St. Luke 1:39-45: "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb".“See how new and how wonderful this mystery is. He has not yet left the womb but he speaks by leaping; he is not yet allowed to cry out but he makes himself

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

Oct 6th, 2012

Genesis 2.7,15,18-24: "So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brough

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Sep 8th, 2012

St. Mark 7.31-37: "They brought to him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hands on him...Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, "Ephphatha", that is, "Be opened". And immediatel

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Sep 1st, 2012

St. Mark 7.1-8,14-15,21-23: "There is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile them, but the things that come out of a person are what defile them".

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Aug 25th, 2012

St. John 6.53,60-69: "The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life". Simon Peter answered him, "Lord to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life"."Hold back nothing of yourself for yourself from Jesus. Give your all to him,

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Aug 17th, 2012

St. John 6.51-58: "Very truly I tell you whoever eats eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Aug 8th, 2012

St. John 6. 41-51: Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; for my fl

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Aug 2nd, 2012

St. John 6.41-51: "I am the bread of life. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh"."All people desire to leave a lasti

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Jul 28th, 2012

St. John 6.1-15: "Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and gave them out to all who were sitting ready; he then did the same with the fish, giving out as much as was wanted".O Sacrament most holy, O Sacrament divine, all praise and all thanksgiv

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Jul 16th, 2012

St. Mark 6.30-34: "...as he stepped ashore he saw a large crowd; and he took pity on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he set himself to teach them at some length"."The Lord is my shepherd there is nothing that I lack, f

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Jul 14th, 2012

St. Mark 6.7-13: "Jesus summoned the twelve and began sending them out in pairs giving them authority over the unclean spirits. And he instructed them to take nothing for their journey except a staff - no bread, no haversack no coppers for thei

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Jun 28th, 2012

St. Mark 6.1-6: "Then Jesus said to them, 'A prophet is not without honour except in his hometown, and among his own kin, and in his own house'. And Jesus could do no deed of power there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and c

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Jun 26th, 2012

St. Mark 5.21-43: "Jesus said to the woman suffering from hemorrhages, 'Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace and be healed of your disease'"."I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses so that the power of Christ may dwell

The Birth of St. John the Baptist

Jun 22nd, 2012

St. Luke 1.75-66,80: "Fear came over all their neighbours, and all these things were talked about throughout the entire hill country of Judea. All who heard them pondered them and said, 'What then will this child become?' For, indeed, the hand

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Jun 15th, 2012

St. Mark 4.26-34: "The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed which at the time of its sowing in the soil is the smallest of all seeds on earth; yet once it is sown it grows into the biggest shrub of them all and puts forth big branches so that

Solemnity of Corpus Christi (the Body and Blood of Christ)

Jun 7th, 2012

St. Mark 14.12-16,22-26: "While they were eating, he took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to them, and said, 'Take; this is my Body'. Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks gave it to them, and all of them drank

Thursday, Ninth Week in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Jun 6th, 2012

St. Mark 12. 28-34: "'Which commandment is the greatest of all?' Jesus answered, 'The first is Hear O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your min

Wednesday, Ninth Week in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Jun 5th, 2012

St. Mark 12.18-27: "And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the story about the bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob'? "He is God not of the dead, but of

Tuesday, Ninth Week in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Jun 4th, 2012

St. Mark 12.13-17: "Give to the emperor the things that are the emperor's and to God the things that are God's".

Monday, Ninth Week in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Jun 3rd, 2012

St. Mark 11.1-12: "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord's doing, and it is amazing in our eyes.""Often the Church is called the building of God. The Lord compared himself to a stone which the builde

Most Holy Trinity

Jun 2nd, 2012

St. Matthew 28.16-20: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you a

Saturday, Eighth Week in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Jun 1st, 2012

St. Mark 11.27-33: "Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. Did the baptism of John come from heaven or was it of human origin? Answer me".

Memorial of St. Justin the Martyr

May 31st, 2012

Collect on the Memorial of St. Justin Martyr: "O God, who through the folly of the Cross wondrously taught Saint Justin the Martyr the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ, grant us, through his intercession, that, having rejected deception and

Feast of the Visitation of Mary

May 30th, 2012

St. Luke 1.39-56: "My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour, for he has looked with favour on the lowliness of his servant"."The Canticle of Mary, the Magnificat, is the song both of the Mother of God and the Church;

Wednesday, Eighth Week in Ordinary Time (Year B)

May 29th, 2012

St. Mark 10.32-45: "Whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

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