NUMBERS 21: 4-9PSALM 77: 1-2, 34-38 R. v. 7PHILIPPIANS 2: 6-11JOHN 3: 13-17 The feast of the exaltation of the cross goes back a long way. In 326 the Emperor Constantine’ mother, Helena, at the grand age of 80, set sail for Jerusalem to find the cross of Jesus and his tomb. She found the … More Exaltation of the Cross
WISDOM 9: 13-18PSALM 89: 3-6, 12-14, 17 R. v. 1PHILEMON 9-10, 12-17LUKE 14: 25-33 As we celebrate Father’s Day today/tomorrow, our Gospel reading seems to be inappropriate.However in fact it is quite apt. Today’s reading is a continuation of Jesus’ teaching in Luke’s Gospel about Christian discipleship. Here, Jesus stresses that the essential condition for … More 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C (2025)
ECCLESIASTICUS 3: 17-20, 28-29PSALM 67: 4-7, 10-11HEBREWS 12: 18-19, 22-24LUKE 14: 1, 7-14 In today’s Gospel, Jesus teaches about humility and hospitality. One way to understand humility is to contrast humility with its opposing sinful attitude: that of pride to highlight the significance of humility. St Augustine said that Humility is the core of all … More 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C (2025)
ISAIAH 66: 18-21PSALM 116 R. Mk 16:15HEBREWS 12: 5-7, 11-13LUKE 13: 22-30 God has blessed us in so many ways with his gifts, the greatest of which is to live in love for God has created us all in His own image. And God has given us the gift of free will to choose, for … More 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C (2025)
JEREMIAH 38: 4-6, 8-10PSALM 39: 2-4, 18 R v.14HEBREWS 12: 1-4LUKE 12: 49-53 In today’s Gospel, Jesus talks about his message causing divisions in the World. He knows that his message will be rejected by many; it will result in persecution and death, that it will cause divisions even in families. The Church for which … More 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C (2025)
WISDOM 18: 6-9 PSALM 32: 1, 12, 18-20, 22 HEBREWS 11: 1-2, 8-19 LUKE 12: 32-48 Today is the last day of the National Vocation Awareness Week. The Australian Church invites us this week to discern God’s call to each of us. How are we to do that? Vocation is about God calling us to serve Him and the … More 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C (2025)
ECCLESIASTES 1: 2, 2:21-23PSALM 89: 3-6, 12-14, 17 R. v. 1COLOSSIANS 3: 1-5, 9-11LUKE 12: 13-21 This Gospel story would have been a great challenge to Jesus’ listeners. For the understanding of the time is that wealth was a sign of God’s blessings. In fact, there are Christian groups who still have this understanding: that … More 18th Sunday Ordinary Time – Year C (2025)
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