For your easy reference, the following is a list of weeks and years with their corresponding date: 12 Oct 2014 – 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A13 Oct 2014 – Monday of Week 28 Year 214 Oct 2014 – Tuesday of Week 28 Year 215 Oct 2014 – Wednesday of Week 28 Year 216
Hypocrisy is defined as a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess; or a pretense of having some desirable or publicly approved attitude. People are hypocrites when they are not being real, they put on a show but in actuality are not who
When a person does something wrong, how the person would respond to the wrongdoing very much depends on the person’s value system, morality code, conscience, or attitude towards life and the hereafter. Some people choose to keep the wrongdoing under wraps, or pretend that it never happened, or sweep it under the carpet, thinking and
As we journey on in this life, we are often surrounded with all sorts of worldly attractions. Some of us may be tempted by these world attractions, which St. Paul in today’s reading calls self-indulgence. As a consequence of self-indulgence, we may fall into: “fornication, gross indecency and sexual irresponsibility; idolatry and sorcery; feuds and
Are we a free people? Or are we an enslaved people? We may think that we are free, since there are many things we can do without let or hindrance. We may think that we are free, since we live in a rather peaceful environment (though this may not necessarily be the case for some
When we were baptised, we became a new creation, a child of God. We became a loved and valued member of God’s family. But sometimes, we forget that we are supposed to change from old ways to God’s ways. Some of us go back to old habits, attitudes, ways of doing things or behaviours which
Do you know what heaven is like? Have you seen heaven? Perhaps our imagination of heaven could have been influenced by what we see in the movies or television. We imagine that heaven would be up there above somewhere in the clouds where everyone has wings and are dressed in white robes and perhaps holding
For your easy reference, the following is a list of weeks and years with their corresponding date: 5 Oct 2014 – 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A6 Oct 2014 – Monday of Week 27 Year 27 Oct 2014 – Our Lady of the Rosary, Memorial8 Oct 2014 – Wednesday of Week 27 Year 29
When people are jealous or envious of another person’s abilities, talents or achievements, some may begin to find ways and means to belittle the other person or put the other person down. Sometimes a person may go to the extend of committing character assassination on another person just to eliminate what they perceive is a
When a person does something wrong, how would we respond? Supposing the person is a VIP (Very Important Person) or some high ranking official. Would we be daring or brave enough to tell the person that he or she is wrong (in a brotherly or sisterly manner perhaps)? But what if the person is somebody
