Monday, 10 November 2025
He is stronger – Memorial St Leo the Great, pope, doctor
‘If another disciple sins, you must rebuke the offender, and if there is repentance, you must forgive. And if the same person sins against you seven times a day and turns back to you to seven times and says, “I repent,” you must forgive.’ (Luke 17:3-4)
There was a relationship in my life that wounded me deeply. The hurt wasn’t surface-level—it cut into the core of who I was. And like many of us, I carried resentment and anger long after the moment had passed. I tried to heal. I journalled, prayed, processed. But forgiveness felt…
Sunday, 9 November 2025
My Father’s House – Feast: The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
‘Stop making my Father’s house, a marketplace!’ (John 2:16)
Jesus embraces the heart of the Old Testament. Jesus continually goes from the Temple and the Torah to the very people that the Holy Scripture of the Jewish people pointed them to, the widow and orphan, the leper and the outcast, the poor and the powerless. The Jewish people even…
Saturday, 8 November 2025
A New Economy – Saturday Week 31 in Ordinary Time
‘You cannot serve God and wealth.’ (Luke 16:13)
Dystopian movies like Mad Max, The Book of Eli, and Waterworld have a certain fascination for me. One thing I find fascinating is how useless cash and money are in these worlds. Perhaps, the best use paper money could be put to is burning it to keep warm. These movies…
Friday, 7 November 2025
Act Decisively – Friday Week 31 in Ordinary Time
‘he had acted shrewdly’ (Luke 16:8)
When people encounter the parable of the dishonest steward, they are often scandalised by it. It seems that Jesus is giving tacit approval to a dishonest act. I have heard various explanations of what was going on here. Perhaps the steward was giving away his own commission? But then, he…
Thursday, 6 November 2025
Humility is Truth: A Test of Humility – Thursday Week 31 in Ordinary Time
‘Rejoice with me’ (Luke 15:6)
How lovable am I? How desirable am I? Do I feel comfortable asking myself these questions? When we read today’s gospel, where do I place myself? Safe with the 99 or am I the beloved one, whom the Shepherd frantically seeks? We are asked to believe, in the all-embracing love…
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
The Cost of Surrender – Wednesday Week 31 in Ordinary Time
‘Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.’ (Luke 14:27)
This Gospel is hard! I like other passages better, such as when Jesus talks about His love for us, or where He says He will send His Holy Spirit, or where He promises to be with us always. I prefer Gospels that don’t require much of me other than to…
Tuesday, 4 November 2025
God’s Determination – Memorial St Charles Borromeo, bishop
‘Go out into the roads and lanes, and compel people to come in, so that my house may be filled.’ (Luke 14:23)
In Luke’s gospel, Jesus is often found at table. In today’s reading, he is a guest at a meal hosted by a leading Pharisee, with other Pharisees and experts in the law present. One of the guests voices a beatitude, ‘Blessed is anyone who will eat bread in the Kingdom…
Monday, 3 November 2025
True Hospitality – Monday Week 31 of Ordinary Time
‘But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.’ (Luke 14:13-14)
The Gospel contains a straightforward yet challenging message: to give without seeking reward, and an invitation to broaden our circles. It makes sense; it is not truly generous to invite those who will presumably pay the favour forward to you in the future. Rather, true generosity is when we give…
Sunday, 2 November 2025
Do not cry! – Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls Day)
‘A great prophet has risen among us! and God has looked favorably on his people!’ (Luke 7:16)
On the site of today’s gospel story, the village of Nain in the southern Galilee region, there stands a small Franciscan church commemorating the beautiful story of the raising back to life of the only son of a widow. The small town itself is mentioned only in Luke’s Gospel and…
Saturday, 1 November 2025
Blessed are… – Solemnity All Saints
“When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and after he sat down, ….. he began to speak and taught them.” (Matthew 5:1–2)
Today we celebrate the countless saints who have gone before us — women and men, known and unknown, who lived with faith, hope, and love. They were ordinary people who allowed the extraordinary light of God to shine through their lives. Many names may never appear in books or headlines,…