It is 8th February 2021. We celebrate the memorial of St Josephine Bakhita, the patron saint of victims of modern slavery and human trafficking and St Jerome Emiliani for the care of orphans and the poor. He is the Patron saint of orphans. The readings are from Genesis 1:1-19; and the Gospel from Mark 6:53-56. […]
It is 7th February 2021. We celebrate the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings are from Job 7:1-4, 6-7; the second reading is from 1Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23; and the Gospel from Mark 1:29-39. A Polish man moved to the USA and married an American girl. Although his English was far from perfect, they […]
It is 6th February 2021. We celebrate the memorial of Saints Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs. The readings are from Hebrews 13:15-17, 20-21; and the Gospel from Mark 6:30-34. Love never gets tired in loving if it does it is not love. Only love alone re-energises and refuel by loving the other. Love is the […]
It is 5th February 2021. We celebrate the memorial of St Agatha, Virgin and Martyr. The readings are from Hebrews 13:1-8; and the Gospel from Mark 6:14-29. The recipe for a happy life is to be hospitable to strangers, caring and loving to those in prison and pain, living a life free of fornication and […]
It is 4th February 2021. The readings are from Hebrews 12:18-19, 21-24; and the Gospel from Mark 6:7-13. We have a connection with God in Jesus not mere contact through Him. The mystery and presence of God are manifested in simplicity, humility and in love. Rabindranath Tagore noticed, “When people left his hut, he found […]
It is 3rd February 2021. We celebrate the memorial of St Blaise, Bishop and Martyr. The readings are from Hebrews 12:4-7, 11-15; and the Gospel from Mark 6:1-6. An authentic disciple emerges from an appropriate discipline. Disciplining by God is a blessing for us even though it is bitter pill to take it. We are […]
It is 2nd February 2021. We celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. Officially we conclude the Christmas season, and we begin carrying the light. Candle Mass brought the meaning of solemn entrance into the Lord’s temple, in remembrance and honouring the light of Christ we carry the light of Christ in our […]
It is 1st February 2021. The readings are from Hebrews 11:32-40 and the Gospel from Mark 5:1-20. Our faith in the Lord needs to be shined by our consistent humanitarian actions. Otherwise, our faith remains antique not an antidote for our life. We need to suffer, share, and shine, our faith with others. The author […]
It is 31st January 2021. We celebrate the fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings are from Deuteronomy 18:15-20; the second reading is 1Corinthians 7:32-35; and the Gospel from Mark 1:21-28. As a disciple of Christ, who have received the Sacrament of Baptism, we are the prophets after the Prophet Jesus with authority. Inner […]
It is 29th January 2021. The readings are from Hebrews 10:32-39; and the Gospel from Mark 4:26-34. Never step back in hoping and being optimistic in doing good. As the first reading suggests that we all have gone through in our life so much. We have done so much good to the others yet being […]