The readings for today implicitly and explicitly invite us to “trust”, “believe”, and also speak of “blessings and woes”. Babies learn to trust their parents, especially their mothers, when they constantly care for them - when they are fed, changed, cuddled when they need it, and when they baby talk to them. As soon as they learned to [...]
Theme: Discipleship The first reading reveals the solemn calling of Isaiah by God to be a prophet. However, due to the death of king Uzziah, Isaiah was filled with sorrow. He was then unable to recognise that it was the Lord sitting upon the throne and not that it was empty. Similar to Isaiah, many of us with all our [...]
In the first reading we see that God did not call us by accident - the call was a deliberate action from God who knows us personally. We are tasked to proclaim the good news to all nations. Just like how Jeremiah the prophet had to preach to corrupt kings and religious leaders of ancient Judah who opposed him fiercely, [...]
In the Japanese culture, there is an artform known as Kintsugi. It is the process of restoring and mending broken pottery with lacquer mixed with gold, silver, or platinum dust. In Kintsugi, there is no attempt to hide the damage, but to celebrate, accept, and even highlight the parts that which have been broken. The broken areas, and the repair [...]
In the first reading, Ezra, the priest, proclaimed the Law of God before the assembly, on the first day of the seventh month. This day, also known as Rosh Hashanah, is one of the most holy days in the Jewish calendar and is also the first day of the Jewish new year. Nehemiah, leader of the people, said “Go eat [...]
The first reading of this Sunday assures us of God’s determination to continually love us and reminds us that He will not abandon us. The words of the passage tell us how God’s love transforms us, changes us from ‘Forsaken’ to ‘My Delight’ and our land from ‘Abandoned’ to ‘The Wedded’. Marriage is used here as a metaphor to describe [...]
This week as we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord, let us reflect on our own baptism when God stood with us and lifted us from the muddy waters of sin. God then incorporated us into the body of Christ empowering us to lead the life of Christ. We have read in the scriptures about the Baptism of our Lord [...]
The lyrics of a popular Christmas Carol expound upon a series of rhetorical questions, questioning Mary about whether she knew that Jesus would save us, whether she knew that her child once walked with angels… and the short answer to this sequence of “did you know” questions, is Yes! Mary did know. This is succinctly stated in Scripture when the [...]
There is much that we can should contemplate about this feast. The Jews, the Chosen People of God did not realise the fulfilment of God our Father’s promise because they had it in their minds that great works of their heroes of the past. They remembered the great works of these heroes but had forgotten that these great feats of [...]
A missing child is a parent’s worst nightmare, often resulting in panic leading to a frantic search. It would have been the same for Mary and Joseph, as they frantically searched for Jesus, which would then be followed by the relief of discovering him in the Temple. His mother knew that there was something special about this boy, just as [...]