30TH SUNDAY ORDINARY TIME – YEAR C (2025) Mission Appeal

ECCLESIASTICUS / SIRACH 35: 12-14, 16-19PSALM 33: 2-3, 17-19, 23 R. v. 72 TIMOTHY 4: 6-8, 16-19LUKE 18: 9-14 Today’s first reading and the Gospel lesson that Jesus gives us, is about pride and humility. Jesus had encountered all sorts of people who came to him. He could recognise that many of those who rejected … More 30TH SUNDAY ORDINARY TIME – YEAR C (2025) Mission Appeal

Exaltation of the Cross

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

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C (2025)

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)