Purple Paradox – The reason purple is the colour of Lent
Lent begins this year on 2 March with Ash Wednesday. The colour purple is part and parcel of Lent. However, the colour purple is also a...
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- Jan 29, 2022
4th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Jesus’ Humility: God’s Answer to Man's Contempt and Pride
1st Reading Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19 • 2nd Reading 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13 • Gospel Luke 4:21-30 We are who we are, mainly because of the...
- Jan 22, 2022
3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time – What's Your Inspiration?
Early in a day, the sound of birdsong heralds a certain peace and calm. A pastoral scene arises, you can imagine a freshness in the air,...
- Jan 16, 2022
2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time – Called to an Intimate Relationship with God
Long-standing tradition, Church teachings and proof from sacred scripture all attest to the fact that Jesus was not married. But there...
- Jan 9, 2022
Feast of The Baptism of the Lord – On the Mountain of Solitude: Listening to God’s Voice
A friend of mine used to play this game with me. She would ask, “My aunt Annie died last night, did she die?” I would reply, “No.” Wrong....
- Dec 26, 2021
Feast of Holy Family – See, Judge and Act in Love
Studies have shown the heightened anxiety of losing physical contact with one’s spouse in a busy airport. Can you imagine the intense...
- Dec 19, 2021
4th Sunday of Advent – The Birth of Joy to the World!
In this last Sunday of Advent, we might anticipate the Nativity of the Lord and let it take up all our attention. The prophet Micah...
- Dec 12, 2021
3rd Sunday of Advent – Cry Out withJoy for the Lord’s Coming
Our world is suffering from our refusal to depend on God, from our insistence on applying merely human approaches and solutions to...
- Dec 4, 2021
2nd Sunday of Advent – Who will come and save us?
Being lost can be a frightful experience for a child. Imagine the tears and fears — the frantic running around in circles when a child...
- Nov 27, 2021
1st Sunday of Advent – Being Prepared and Anticipating Joy
Advent is about getting our hearts ready to welcome the Lord, and there is a great amount of hope and joy in the anticipation... It is...
- Nov 21, 2021
Solemnity of Christ the King – A Choice to Dwell in Christ
The feast of Christ the King is the only feast that I know of which celebrates something that hasn’t visibly happened yet, and one which...
- Nov 14, 2021
33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time – Repent, Remember!
Prophet Daniel used a highly distinctive language in today's readings. The eschaton, the end of days, is not meant to evoke fear, but to...
- Nov 7, 2021
32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time – St Ignatius: Beggar for God’s Grace
The life-sized statue of St Ignatius of Loyola at the Place of Gathering reminds us that Ignatius was once a pilgrim. But Ignatius was...
- Oct 31, 2021
31st Sunday of Ordinary Time – The Law of Love
"In everything you do, salvation of souls is the Supreme Law.” One of our Jesuit priests, Fr Leslie Bingkasan, SJ, has just graduated...
- Oct 24, 2021
30th Sunday of Ordinary Time - #Listening Church
“Celebrating a Synod means walking on the same road, together. Let us look at Jesus in the Gospel who first encounters the rich man on...
- Oct 17, 2021
29th Sunday of Ordinary Time - Heroism and Discipleship
These days, when one mentions the word “hero”, many would have pictures of people in capes and tights, flying around and bravely...
- Oct 10, 2021
28th Sunday of Ordinary Time - Letting Go: Responding to Christ’s Call
The message from this week's Gospel passage seems fairly clear, but a careful reading of the comments made by Jesus following the young...
- Oct 3, 2021
27th Sunday of Ordinary Time - Longing for Fullness
Have you ever been seduced by time into misplacing something precious at the core of who you are, and in a manner which makes it...
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