Saturday, 29 November 2025
Focus on Jesus – Saturday, Week 34 in Ordinary Time
‘Be alert at all times’ (Luke 21:36)
The episode of The Chosen where Peter leaves the boat to walk on the water towards Jesus was profoundly moving. The film captured Peter’s dual experience: confident and steady while his eyes were fixed on Jesus but sinking the moment his gaze shifted. He only needed a glimpse of a…
Friday, 28 November 2025
Love the Word Everlasting – Friday Week 34 in Ordinary Time
‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.’ (Luke 21:33)
Jesus uses the simple image of a fig tree to teach us how to recognise the signs of God’s presence. Just as new leaves signal the coming of summer, so too the joys and trials of our lives reveal the nearness of God’s Kingdom. Amid all that changes, one thing…
Thursday, 27 November 2025
Our Life-giving Choice – Thursday Week 34 in Ordinary Time
‘Now when these things begin to take place, stand up and raise your heads because your redemption is drawing near.’ (Luke 21:28)
Today’s Gospel, a prophecy on the fall of Jerusalem, is incredibly unsettling. Particularly considering it speaks of war, destruction of the earth, the disregarding of the most vulnerable and the ‘distress’ of nations… all things that are resonant of today’s political and environmental reality. While Jesus warns of how destructive…
Wednesday, 26 November 2025
Truly Good News – Wednesday Week 34 in Ordinary Time
‘I will give you words and a wisdom’ (Luke 21:15)
The word ‘Gospel’ is usually translated as ‘good news’—but our gospel passage today doesn’t sound all that good, does it? You will be hated by all, arrested, persecuted, betrayed by family and friends, even put to death! Hmmm, sounds like a great life: sign me up! Why are these ordeals…
Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Place our Hope in God – Tuesday Week 34 in Ordinary Time
‘Beware that you are not led astray; for many will come in my name’ (Luke 21:8)
Jesus’ prophecy of the destruction of the Jerusalem temple is a revelation announcing both an imminent historical catastrophe and a sign of the last days. For first‑century Jews, the temple was the dwelling place of God, the primary place of sacrifice, and a microcosm of heaven and earth, which explains…
Monday, 24 November 2025
Perfect Hope, Perfect Trust – Memorial Sts Andrew Dung-Lac, priest and companions, martyrs
‘But she, out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.’ (Luke 21:4)
Imagine Jesus sitting in the temple observing this poor widow making her offering. Not only did He observe the amount of her offering, but her sincerity of heart, in giving all that she had. This moved Him. She wasn’t there to impress, to attract attention, but to place her trust…
Sunday, 23 November 2025
Reigning through the Cross – Solemnity Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
‘If you are the King.’ (Luke 23:37)
I once heard someone say that today’s solemnity of Christ the King has lost its impact, and to be more relevant we should call it Christ the President or Christ the Prime Minister. I’m here to tell you that they’re wrong. Today’s solemnity is far more powerful and meaningful than…
Saturday, 22 November 2025
God of the Living – Memorial St. Cecilia, virgin, martyr
‘He is God not of the dead, but of the living.’ (Luke 20:38)
In today’s Gospel, the Sadducees challenge Jesus with a hypothetical scenario meant to assert their superiority. Citing Jewish Law, they introduce the challenging question of a widow married in turn to seven brothers and ask whose wife she will be in the life to come. Their question reveals a limited…
Friday, 21 November 2025
Are our Churches Places of Prayer? – Memorial The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary…
‘My house shall be a house of prayer’ (Luke 19:46)
Over the course of centuries, our ancestors supported the construction of Churches as central to the life of the faithful who would gather in various neighbourhoods. These places often became central to the life of the community and often reflected the importance of God’s presence in the daily life of…
Thursday, 20 November 2025
Claim Peace – Thursday Week 33 in Ordinary Time
‘If you, even you, had only recognised on this day, the things that make for peace!’ (Luke 19:42)
Like Jesus, we can weep over our world, knowing that if human hearts embraced the teachings of Jesus, peace would reign in our hearts and lives. Imagine a world where the goods of the earth are shared equally so that no one goes hungry; where power is exercised as service…