May 19 : Pentecost Sunday - Renewing and recreating

Today is
the day when the Holy Spirit descended upon the infant Church. The church is
being constantly renewed and recreated by the Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit
takes us (1) from fear and confusion to courage and fortitude, (2) from death
and darkness to life and light, (3)from slavery to the flesh to the glorious
freedom of the sons of God, (4) from dissension and disharmony to unity and
peace.

May 12 : Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord - We are witnesses

Today we celebrate Jesus' return to the Father. We might compare the Feast of the Ascension to the passing of a baton from one runner to another in a relay race. Jesus passed the baton of his work to Peter, James and John. They in return passed it on to us. And now it is our turn to pass it on to others. This means living out Jesus' teaching in our own personal lives and to live Jesus in our own lives.

May 5 : Sixth Sunday of Easter - Our real home is in heaven

Our real home is in heaven "gleaming with the splendour of God" (Rev 21:11). However God has made his abode in our hearts as well: "If anyone loves me and keeps my word, I and my Father will come to dwell in him" (Jn 14:23)

April 28 : Fifth Sunday of Easter - Newness, Glory, and Love

According to the Gospel of John, the actuation and the realization of all these 3 realities took place on the Cross. Therefore we are invited to experience the same in our moments of joy and in moments of Sorrow.

April 21 : 4th Sunday of Easter - The Good Shepherd Sunday

In the gospel reading
Jesus identifies himself as the shepherd: “My sheep hear my voice. I know
them, and they follow me”(John 10:27). Remember, each week we take Jesus inside us in the Eucharist and
our greatest protection and shepherding comes from within. Take the time to
listen to Jesus. Spend some quality time this week with Jesus. Just a few
minutes to listen quietly or reflect on his words can change your day. That is
how we are nourished. And that is how we can be judged.

April 14 - 3rd Sunday of Easter : To love like Jesus

Todays Gospel presents to us the scene of Peter's repentance as three times Jesus asks him to make a profession of love. Jesus then explains just what Peter's love and leadership will require, foretelling Peter;s death by crucifixion: "you will stretch out your hands". This is agape love, that is self-forgetting love. Mother Theresa of Calcutta speaks of 'loving till it hurts'. That is Christian love. Can we love this way? Can we love the way Jesus loved?

April 7 - Second Sunday of Easter: I believe

Each one of us must come to our own personal faith in Jesus. We can't believe just because our friends do. Their faith can help us and challenge us and strengthen us but it is not enough. We must arrive at our own personal faith in Jesus just as Thomas did in today's Gospel

Have a Blessed Easter !

May the Lord fill your soul with the light of hope and give a new start to your life! Get ready to welcome a new Life!!

Have a Blessed & Happy Easter!!!

March 31 : Easter Sunday - We are an Easter people

Easter means
experiencing the power of Jesus changing a great tragedy in our lives into a
glorious new beginning. Therefore let us experience Easter in our lives each
time we fall and fail, each time we want to give up, each time we want to cry
and give into frustration. Jesus Can change us, he can bring us new life again.
Therefore can we dare to start afresh from Christ? That's the challenge of
Easter.

March 29 : Good Friday - In the Cross is our Salvation

As we look up to the
cross today and contemplate Jesus dying to make the full payment for our sins,
let us thank him, and let us promise him that our whole lives will be one
unbroken song of thanksgiving to him who gave his life to make full payment for
the immeasurable debt we owe to God. This will give us strength to carry our
little crosses with love and faith

March 28 : Maunday Thursday: Jesus Our Bread

Today is the day of the
"Maundy," the mandatum, "the new commandment" of love. It
is the special day of friendship, and the traditional ceremonies of the day -
the washing of feet, the blessing of oils for the sick, and so on - all
reinforce that thought. Above all, it is the day of the banquet, the celebration
of friends, in which our divine friend gives himself in the Eucharist, that we
may dwell in him, and he in us. It is the moment of friends rejoicing together
before the pain of tomorrow. Today is also the day where Jesus established the
priesthood. Let us thank God for all these gifts for His Church.

March 24 : Passion Sunday: Marching with Jesus

Indeed, we have reached the climax of the liturgical year, the highest
peak of salvation history, when all that has been anticipated and promised is
to be fulfilled. By the close of today’s long Gospel, the work of our
redemption will have been accomplished, the new covenant will be written in the
blood of His broken body hanging on the cross at the place called the Skull.
The palms that we use today should be sings that we are willing to follow and
march with Jesus not only in moments of glory but also in times of fall and
agony.

March 17: Fifth Sunday of Lent : Start afresh from Christ

Jesus shows a God who is
rich in mercy (dives in misericordia). The completeness of his forgiveness is most incredible in the
words:“neither I condemn you”. Jesus
forgives the sinner without
condoning the sin. Jesus takes away the weeping from this woman’s heart and
fills her with hope and new life which God alone can bring. Isaiah’s new deal
is confirmed by Jesus. He takes a wasted soul to urn it fruitful in grace. We
can catch her sentiments in the words of
Isaiah as presented in the 1st
Reading: it must have been like water been found suddenly in the desert and
rivers started flowing suddenly in the wasteland. Jesus gave a second chance to the sinful woman. He knew that she had made a mess of her life,
but life was not all over for her. She could rebuild her life back again. We
are called upon to lay aside our past (sinful past), our brokenness, our
failures, the mistakes we have done at the feet of Jesus and to start a fresh
from him and so to experience the difference.

March 10: 4th Sunday of Lent - Reconciliation

 
In Baptism, we’re given a divine birthright, made “a new creation,” as Paul puts it in today’s Epistle. But when we sin, we’re like the prodigal, quitting our Father’s house, squandering our inheritance in trying to live without Him.
Lost in sin, we cut ourselves off from the grace of sonship lavished upon us in Baptism. It is still possible for us to come to our senses, make our way back to the Father, as the prodigal does. And Lent is the acceptable time to do just that.

March 3rd : Thired Sunday of Lent: Repentance

The patience of God super abounds the Judgement of God. The longer a barren tree is left to grow, the greater the mischief it would perpetuate. Therefore it needs to be cut off. But God is so generous to give us a second chance so that we might not only bear fruits of good works but also rend our hearts and come back to God with repentance.

February 24th : Second Sunday of Lent: Transfiguration

For the apostles the transfiguration was an awe-inspiring experience. They had never seen their master like this before. Peter, filled with consolation says, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. Let us erect three booths here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” On Mount Tabor they didn't want to leave. In the Garden of Gethsemane they didn't want to stay. When Jesus was arrested they all fled. But it is not to be. The transfiguration is only a preparation for things to come. With Jesus they must descend the mountain to the valley below and on to the garden of Gethsemane and Calvary.

February 17th : 1st Sunday of Lent: Temptation

 

In today’s epic Gospel scene, Jesus relives in His flesh the history of Israel. We’ve already seen that like Israel, Jesus has passed through water, been called God’s beloved Son (see Luke 3:22; Exodus 4:22). Now, as Israel was tested for forty years in the wilderness, Jesus is led into the desert to be tested for forty days and nights (see Exodus 15:25). He faces the temptations put to Israel: Hungry, He’s tempted to grumble against God for food (see Exodus 16:1-13), When the Devil asks His homage, He’s tempted to do what Israel did in creating the golden calf (see Exodus 32) and as Israel quarrelled at Messiah, He’s tempted to doubt God’s care (see Exodus 17:1-6). Jesus undergoes these same temptations. in the first He was tempted with power over nature (“turn these stones into bread”), in the second temptation Jesus was tempted with power over people (“worship me and I will give you dominion over all nations”) and in the third he was tempted with power over God (jump and God will send angels to protect you.”). Aren’t these the same temptations that we face day in and day out?
 

 
 

 

February 10th: 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Disciple's Call

In today’s Gospel Peter trusts and obeys God's word: "at Thy Word I will lay my nets". In doing so he experiences God's power in the great catch of fish. Because Peter accepts his own inadequacy and sinfulness God is able to change him. The scratches in our lives could become beautiful opportunities for God to turn a negative into a positive, a minus into a plus.

February 3rd, Fourth Sunday of the Ordinary Time (Year C): Rejection

Today in the Gospel we see Jesus' own people rejecting Him. They were too familiar with Him to listen to Him: "familiarity begets contempt". Jesus can only repeat the proverb, that a prophet is not accepted in his own country. Are we ready to undergo different hardships for the sake of Jesus and for the sake of His Gospel?

27 January: Third Sunday in the Ordinary time: God’s Word

Third Sunday in the Ordinary time: God’s Word
Today’s readings, though they have been very shortened and stripped of their contexts, are beautifully chosen to represent the beginning of Jesus’ work on earth and stress the power the Word of God has to touch us, to challenge us and to change us. The readings invite us to build our lives on God’s Word. We are to read, meditate and apply it into our lives.