Today’s readings calls us to live and strive as true disciples of Christ, spreading peace, joy, love and hope to the people whom our Lord sends our way. The use our tongue could be a weapon of destruction or antidote to a grieving soul. A well-trained tongue is a by-product of well-trained mind. When we speak to others what are [...]
The totality of Jesus’ forgiveness is immeasurable. We witness the mercy and compassion of the Lord in the readings of this week - from Jesus’ mercy towards the adulterous woman in the Gospel, to St Paul’s testimony of himself as a forgiven sinner, to Isaiah’s proclamation of new life in God by leaving our sinful past behind. We are reminded [...]
The 1st reading reveals to us that the Lord’s plans will be carried out in His time; a plan to prosper his people. It took them 40 years to realise this. In the 2nd reading, says that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person and the old life is gone. It is a gift from God, [...]
Moses was curious about the bush that was burning but not burnt. It would make any of us curious but not everyone of us daring enough to have a closer look. Sometimes we prefer to remain afar and wonder at what is going on. Our faith in the Lord invites us to be involved and not to be mere [...]
The transfiguration is an example of what will happen when we walk in the ways of the Lord with faith. A faith that is not tested, is a faith that is rather new. A faith that has withstood the trials of time and events, is a faith that is certain. The transfiguration is an example of what we will be [...]
The first Gospel of Lent was on temptation and in our community prayer session, we were asked to think about our own life’s difficulties and challenges, and how the Word of God gives our stumblings direction. And I say, “O that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest; truly, I would flee [...]
This week marks the first Sunday of Lent and we are reminded through the readings that our journey this season will be filled with temptations, struggles, challenges, pain and salvation as individuals and as a community. In the first reading, we hear about the challenges of the Israelites during their time in Egypt - they were mistreated, oppressed, and made [...]
The name, “Jesus” means in Hebrew, “GOD saves”. In His name is His mission and identity. Since God alone can forgive sins, it is God who, in Jesus his eternal Son made man, "will save his people from their sins,” in Jesus, God recapitulates all of his history of salvation on behalf of men. (C.C.C. 2. 430) Biography: Jesus [...]
As we enter into the sixth Sunday of Easter, the theme is Peace. Preparation to celebrate Pentecost. The peace of the Risen Lord be with you. For most of us, peace is understood to mean the absence of conflict or disturbance in our lives. We long for “peace and quiet.” In our homes, office, neighbourhood and church communities. The [...]
Marriage has such a place of importance that Christ elevated it to the level of a sacrament. God himself is the author of marriage (C.C.C. 1603). Man is created out of the love of God, and being made in the image and likeness of God, who is love Himself, and since God made both man and woman, their mutual love [...]
