Theme – Christ, the Suffering Servant of God In today's Gospel reading on “Ambition of James and John,” the story reveals to us how our fallen human nature is always tempted to desire worldly greatness, prestige, honours and admiration. Always wanting others to think well of us and envy us, and this is a sin. Through the passage, our Lord [...]
The Gospel today encourages us to rethink our understanding of leadership as shown in Jesus’s example. Especially in a world which often celebrates power, Jesus calls us to a way of life marked by humility and service. James and John’s request to sit at Jesus’ right and left in glory reveals a desire for recognition and influence, a longing that [...]
Theme – Christ, Our Wealth In today's Gospel reading, the story of 'The Rich Man,' is about how easy it is for a person to become attached to his early wealth, that he fails to obtain the riches of Heaven. Jesus spoke about greed and attachment, with not just material wealth, but any other form of attachment that are attached [...]
To follow Jesus, we should always be ready, just like His first disciples who left everything to follow Him without hesitation. The story of the rich man in Mark 10:17-30 teaches us that our true treasure should be in heaven, not on earth. The rich man was sad when Jesus asked him to sell his possessions and give to the [...]
Growing in Faith Together We have been gifted with each other. God’s love binds us together in a supernatural way from our baptism where we learned to call God, our Father. We are one body in Christ (Romans 12:5). In celebration of our 63rd birthday as a parish, our 3-day Triduum brought home the message of growing in faith as [...]
Theme – The Family of God Today’s Gospel reading on “Marriage and Divorce” is not only on earthly marriage but also on our marital covenant with God and our love of others. The marriage bond Jesus speaks here is to reveal to us the depth of commitment that God has made to each one of us and the reciprocal commitment [...]
Job 10:21-27 This I know: that my Avenger lives, and he, the Last, will take his stand on earth. After my awaking, he will set me close to him, and from my flesh I shall look on God. My eyes widened. Avenger? My Lord the Avenger? Job, you continue to open my eyes. Jesus is our superhero. High-five! He fights [...]
Such a beautiful verse in today’s Gospel (MK 10:7-8) for this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and the two shall become one. In this sacrament of matrimony, the married couple vow for the unity of each other and they also bear witness to Christ’s union with His Church. It is therefore not so much a sacrament [...]
Theme – Feast of the Holy Angels Today’s Gospel reading on “Temptation to Sin” is asking us if we would have the courage to cut off our hand or foot and pluck out our eye to avoid sin. This is graphic language that Jesus chose to use to motivate us to action. The hand, foot and eye in the teaching [...]
I'm so grateful to have been blessed with ticket to the Papal mass on 12 September 2024! When I first learned that tickets were available for balloting, I had signed up without much expectation because I do not usually win anything at lucky draws or TOTO. I didn’t expect anything different this time. I was not even aware that the [...]