For your easy reference, the following is a list of weeks and years with their corresponding date: 15 June 2014 – Trinity Sunday Year A16 June 2014 – Monday of Week 11 Year 217 June 2014 – Tuesday of Week 11 Year 218 June 2014 – Wednesday of Week 11 Year 219 June 2014 –
What do you treasure most in life? Do you still continue to look for riches here on earth, or have you been seeking riches in heaven? Some of us may have been enamoured or influenced by the glitter, beauty or value of riches here on earth, so much so that we spend a lot of
Some people think that they need to say a lot of things when praying. They go into all sorts of words, noises, gestures, perhaps thinking that God needs some time and hopefully will eventually hear them. Today’s Gospel reminds us: “In your prayers do not babble as the pagans do, for they think that by
When we do good things or works of charity, what is our motive or intention? Are we doing such things to show how rich, how great, or how wonderful we are? Or are we doing such things for the greater glory of God? Sometimes we may appear to be doing good, but we should be
How much do we really love others? Do we love only those who are nice to us or love us or do good things for us? Some of us find it easy to love those who are friendly or kind to us, but some of us may find it quite difficult to love our enemies.
Wrath or rage is one of the seven capital sins we need to watch out for. We may fall into wrath or rage quite easily, especially when we have a short fuse or a quick temper. Wrath or rage can lead us to do worse things. Sometimes, we may even kill a person or several
How do we explain something which is not so easily explainable? Can we ever satisfactorily describe or define God? Today’s readings give us some important points. Firstly, the doctrine of the Trinity reminds us that God is a mystery. A mystery is something which we can never fully understand or fathom. We do not have
For your easy reference, the following is a list of weeks and years with their corresponding date: 8 June 2014 – Pentecost – Mass of the Day Year A9 June 2014 – Monday of Week 10 Year 210 June 2014 – Tuesday of Week 10 Year 211 June 2014 – Wednesday of Week 10 Year
Some of us look for God in the spectacular. We think that God should make Himself known via a grand entrance. Some of us look for God in beauty, wealth and riches, or in some sort of environment we think would be more fitting and appropriate. However, would we really find God in such situations?
Some of us try to do the minimum and expect to get maximum returns. For example, we may not be so hardworking in our studies or job, but we expect to do well or gain an increase in salary or a promotion. However, today’s Gospel reminds us that we cannot just do the minimum and
