31 Aug _____________________ Colossians 1:1-8 From Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy to the saints in Colossae, our faithful brothers in Christ: Grace and peace to you from God our Father. We have never failed to remember you in our prayers and to give thanks [...]
30 Aug _____________________ 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6.9-11 You will not be expecting us to write anything to you, brothers, about ‘times and seasons’, since you know very well that the Day of the Lord is going to come like a thief in the night. It is when people are saying, ‘How quiet and peaceful it is’ [...]
29 Aug – Memorial of the Beheading of St John the Baptist Today’s reflection is based on the readings for the Monday in the 22nd week of Ordinary Time. To endure temporal agonies for the sake of the truth was not a heavy burden for such men as John; rather is was easily borne and [...]
28 Aug – Twenty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time Christ Who Overcame The Reluctance Of The Flesh It comes to us as no surprise that the Prophet Jeremiah should have felt reluctance to offer himself as a living sacrifice to God’s will, because we all experience the same reluctance to accept the cross. But what consolation [...]
27 Aug – Memorial for St Monica Monica was distressed to learn that her son had accepted a heresy and was living an immoral life. For a while, she refused to let him eat or sleep in her house. Then one night she had a vision that assured her Augustine would return to the faith. [...]
26 Aug _____________________ 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 Brothers, we urge you and appeal to you in the Lord Jesus to make more and more progress in the kind of life that you are meant to live: the life that God wants, as you learnt from us, and as you are already living it. You have not [...]
25 Aug – Memorial for St Joseph Calasanz, Priest Joseph Calasanz (1556-1648) and two fellow priests opened a small, free school for poor children. He was supervising several teachers and hundreds of students. When the school moved to larger quarters, the teaching priests were reorganised into a community recognised as a religious order called Le [...]
24 Aug – Feast of St Bartholomew, Apostle Bartholomew was one of the Twelve Apostles. He was probably a close friend of St. Philip, as his name is always mentioned in the gospels in connection with Philip, and it was Philip who brought Bartholomew to Jesus. He may have written a gospel, now lost, as [...]
23 Aug – Memorial for St Rose of Lima, Virgin A beautiful girl and devoted daughter, Rose (1586-1617) was so devoted to her vow of chastity, she used pepper and lye to ruin her complexion so she would not be attractive. She lived and meditated in a garden, raising vegetables and making embroidered items to [...]
22 Aug – Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Whoever, therefore, reverences the Queen of heaven and earth – and let no one consider himself exempt from this tribute of a grateful and loving soul – let him invoke the most effective of Queens, the Mediatrix of peace; let him respect and [...]
