It is 18th August 2017. The readings are from Joshua 24:1-13; and the Gospel from Matthew 19:3-12. In the first reading Joshua recounts the history to the people of God focusing on how God brought them out of slavery and fought wars on behalf of them and offered them the land that they never labored […]
It is 17th August 2017. The readings are from Joshua 3:7-11, 13-17; and the Gospel from Matthew 18:21-19:1. We begin reading from the Book of Joshua where we reflect about the presence of God is among the people as they march towards the Promised Land. Some people take upon themselves leaderships for their agenda to […]
It is 16th August 2017. We celebrate the memorial of Saint Stephen of Hungary. The readings are from Deuteronomy 34:1-12; and the Gospel from Matthew 18:15-20. The first reading presents us with the death of Moses and the emergence of a new leader in the person of Joshua. It is good for any leader in […]
It is 15th August 2017. We celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of Our Blessed Lady into Heaven. On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII issued the Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus, in which he proclaimed the dogma of the Assumption: “Mary, the immaculate perpetually Virgin Mother of God, after the completion of her earthly life, […]
It is 14th August 2017. We celebrate the memorial of St.Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and martyr. A franciscan friar who volunteered to die for family in the death camp during the second world war. He is the patron saint of families, prisoners, drug addicts, and journalists. readings are from Deuteronomy 10:12-22; and the Gospel from Matthew […]
It is 12th August 2017. We celebrate the memorial of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal. Early married and widowed mother with four children inspired by St. Francis de Sales, founded the Congregation of the Visitation giving the utmost importance to the personal and prayerful visit to the sick. She is the patron saint of forgotten […]
It is 11th August 2017. We celebrate the memorial of St Clare, Virgin and Religious. The first woman follower of St. Francis of Assisi. She founded the Order of Poor Ladies, a Franciscan religious order for women. She was the first to write the Rule of Life, the first monastic rule known to have been […]
It is 10th August 2017. We celebrate the Feast of St Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr. Pope Sixtus II, when he was on his missionary journey to Spain met this young, energetic and exemplary man and brought him to Rome. Later, the Pope ordained St Lawrence as a deacon, and called him “archdeacon of Rome”, a […]
It is 9th August 2017. We celebrate the memorial of St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin and Martyr the Patroness of Europe. A Jewish lady who was an atheist until her teenage. She got converted to Catholicism and was very much committed to suffer for Christ. She taught us that truth is not the […]
It is 8th August 2017. We celebrate the memorial of St Dominic, a Priest. He founded the Dominican Order call the Order of Preachers who provided the city dwellers through their education to deal with their spiritual challenges. Before leaving the world, at his death bed, he encouraged his friars, “I leave to you as […]