Category: Tenth Week

⏰Saturday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (17 June 2017) ????2 Cor 5:14-21; Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8-9, 11-12 (R.v.8a); Matt 5:33-37 What is your motivation in serving God? Miracle? Protection? I mean, “Is it just about your selfish interest or is it about the love of God?” What is it that has changed in you since you accepted Christ? For some days we have been trying to decolonise our minds from too much attachment to the law which may block our view of what really matters – God. 1 John 4:16 tells us that God is love. So,...

⏰Friday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (16 June 2017) ????2 Cor 4:7-15, 3-6; Ps 116:10-11, 15-16, 17-18 (R.v.17a); Matt 5:27-32 Yesterday, we talked about the freedom which we received for being part of Jesus. That freedom enables us to live beyond mere observance of the Law but live rather in imitation of Christ who called us. St Paul tells us of the importance of staying focused on that course not minding the challenges that come our way. The result shall be that we shall now be a reflection of Christ with our lifestyle bearing witness to what...

⏰Thursday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (15 June 2017) ????2 Cor 3:15 – 4:1, 3-6; Ps 85:9-13 (R.v.2ab); Matt 5:20-26 My dear, have you considered the significance of the tearing of the the veil covering the temple’s sanctuary at the death of Jesus (cf. Mark 15:38)? It is a sign that with Jesus, there is no longer any limitation for anyone to be enriched in God. That was a shift from the existing status quo. The Israelites of the Old Testament lived an isolated life which assumes that they are the only ones known and loved by...

⏰Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time 1 (14 June 2017) ????2 Cor 3:4-11; Ps 99:5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (R.v.9c); Matt 5:17-19 Of all the Gospels, Matthew shows more sympathy to the Jewish traditions. The interest of the Gospel is more on purification and renewal of those traditions rather than complete obliteration and replacement. That explains the statement of Jesus that we quoted above. Remember that the prophet Jeremiah had prophesied of a time when God would make a new covenant with his people, in which the letters of the law would be written in the hearts of...

⏰Tuesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time 1 (13 June 2017 – Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua) ????2 Cor 1:18-22; Ps 119:129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135 (R.v.135a); Matt 5:13-16 Immediately after his teaching on the beatitudes, Jesus went on to teach them on how they can be effective in transforming the world, using three important allegories – light of the world, salt of the earth and city built on a hill. Light has many roles; it dispels darkness and illuminates the world. As Christians, we are expected to also dispel the darkness of evil and hatred in...