OXYGEN

27 Jan – Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus, The Light Of The World
The Good News we have heard is like a beacon light which draws men irresistibly to Christ. We must not be content with lesser lights.
- the Sunday Missal
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The Heir’s Portrait
A very wealthy man [...]

26 Jan – Memorial for Sts. Timothy and Titus, bishops
Timothy’s father was a Greek gentile, his mother Eunice was Jewish. He was converted to Christianity by St. Paul around the year 47. He was a partner, assistant and close friend of Paul. He was a missionary as well, and became [...]

25 Jan – Feast of the Conversion of Paul, apostle
St. Paul (3-65) was a Jewish Talmudic student and a Pharisee. He was a tent-maker by trade. Saul the Jew hated and persecuted Christians as heretical, even assisting at the stoning of St. Stephen the Martyr. On his way to Damascus [...]

24 Jan – Memorial for St. Francis de Sales, bishop, doctor of the Church
Salvation is shown to faith, it is prepared for hope, but it is given only to charity. Faith points out the way to the land of promise as a pillar of fire hope feeds us with its manna [...]

24 Jan
The Cockroach
There is a tragic story entitled Metamorphosis, by the celebrated Czechoslovakian writer Franz Kafka. It is about an unmarried man, Gregor, who lives with his parents and sister. Gregor works as a clerk in a store. As a good salesman, he tries to project a pleasant image [...]

22 Jan – Memorial for St. Vincent, deacon, martyr
There seems to be many St. Vincents that have today as their day of memorial. I think the one that we are supposed to remember in the liturgical calendar is St. Vincent of Saragossa (d. 304). He was a friend of St. [...]

21 Jan – Memorial for St. Agnes, martyr
Today is the birthday of a virgin; let us imitate her purity. It is the birthday of a martyr; let us offer ourselves in sacrifice. It is the birthday of Saint Agnes, who is said to have suffered martyrdom at the age of [...]

20 Jan – Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Lamb Of God
We celebrate the Servant of God who came to do the Father’s will in perfect obedience. Yet he was more than a servant. John the Baptist calls him the Lamb, the chosen one of God.
- the Sunday Missal
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The [...]

20 Jan
The Dented Car
A young and very successful executive, was travelling down a city’s notorious street at quite some speed, in his sleek, black, Esteem. The car was only two months old. He kept a sharp eye for kids darting out from between parked vehicles and slowed down when he [...]

18 Jan
The Brave Student
Wally Lamb, author of the bestsellers “She’s Come Undone” and “This Much Is True”, writes that the most significant thing he ever learned in school happened not when he was a student but a high school teacher, about 20 years ago.
Between classes one day in [...]