*In Springtime, renewal of dedication should bring spiritual growth, when we aim to be mutually suportive. 1st Reading: Sirach 27:4-7 Three images about ways of speaking When a sieve is shaken, the refuse appears; so do a person’s faults when he speaks. The kiln tests the potter’s vessels; so the test of a person is…
*God has formed our tongue and eyes and ears and blessed us with an understanding heart...
*When our link with God is right, we can build relationships that are faithful and generous… 1st Reading: Sirach 6:5-17 Let your friends be tried and trusted. A faithful friend is a tonic Pleasant speech multiplies friends, and a gracious tongue multiplies courtesies. Let those who are friendly with you be many, but let your…
Some lurid statements must be taken figuratively. Today’s Gospel reflects the primacy of the eternal over the temporal…
As a word of wisdom, Jesus warns his disciples about envy and rivalry. Feeling threatened by some rival, they were indignant and..
One who feels small may also have great potential, waiting for the healing influence of genuine kindness …
Sirach links the fear of the Lord with wisdom that warms the heart. It is something that God lavishes on those who love him…
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.
Honouring Jesus as Lord of compassion and love, we cannot approach his altar, bearing grudges against others….
After the Transfiguration, the three struggled to understand why Jesus foresaw a violent death for himself..
This recalls the day when Peter held his first service with the faithful in Rome, under the title “Cathedra Petri” (the Chair of Peter)…
Thursday of Week 6
Wednesday of Week 6
Tuesday of Week 6
Monday of Week 6
Happy are they who their trust in the Lord: worry will not come their way, their lives will bear fruit. The prophet Jeremiah’s words are reflected in the Psalm, as we are invited to trust in the One who never disappoints.
Jeremiah tells us whom we can really trust. Even leaders can lead us astray. Our primary trust is in the Lord, who guides our lives. 1st Reading: Jeremiah 17:5-8 Trust in human resources is like a withering shrub in the arid desert Thus says the Lord: “Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals and…
Saturday of Week 5
Friday of Week 5
Cyril and Methodius so influenced the cultural development of all the Slavic peoples that they are honoured as “Apostles to the Slavs.” 1st Reading: Acts 13:46-49 The mission of the apostles, later emulated by Cyril and Methodius to the Slavs Then both Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word…
