Recent Readings
4 May, 2025
Readings: Acts 5:27-32, 40-41; Rev5:11-14; John21:1-19 The need to listen to God’s voice We continue to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. Indeed he is risen and has triumphed over death. But we celebrate as witnesses. Our celebration will mean nothing if we do not witness to this event with our lives. Our readings today show […]
27 April, 2025
Be agents of God’s peace Readings: Acts 5:12 – 16; Rev 1:9-11, 12-13, 17- 19; John 20: 19- 31 We celebrate today the Divine Mercy on the second Sunday of Easter. Pope St John Paul II pronounced the devotion in the year 2000. As we continue to rejoice in the triumph of our Lord over […]
13 April, 2025
Readings: Isaiah 40:4-7; Phil 2:6-11; Luke 22:14-23:56 We all have a role to play in the salvific plan of God We are now drawing closer to the central event of our Christianity. With the celebration of Passion Sunday, we now begin the Holy week that leads to suffering death and resurrection of our Lord. As […]
6 April, 2025
Go and sin no more! Isaiah 43:16-21; Philippians 3:8-14; John 8:1-11 As we draw closer to the passion of Jesus, the message during this period gets deeper. By the act of scribes and pharisees bringing an adulterous woman, Christ sends to all of us a message of renewal. He tells the woman, neither do I […]
9 March, 2025
Readings: Deut 2:4-10; Rom 10:8-13: Luke 4:1-13 Today, the first Sunday of Lent, we encounter Jesus who withdraws to a lonely place to prepare himself for his incoming mission. As he tries to ready and prepare himself for this task, Satan comes in to test him. Through the three temptations, Satan tries to deviate Jesus […]
2 March, 2025
Take out the log in your eye first First Reading: Sir 27:1-7, 1Cor 15:54-58, Luke 6:39-45 Our Lord today calls us to reflect on our hypocrisy. In the idiom of two men trying to notice evil in another, a vivid example is given depicting our tendency to single out faults in others while we ourselves […]
23 February, 2025
First reading:1 Sam 26: 2, 7-9,12-13,22-23: Second reading: 1Cor 15:45-49; Gospel: Luke 6:27-38 Love your enemies It is human nature and inclination to pay evil for another. Most children are taught from their early years of development to revenge when wronged. It is even more pronounced where people do good to those that do them […]
16 February, 2025
Readings: First reading: Jer 17:5-8, Second Reading 1 Cor 15:12, 16-20, Gospel Luke 6:17, 20-26. The word of the Lord today invites us to trust Him. Through the preaching of Jeremiah, God reminds Israel the folly of trusting in human intervention and powers. Faced with the danger of attack from every side, Israel had […]
3 February, 2025
Readings: Daniel 7: 13 – 14, Revelation 1: 5 – 8; John 18: 33 – 37. Today is the final Sunday of the liturgical calendar. We end at the climax with the celebration of the Christ as the King of the Universe. Today, as we glory in his kingship and reign, we are reminded of […]
