It is 3rd July 2018. We celebrate the Feast of St Thomas, the Apostle. The readings are from Ephesians 2:19-22; and the Gospel from John 20:24-29. St. Thomas is the patron of Architects, Construction Workers, stonecutters, surveyors, theologians, cooks and against doubt. St. Thomas questioned several occasions the depth of knowing and loving Christ. If […]

It 2nd July 2018. The readings are from Amos 2:6-10, 13-16; and the Gospel from Matthew 8:18-22. Will we be blamed for forgetting and oppressing the poor and the needy in our lives one day by God? Charity runs dry in the well springs of our hearts when we begin to embrace greed as our […]

It is 30th June 2018. We celebrate the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church. The readings are from Lamentations 2:2, 10-14, 18-19; and the Gospel from Matthew 8:5-17. When do we go through pain and humiliation in our lives? When we have deserted God and living a life of pleasure and sin, we go […]

It is 29th June 2018. We celebrate the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles. The readings are from Acts 12: 1-11; the second reading is from 2 Tim 4, 6-8. 17-18; and the Gospel from Mt 16, 13-19. We acclaim in our antiphon in the Mass, “Peter the Apostle, and Paul the teacher of […]

It is 28th June 2018. We celebrate the memorial of St Irenaeus of Lyons, Bishop and Martyr. The readings are from 2 Kings 24:8-17; and the Gospel from Matthew 7:21-29. Building is the most vital task in everyone’s life. Some build nations and communities, some others build families, a few of us build our congregations […]

It is 27th June 2018. We celebrate the memorial of Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Doctor of the Church. The readings are from 2 Kings 22:8-13, 23:1-3; and the Gospel from Matthew 7:15-20. Anyone can drift away from the ideal and the principles once held so dear to heart. It could be the outcome of a […]

It is 26th June 2018. The readings are from 2 Kings 19:9-11, 14-21, 31-36; and the Gospel from Matthew 7:6, 12-14. How do we behave and in whom we do we trust and turn to in times of crisis and life-threatening situation? Our life needs to be enveloped in prayer no matter whatever is the […]

It is 25th June 2018. The readings are from 2 Kings 17:5-8, 13-15, 18; and the Gospel from Matthew 7:1-5. What makes us to repeat the same mistakes, sins and the actions we regret over and over? It is mostly due to lack of faith in God, provoking God and neighbours with our pride and […]

It is 24th June 2018. We celebrate the Solemnity of the Birth of St John the Baptist. The readings are from Isaiah 49:1-6; the second reading is from Acts 13:22-26; and the Gospel from Luke 1:57-66, 80. In the Church, we celebrate the death of a saint as a new birth in Heaven with the […]

It is 23rd June 2018. The readings are from 2 Chronicles 24:17-25; and the Gospel from Matthew 6:24-34. Life is indeed challenging at times scary when we have to live with the ungrateful and revengeful people. We forget people easily in our lives when we have reached a better shore. Some of us even go […]