01 Nov – All Saints Day Today is the first time Regina Xie is sharing OXYGEN with us. She will be volunteering on a weekly basis to share her spiritual journey with us on Wednesdays. May you all give her the support and encouragement that you’ve given to all previous and current volunteers. ___________________ Nov [...]
31 Oct Be A Lamplighter Brian Cavanaugh, T.O.R. Several parents were sitting on a neighbour’s porch discussing their children. They were talking about the negative environment in which the kids had to grow up – an environment filled with drugs, violence, and a pervading feeling of hopelessness. How could they, the parents, bring any light [...]
30 Oct I didn’t understand this story until I found out that it’s talking about self-control. Then I bowed in respect for the author. Hope you get the message too! _________________ Heaven or Hell? Author Unknown Once there was a knight who travelled a long distance to see a sage and asked, “Wise Master, tell [...]
29 Oct – Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Lord Who Works Marvels We worship Christ who opens our eyes to see the marvels that he has done for us as our high priest and mediator with the Father. – from the Sunday Missal ___________________ Teller of New Truths by Merie Crowell There is a [...]
28 Oct – Feast of Sts. Simon and Jude, apostles Simon the Zealot was an apostle who evangelised in Egypt and Mesopotamia. He is known to have been martyred, but several places claim to have been the site of his martyrdom. Abbyssinians claim he was crucified in Samaria; Lipsius says he was sawn in half [...]
27 Oct Towards Self-Destruction Author Unknown There is a fable that tells about a lion and a tiger. Both thirsty, the animal arrived at the water hole at the same time. They immediately began to argue about which should satisfy its thirst first. The argument became heated. Each one decided it would rather die than [...]
26 Oct The Priceless Ingredient There is an old Sufi tale set in Baghdad. In the city lived Hakeem, the Wise One, to whom many people came for counsel and advice. He gave it freely, asking nothing in return. One day a young man came to him. The young man had squandered much of his [...]
25 Oct “The glory of God is man fully alive.” – St. Irenaeus __________________ Ephesians 3:2-12 You have probably heard how I have been entrusted by God with the grace he meant for you, and that it was by a revelation that I was given the knowledge of the mystery, as I have just described [...]
24 Oct – Memorial for St. Anthony Mary Claret, bishop St. Anthony Mary Claret (1807-1870) was a weaver before he joined the seminary where he was a student with Blessed Francis Coll, and was ordained on June 13, 1835. He became a missionary in Catalonia and the Canary Islands where he directed retreats and founded [...]
23 Oct – Memorial for St. John of Capistrano John of Capristrano (1386-1456) was the son of a former German knight who died when John was still young. He studied law at the University of Perugia and was a lawyer in Naples, Italy, before being the reforming governor of Perugia under King Landislas of Naples. [...]
