May 31: Pentecost Sunday. Readings: 1. Acts 2:1-11; Psalm: 104; 2. 1 Corinthians 12:3-7,12-13; Gospel: John 20:19-23. Each of these readings plays a special role in this Pentecost day celebration. For it is in each author’s words that we hear the extraordinary testimony members of the early Church give to a power of presence in … Read More about The Holy Spirit is the Church’s life force
Sunday Reflection
The divine promise that emboldens our profession of faith
May 24: Ascension Sunday. Readings: 1. Acts ... Read More about The divine promise that emboldens our profession of faith
Expressing love and observing the commandments
May 17: Sixth Sunday of Easter. Readings: 1. Acts ... Read More about Expressing love and observing the commandments
Honour the Word of God that enlivens daily life
May 10: Fifth Sunday of Easter. Readings: 1. Acts ... Read More about Honour the Word of God that enlivens daily life
May 3: Fourth Sunday of Easter. Readings: 1. Acts 2:14.36-41; Psalm: 23; 2. 1 Peter 2:20-25; Gospel: John 10:1-10. These readings have an air of authority about them. In each one, that authority manifests itself through the message voiced by the key figure’s words. So in Acts, Peter commands the … Read More about Protected and guided by a divine shepherd
March 15: Third Sunday of Lent. Readings: 1. Exodus 17:3-7; Psalm: 95; 2. Romans 5:1-2,5-8; Gospel: John 4:5-42 There is a distinctive spiritual message to be taken from today’s three biblical authors. And it reveals itself to us through the desire to have our bodily and spiritual thirsts satisfied. The … Read More about Our desire for satisfaction in body and spirit
March 8: Second Sunday of Lent. Readings: 1. Genesis 12:1-4; Psalm: 33; 2. 2 Timothy 1:8-10; Gospel: Matthew 17:1-9. These readings give insight into the divine plan that has been working itself out in human history. But it is particularly God’s intervention in that history that is to the fore today. … Read More about God’s intervention in human history
1 March: First Sunday of Lent. Readings: 1. Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7; Psalm: 51; 2. Romans 5:12-19; Gospel: Matthew 4:1-11. How we deal with temptation, while living the life of faith, is the base theme for today’s Scriptures. The Genesis reading relates the foundational story of human disobedience in the Garden of Eden. … Read More about Let this Lent be a season of grace and insight
February 23: 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time. Readings: 1. Leviticus 19:1-2,17-18; Psalm: 103; 2. 1 Corinthians 3:16-23; Gospel: Matthew 5:38-48. A number of ideas associated with God and neighbour come together in these readings. Of key importance, however, are God’s holiness and the love we are expected to extend to everyone … Read More about Seeing ourselves as God’s holy temple
February 16: 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time; Readings: 1. Sirach 15:15-20; Psalm: 119a; 2. 1 Corinthians 2:6-10; Gospel: Matthew 5:17-37. The wisdom featured in these passages of Scripture is straightforward and, therefore, quickly understood. Sirach, Paul and Matthew broach the topic with great simplicity. So, in the first reading, choosing to … Read More about God’s wisdom shown in his revealed Word
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