Episodes
Saturday Aug 31, 2019
May 5 - Third Sunday of Easter: To love like Jesus
Saturday Aug 31, 2019
Saturday Aug 31, 2019
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?
Saturday Aug 31, 2019
April 28 , Second Sunday of Easter: I believe
Saturday Aug 31, 2019
Saturday Aug 31, 2019
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
Saturday Aug 31, 2019
April 21 - Easter Sunday: We are an Easter people
Saturday Aug 31, 2019
Saturday Aug 31, 2019
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.
Saturday Aug 31, 2019
April 19 - Good Friday: In the Cross is our Salvation.
Saturday Aug 31, 2019
Saturday Aug 31, 2019
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
Saturday Aug 31, 2019
April 18 - Maunday Thursday: Jesus Our Bread
Saturday Aug 31, 2019
Saturday Aug 31, 2019
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
Saturday Apr 13, 2019
April 14 - Passion Sunday: Marching with Jesus
Saturday Apr 13, 2019
Saturday Apr 13, 2019
Gospel at the Procession with Palms Luke 19:28-40
Jesus sends his disciples for a colt and then rides into Jerusalem.
Gospel at the Procession with Palms Luke 19:28-40 Jesus sends his disciples for a colt and then rides into Jerusalem
. First Reading Isaiah 50:4-7 The Lord's Servant will stand firm, even when persecuted.
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 22:8-9,17-20,23-24 A cry for help to the Lord in the face of evildoers.
Second Reading Philippians 2:6-11 Christ was obedient even to death, but God has exalted him.
Gospel Reading Luke 22:14—23:56 (shorter form: Luke 23:1-49)
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.
Friday Apr 12, 2019
Thursday Apr 11, 2019
Wednesday Apr 10, 2019
Tuesday Apr 09, 2019
Monday Apr 08, 2019
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Friday Apr 05, 2019
April 7- Fifth Sunday of Lent: Start afresh from Christ
Friday Apr 05, 2019
Friday Apr 05, 2019
First Reading Isaiah 43:16-21
The Lord is doing something new for his people.
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 126:1-6
A song in praise of the Lord's marvelous deeds
Second Reading Philippians 3:8-14
Paul says that he counts all things as lot and focuses on one goal, Christ.
Gospel Reading
John 8:1-11
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.
Friday Apr 05, 2019
Friday Apr 05, 2019
Wednesday Apr 03, 2019
Tuesday Apr 02, 2019
Monday Apr 01, 2019
Sunday Mar 31, 2019
Friday Mar 29, 2019
March 31 - 4th Sunday of Lent : Reconciliation
Friday Mar 29, 2019
Friday Mar 29, 2019
First Reading Joshua 5:9a,10-12
The Israelites celebrate the Passover in the promised land.
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 34:2-7
A prayer of praise to God.
Second Reading 2 Corinthians 5:17-21
Paul preaches our reconciliation with Christ.
Gospel Reading
Luke 15:1-3,11-32
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.
Friday Mar 29, 2019
Thursday Mar 28, 2019
Wednesday Mar 27, 2019
Tuesday Mar 26, 2019
Monday Mar 25, 2019
Sunday Mar 24, 2019
Friday Mar 22, 2019
March 24 - Third Sunday of Lent: Repentance
Friday Mar 22, 2019
Friday Mar 22, 2019
First Reading Exodus 3:1-8a,13-15
God speaks to Moses from the burning bush and sends him to the Israelites.
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 103:1-4,6-7,8,11
A prayer in praise of God's mercy
Second Reading 1 Corinthians 10:1-6,10-12
Paul teaches that the Scriptures were written to set an example for us.
Gospel Reading
Luke 13:1-9
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.
Friday Mar 22, 2019
Thursday Mar 21, 2019
Wednesday Mar 20, 2019