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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Fifth Week / Weekdays / Year I

THERE IS ALWAYS A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

⏰Friday of the Twenty-Fifth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (27 Sept. 2019 – Memorial of St. Vincent de Paul) 📖Haggai 1:15 – 2:9; Ps 43:1, 2, 3, 4 (R.v.5cd); Luke 9:18-22 🎤THERE IS ALWAYS A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL The problems of the Israelites after their return from exile did not just end with the fact of lack of resources to use in rebuilding the temple. Some of them who knew the temple before it was destroyed lost hope of being able to raise the temple to such a status again. Think of losing a very precious...

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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Fifth Week / Weekdays / Year I

LIVE FOR GOD AND FOR OTHERS

⏰Wednesday of the Twenty-Fifth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (26 Sept. 2019) 📖Ezra 9:5-9; Tob 13:1b-2, 3-4a, 6efgh, 6ij, 8 (R.v.1b); Luke 9:1-6 🎤LIVE FOR GOD AND FOR OTHERS Do you want to be faithful to God? Then you definitely need to be very selfless. Think about God and others first, and be sure that God will never leave you empty handed. That is an important message that we must pick out from Luke 9:1-6, which is seen lived out by Ezra in Ezra 9:5-9, by carrying the burden of his people and intercepting for in humility. Jesus sent out...

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Ordinary Time / Sundays / Year C

“SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD”

Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) – 18 Sept 2016 Amos 8:4-7; Ps. 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8 (R.v.1a, 7a); 1Tim 2:1-8; Luke 16:1-13 “SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD” It is a truism that where your treasure is, there lies your heart. If we love God so much, in God would our attention subsist but if it is material possession that we treasure more, it will definitely take away our attention from God. The people of Israel were patiently awaiting the Day of the Lord, when God would restore peace in Jerusalem. But they do this without bothering to...

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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Fourth Week / Weekdays / Year I

“DO NOT NEGLECT THE GIFT YOU HAVE” (1 Tim 4:14)

⏰Thursday of the Twenty-Fourth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (19 September 2019) 📖1 Tim 4:12-16; Ps 111:7-8, 9, 10 (R.v.2a); Luke 7:36-50 🎤”DO NOT NEGLECT THE GIFT YOU HAVE” (1 Tim 4:14) Have you not realized that nobody is born without a gift? Every child that comes into this world comes with a gift that would be beneficial to him and the entire society. In the same way, everyone who is born into the Church by baptism is also born with a gift. Have you tried to discover your own gift? Are you using it well for the building up...

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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Fourth Week / Weekdays / Year I

REMAIN FIRM IN YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST

⏰Wednesday of the Twenty-Fourth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (18 September 2019) 📖1 Tim 3:14-16; Ps 111:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6 (R.v.2a); Luke 7:31-35 🎤REMAIN FIRM IN YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST In 1 Tim 3:14-16, St. Paul instructs the leaders to remain attached to the fundamental truths of the history of salvation which were handed down to us. Obviously, some people, out of selfish interests, try to deviate from those fundamental truths (see Luke 7:31-35). Trying to fault them would definitely lead to persecution. Do you see how the Jews especially the Pharisees and the leaders were always looking out to see...

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Ordinary Time / Sundays / Year C

A CELEBRATION OF GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

⏰Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) – 15 Sept 2019 📖Exod 32:7-11,13-14; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 17 and 19 (R. Luke 15:18); 1Tim 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-32 🎤A CELEBRATION OF GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE The three readings that we have in our Liturgy of today point out, in a very clear manner, the imperfection of man and God’s unconditional love towards man. In the First Reading, the people of Israel deserted God and chose to worship a molten calf. Worst still, they ascribed to the molten calf, the glory which ought to be given to God, saying: “These are your gods, O...

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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Third Week / Weekdays / Year I

“THE GRACE OF OUR LORD OVERFLOWED FOR ME WITH FAITH AND LOVE THAT ARE IN CHRIST JESUS” (1 Tim 1:14)

⏰Friday of the Twenty-Third Week of Ordinary Time 1 (13 Sept. 2019 – Memorial of St. John Chrysostom) 📕1 Tim 1:1-2, 12-18; Ps 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 11 (R.v.5a); Luke 6:39-42 🎤”THE GRACE OF OUR LORD OVERFLOWED FOR ME WITH FAITH AND LOVE THAT ARE IN CHRIST JESUS” (1 Tim 1:14) My dear, as you prepare to embrace the demands of this day, may Jesus, our dependable friend, be present to you so that you may have a peaceful and miraculous day through the same Christ, our Lord. Amen. There is an adage that says that a river that forgets...

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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Third Week / Weekdays / Year I

“PUT ON LOVE, WHICH BINDS EVERYTHING TOGETHER IN PERFECT HARMONY” (Col 3:14)

⏰Thursday of the Twenty-Third Week of Ordinary Time 1 (12 Sept. 2019) 📕Col 3:12-17; Ps 150:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6 (R.v.6); Luke 6:27-38 🎤”PUT ON LOVE, WHICH BINDS EVERYTHING TOGETHER IN PERFECT HARMONY” (Col 3:14) All that St. Paul said in Col 3:12-17 could be summarized into a single command, “Put on Christ.” Remember that Christ is God (cf. John 1:1; Phil 2:6) and God is love (1 John 4:16). So, anyone who dwells in Christ dwells in love. Consider the contents of love which were proposed by St. Paul in 1 Cor 13:4-8 in line with this message. In that case,...

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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Third Week / Weekdays / Year I

“SET YOUR MINDS ON THINGS THAT ARE ABOVE” (Col 3:2)

⏰Wednesday of the Twenty-Third Week of Ordinary Time 1 (11 Sept. 2019) 📕Col 3:1-11; Ps 145:2-3, 10-11, 12-13ab (R.v.9a); Luke 6:20-26 🎤”SET YOUR MINDS ON THINGS THAT ARE ABOVE” (Col 3:2) May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you. Amen. Being a Christian means being immersed into the identity of Christ in such a way that it is no longer the person who lives but Christ living in him (cf. Col 3:3-4; Gal 2:20-21). We must therefore aim to be where Christ is also. We cannot...

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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Second Week / Weekdays / Year I

“ALL THINGS WERE CREATED THROUGH HIM AND FOR HIM” (Col 1:16)

⏰Friday of the Twenty-Second Week of Ordinary Time 1 (06 September 2019) 📕Col 1:15-20; Ps 100:1-2, 3, 4, 5 (R.v.2b); Luke 5:33-39 🎤”ALL THINGS WERE CREATED THROUGH HIM AND FOR HIM” (Col 1:16) Really, Jesus is everything that we need! He is the beginning and the end. In him we have our being, the image of the invisible God. With Jesus beside you, you shall lack nothing (cf. Ps 23; Luke 5:34). That is the message which St. Paul gives to the Colossians (cf. Col 1:15-20) and to us today. As we noted yesterday, the Colossian Church was bedevilled by...