Category: Ordinary Time
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What treasure do I possess and nurture?
June 21, 2019 – Friday 11th Week in OT 2 Cor 11:18, 21-30; Mt. 6: 19-23 What is it that usually occupies your mind? What keeps you busy? What is it that consumes your energy and gives you satisfaction and happiness? Is it something that builds and nurtures relationships? Is it lasting or temporary? Does…
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God loves a cheerful giver – 2 Cor 9: 7
June 19, 2019 – Wednesday 11th Week in OT 2 Cor 9:6-11; Mt 6:1-6,16-18 “How grateful are you today?” Gratefulness makes us see what surrounds us, both the good and the bad. Gratefulness allows us to be embracing and accepting of the things and people around us. It is when we are grateful too that…
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Loving those who caused you pain
July 18, 2019 – Tuesday 11th Week in OT Mt. 5:43-48 “love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” – Mt 5:44 To hit back when we are hurt can sometimes be our immediate response. Even without thinking, a child may hit a playmate when he or she is hurt. Among us adults,…
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A makeover through the grace of Reconciliation
June 15, 2019 – Saturday 10th Week in OT 2 Cor 5:14-21; Mt 5:33-37 The letter of St Paul that we have heard today reflects the reality that Paul himself experienced. Through his encounter with the risen Jesus, Paul saw new things in his life. Paul realized too how Jesus renewed him and his spirit.…
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Selfish desires?… Cut them off, says Jesus
June 14, 2019 – Friday 10th Wk in OT 2 Cor 4:7-15; Mt 5:27-32 “If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away… if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away.” – Mt. 5: 29-30 Paul reminds us that each of us…
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What fulfills you?
June 12, 2019 – Wednesday of the 10th Week in OT 2 Cor 3:4-11; Mt 5:17-19 “I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.” – Mt 5:17b What brings you to life? What drives you and keeps you everyday? What fulfills your day? Our answers might range from God, family, children, wife or husband, community,…
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We have a Mother
June 10, 2019 – Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church “Behold your mother.” – Jn. 19:27 Today’s Gospel makes us confident because there on the cross, Jesus assured us that we have a mother. We are not orphaned and alone because Mary is our mother and we, all of us,…
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