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Reflection: John 12:24-26 The Church celebrates the feast of Martyr St. Lawrence. Liturgical Feast Days preserve the past for the present and the future. Today’s feast preserves the memory of persecutions under emperor Valerian in August 258 in Rome. The emperor had ordered all the bishops, priests and deacons in Rome to be executed. Pope […]
August 10, Tuesday NINETEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME As a deacon, Lawrence was placed in charge of the poor of Rome. When he was ordered to surrender the goods of the Church to the persecutors, he distributed them to the poor. When asked where the treasures of the Church were, he showed the poor… […]
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(August 15) The Lord of life has done great things for us. Introduction Mary is remembered for the last time in the New Testament at the beginning of the book of Acts: in prayer, surrounded by the apostles and the first Christian community (Acts 1:14). Then this sweet and reserved woman leaves the scene, […]
NINETEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME August 9, Monday A mixed assortment of slaves had been made into a people, obtained freedom, and was on its way to a land of its own. People without hope had been given dreams of a great future. All this because there was a God “foolish” enough to attach […]
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Reflection: Matthew 17:22-27 The “house” in Capernaum that Jesus goes in could be the “house of Peter” which symbolises the Church or the Christian community. In the House of the believing Community, Jesus reminds his disciples that they are the children of God. Children enjoy the privileges of the household. This is the theme of […]
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 8, Sunday What keeps people alive and growing and healthy? For their body, it is food and drink. Yet even for their body not only food and drink is needed but also the nourishment of love and security. What do we need to keep us going as Christians? […]
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Reflection: John 6: 41-51 Jesus made a declaration that could be considered blasphemous for the Jewish audience: “I am the bread of life.” The Jews react severely as expected. They knew him for over 30 years. They knew his parents Joseph and Mary, and all his family members. And now he claims that he […]
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Don’t let comparison steal your joy Comparison is toxic. God lives in moments of bliss and misery. If I ask you to imagine the middle child of the Brady Bunch—Jan—shaking her head and lamenting “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia,” can you picture her knitted forehead, clenched fists, and narrow shoulders shuddering with a sigh as she sputters […]