29 February, 2020. Saturday after Ash Wednesday
The Lord is always willing to sit with us, to share table with us, to interact with us and be our inspiration in life…
28 February, 2020. Friday after Ash Wednesday
Any service done in love is very acceptable to God and gives substance to anything else we may do for Lent…
27 February, 2020. Thursday after Ash Wednesday
Voluntary renunciation has a positive meaning. Giving up something for Lent is always with a view to living life more fully.
26 February, 2020. Ash Wednesday
Our ultimate destiny is not just a return to dust and ashes but sharing in the Lord’s risen life and seeing God face-to-face…
25 February, 2020. Tuesday of Week 7
Just as children easily begin to join other children as playmates, so we should respect those who are least self-important…
24 February, 2020. Monday of Week 7
Even when all seems lost, we need to keep reaching out, like the man in today’s gospel, whose prayer was finally heard…
Presider’s Page for 23 February (Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Loving the enemy and praying for those who make life difficult are two marks of a Christian, or so Jesus teaches us today. We gather, aware of how difficult love can be, yet united by the saving mercy of God, on which we rely.
23 February, 2020. 07th Sunday, Year A
Mercy is the outstanding gift of God even of the “Old Testament God” whom many imagine as predominantly harsh and punitive …
22 February, 2020. Chair of St Peter the Apostle
Today we pray for divine guidance on our present pope and on the whole church of God throughout the world…
21 February, 2020. Friday of Week 6
If we reach out a helping hand to our neighbour in need, we are carrying the cross in the way that matters…
20 February, 2020. Thursday of Week 6
James hits out against servile deference and class distinction. He will not have us show special regard to rich, fashionably dressed people, while despising others …
19 February, 2020. Wednesday of Week 6
We cannot walk this path without help, but must let ourselves be led, like the blind man whom Jesus took by the hand…
18 February, 2020. Tuesday of Week 6
Like Jesus, James urges us to value the spiritual side of life. How else can one persevere till the end unless by having a deeply rooted hope?
17 February, 2020. Monday of Week 6
Such a level of faith helps us through dark times, holding on to hope for better times, with the help of God…
Presider’s Page for 16 February (Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Today’s readings ask for decisions, challenging Christians to choose the right path. We gather to worship God, who can help us in all our choices.
16 February, 2020. 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus promoted an atmosphere of openness and trust. What he offers as a supplement to the Law of Moses is a morality of values held from the heart…
15 February, 2020. Saturday of Week 5
Seing others restored to life and strength was his constant motive. Promoting life was nourishment to him…
14 February, 2020. Ss Cyril and Methodius, co-patrons of Europe
He blesses us, that we may share his views and values, so others may be inclined to find life in him….
13 February, 2020. Thursday of Week 5
His own bad choices led Solomon from being an icon of wisdom to becoming a foolish despot who caused his nation to split in two…
12 February, 2020. Wednesday of Week 5
Central to a good life lies a love of wisdom, humbly and faithfully following wherever God may lead us….