky, it waters everything. It pours its wetness on all things, giving them life…
St Anthony of Padua, priest and doctor11th Week in Ordinary Time : Monday 13th June 20221 Kgs. 21:1-16; Ps. 5;2-3,5-6,7; Mt. 5:38-42 (Ps Wk III) Unlimited power over others is too much of a temptation for some. Jezebel and Ahab conspire to rob an honest man of his land. But the land is Naboth’s ancestral…
St Barnabas, ApostleTHE MOST HOLY TRINITY (C) : Trinity Sunday 12th June 2022Prov. 8:22-31; Ps. 8:4-5,6-7,8-9; Rom. 5:1-5; Jn. 16:12-15 We mourn and are sad, even grief-stricken, when someone who loves us, and whom we love, dies. Even when such a person goes far away, to another city or country, we feel lost. But it’s…
St Barnabas, Apostle10th Week in Ordinary Time : Saturday 11th June 2022Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3; Ps. 97:1,2-3ab,3cd-4,5-6; Mt. 10:7-13 (Ps Wk II) “Go and teach all nations,” says the Lord. Jesus calls all Christians to this mission. St Barnabas heard this, and he joined St Paul on his journeys. They fulfilled the mission by proclaiming God…
God is present in the small things, in the most ordinary things of our life10th Week in Ordinary Time : Friday 10th June 20221 Kgs. 19:9a,11-16; Ps. 26:7-8a,8b-9abc, 13-14; Mt. 5:27-32 (Ps Wk II) We are often told to seek and find God in all things. Some wait for great signs and wonders. Some go…
St Ephrem, deacon and doctor10th Week in Ordinary Time : Thursday 9th June 20221 Kgs. 18:41-46; Ps. 64:10abcd-11, 12-13; Mt. 5:20-26 (Ps Wk II) When are we most insulting to others? When we are angry! When are we most likely to kill? When our hearts are full of anger! Being angry, killing, being insulting has…
Lord, help me to honour You by obeying Your law10th Week in Ordinary Time : Wednesday 8th June 20221 Kgs. 18:20-39; Ps. 15:1-2a,4,5 and 8,11; Mt. 5:17-19 (Ps Wk II) Elijah was defending the faith of the Israelites against the cult of Baal. He challenged the prophets of Baal to ask Baal to bring down…