27 Mar _____________________ Ezekiel 37:21-28 The Lord says this: ‘I am going to take the sons of Israel from the nations where they have gone. I shall gather them together from everywhere and bring them home to their own soil. I shall make them into one nation in my own land and on the mountains [...]
26 Mar _____________________ Jeremiah 20:10-13 Jeremiah said: I hear so many disparaging me, ‘“Terror from every side!” Denounce him! Let us denounce him!’ All those who used to be my friends watched for my downfall, ‘Perhaps he will be seduced into error. Then we will master him and take our revenge!’ But the Lord is [...]
24 Mar _____________________ Daniel 3:14-20.24-25.28 King Nebuchadnezzar said, ‘Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, is it true that you do not serve my gods, and that you refuse to worship the golden statue I have erected? When you hear the sound of horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, or any other instrument, are you prepared to prostrate [...]
23 Mar – Memorial for St Turbibius de Mogravejo, Bishop St. Turibius (1538-1606) was born a noble and became a lawyer, and then a professor of law at Salamanca. He was ordained in 1578, and was a judge of the Court of the Inquisition at Granada. He was later appointed Archbishop of Lima, Peru on [...]
Dear Oxygen readers, Blessings from the team in the name of God! We hope that the Lenten journey is a fruitful one thus far. Oxygen has a few traditions. One of which is that come Easter, we send out a call for volunteers to write reflections for the Easter Vigil. As there are seven readings [...]
22 Mar _____________________ Daniel 13:1-9.15-17.19-30.33-62 In Babylon there lived a man named Joakim. He had married Susanna daughter of Hilkiah, a woman of great beauty; and she was God-fearing, because her parents were worthy people and had instructed their daughter in the Law of Moses. Joakim was a very rich man, and had a garden [...]
21 Mar – Fifth Sunday of Lent The Lord Who Has Wiped Out Our Past Sinfulness The utter completeness of Christ’s forgiveness is almost incredible. When he says to us “Neither do I condemn you”, the past is dead, snuffed out like a wick, forgotten. Laughter and song fill our hearts. It seems like a [...]
20 Mar _____________________ Jeremiah 11:18-20 The Lord revealed it to me; I was warned. O Lord, that was when you opened my eyes to their scheming. I for my part was like a trustful lamb being led to the slaughter-house, not knowing the schemes they were plotting against me, ‘Let us destroy the tree in [...]
19 Mar – Solemnity of St Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary Joseph is a descendant of the house of David. A layman and a carpenter, he was the earthly spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and foster and adoptive father of Jesus Christ. He was a visionary who was visited by angels, and [...]
18 Mar – Memorial for St Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop, Doctor of the Church Cyril (315-386) was raised a Christian in Jerusalem. He was well-educated, especially in religion. He was ordained a priest by St. Maximus, and was a great instructor of catechumens. His instructions are still source documents for the Church’s early teachings. He [...]
