19 May The Day of Pentecost Today we celebrate the great day of Pentecost when Christ filled the Church with the power of his Spirit and sent it out into the world to bring his peace, joy and forgiveness to all mankind. – The Sunday Missal _____________________ Dear readers, Hope you had a great [...]
09 Aug – National Day of the Republic of Singapore; Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time The Father Who Draws Us To Himself Elijah was drawn to the mountain of God by the Lord who gave him food and drink. The Father is drawing us to himself by offering us the bread of life at this [...]
02 Feb – Presentation of the Lord This feast celebrates an early episode in the life of Jesus. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Presentation is the fourth Joyful Mystery of the Rosary. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, it is one of the twelve Great Feasts. In many Western liturgical churches, Vespers (or Compline) on the [...]
27 Jan – Tuesday in the Third Week in Ordinary Time, St Angela Merici, Virgin St. Angela Merici (1474-1540) became a Franciscan tertiary at the age of 15. She received a vision telling her that she would inspire devout women in their vocation. In Crete, during a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, she was struck [...]
25 Jan – Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul 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 to arrest another group [...]
01 Jan- Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God is celebrated on Jan 1, the Octave Day of Christmas (i.e. 8th day after Christmas). It is a celebration of Mary’s motherhood of Jesus. The title “Mother of God” is a western derivation from the Greek term ‘theotokos’, the God-bearer. [...]
02 Nov -The Commemoration of All The Faithful Departed (All Souls) Today we celebrate a feast in commemoration of the faithful departed in purgatory, that is, the faithful departed who have not yet been purified and reached Heaven. After Abbot Odilo of Cluny instituted it in the monasteries of his congregation in 998, other religious orders [...]
01 Nov – Solemnity of All Saints All Saints’ Day is celebrated in honour of all the saints, known and unknown. In terms of Roman Catholic theology, the feast commemorates all those who have attained the beatific vision in heaven. The beatific vision is the eternal and direct perception of God enjoyed by those who are [...]
19 Oct – World Mission Sunday Today we celebrate the 82nd World Mission Sunday. Pope Benedict XVI wants to point us to St. Paul because this year we are celebrating the 2000th birth anniversary of the Apostle of the nations. He wants us to become familiar with this Apostle whose vocation was to proclaim the [...]
15 Sep - Our Lady of Sorrows Different sorrows of Mary have been honored in the Church’s history, but since the 14th century these seven have come to be regarded as the seven dolors (sorrows) of the Blessed Virgin Mary: 1. The Prophecy of Simeon. 2. The Flight into Egypt. 3. The Loss of the [...]
