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05/11/2021

02/11/2021

Today, the Roman Catholic Church celebrates the commemoration of all the faithful departed commonly known as ALL SOULS.
As we continue to remember the Souls in purgatory, we pray for their quick release into heaven.
May the Souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen

01/11/2021

As we honour and celebrate all those who lived holy lives on earth we pray that God will grant us the grace to live holy and saintly lives so that at the end of our sojourn here on earth we may attain the Eternal Bliss. Amen.
All Saints
pray for us

31/10/2021

Pope at Angelus: May our love for God and neighbour resound in us
At the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis calls on us to repeat Jesus' words and truly endeavour "to Love God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our mind and with all our strength and my neighbour as myself”.
By Vatican News staff writer

Greeting pilgrims gathered in Saint Peter's Square before leading the recitation of the Angelus, Pope Francis focused his Sunday catechesis on the day's Gospel reading, which recounts when a scribe approached Jesus asking Him which commandment is first.

Jesus answers by quoting Scripture saying the first commandment is to love God and the second to love one's neighbour as oneself. The scribe recognises and repeats Jesus's words.

The Pope said this repetition serves to reinforce a key teaching and to understand that the Word of God must be received in a special way, noting "it must be repeated, made one’s own, safeguarded."

The Word of God must be “ruminated”
Pope Francis observed that in monastic tradition there is the concept that the Word of God must be “ruminated”, as it is "so nutritious" that it must nourish and be contemplated in every aspect of life, as Jesus says, "the entire heart, the entire soul, the entire mind, all of our strength."

The Pope underscored that "it must resound, echo within us", reflecting that "the Lord dwells in the heart," as the scribe understood and Jesus told him: “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”

Read and reread the Gospel
Summarizing his thoughts, the Pope called on us to see that the Lord is looking for "docile hearts", more than "skilled Scripture commentators", who welcome His Word and allow interior conversion. He encouraged everyone to always have the Gospel in hand, "to read and reread it, to be passionate about it."

Doing so, the Word of God enters our heart intimately and "we bear fruit in Him".

Today's Gospel episode, the Pope added, shows us that more than just reading and understanding our need to love God and neighbour, we must allow this "great commandment" to "resound in us" and become "the voice of our conscience", as the Holy Spirit makes the seed of the Word germinate in us.

Each of us can reflect a unique expression of "the one Word of love that God gives us," he noted.

Let us repeat Jesus’ words
In conclusion, Pope Francis called on us to repeat Jesus' words and let them come alive in us: “To love God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our mind and with all our strength and my neighbour as myself.”

Each day we should ask how much this commandment is present and resonating within us in order to be ever aware of our love for the Lord and doing good to those we meet on our journey.

Before leading the recitation of the Angelus, he prayed that the Virgin Mary may "teach us to welcome the living word of the Gospel in our hearts."
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Pope Francis leads the recitation of the Angelus prayer in Saint Peter's Square

31/10/2021

Pope at Angelus:
Sunday, October 31, 2021.
Thirty-First Sunday of the Year.
May our love for God and neighbour resound in us
At the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis calls on us to repeat Jesus' words and truly endeavour "to Love God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our mind and with all our strength and my neighbour as myself”.
Greeting pilgrims gathered in Saint Peter's Square before leading the recitation of the Angelus, Pope Francis focused his Sunday catechesis on the day's Gospel reading, which recounts when a scribe approached Jesus asking Him which commandment is first.

Jesus answers by quoting Scripture saying the first commandment is to love God and the second to love one's neighbour as oneself. The scribe recognises and repeats Jesus's words.

The Pope said this repetition serves to reinforce a key teaching and to understand that the Word of God must be received in a special way, noting "it must be repeated, made one’s own, safeguarded."

The Word of God must be “ruminated”
Pope Francis observed that in monastic tradition there is the concept that the Word of God must be “ruminated”, as it is "so nutritious" that it must nourish and be contemplated in every aspect of life, as Jesus says, "the entire heart, the entire soul, the entire mind, all of our strength."

The Pope underscored that "it must resound, echo within us", reflecting that "the Lord dwells in the heart," as the scribe understood and Jesus told him: “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”

Read and reread the Gospel
Summarizing his thoughts, the Pope called on us to see that the Lord is looking for "docile hearts", more than "skilled Scripture commentators", who welcome His Word and allow interior conversion. He encouraged everyone to always have the Gospel in hand, "to read and reread it, to be passionate about it."

Doing so, the Word of God enters our heart intimately and "we bear fruit in Him".
By Vatican News Staff Writer
Credit to Vatican News

31/10/2021

END OF OCTOBER DEVOTION
Today being the Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B and also the Thirty-First day of the month of October, marks the end of our October Devotion to our Blessed Mother Mary. We are all encouraged to have a Rosary procession with the statue of our Lady in honour of her.
We must as well note that though today marks the end of our October Devotion,we are not expected to stop our devotion to our Blessed Mother but to continue to devote our time to our Blessed Mother Mary and continue to pray our Rosary everyday.
May our Blessed Mother Mary continue to intercede for us all. Amen.
Our Lady Queen of the Rosary
pray for us.

28/10/2021

Saints Simon and Jude
pray for us

09/05/2021

Sunday, 9th May, 2021
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Words of reflection from today's readings
1. God does not have favourites, but that anybody of any nationality who fears God and does what is right is acceptable to him.
2. Anyone who fails to love can never have known God,
because God is love...this is the love I mean:
not our love for God,
but God’s love for us when he sent his Son
to be the sacrifice that takes our sins away.
3. If you keep my commandments
you will remain in my love,
just as I have kept my Father’s commandments
and remain in his love.
This is my commandment:
love one another, as I have loved you.
A man can have no greater love
than to lay down his life for his friends.
You are my friends,
if you do what I command you.
You did not choose me:
no, I chose you;
and I commissioned you
to go out and to bear fruit,
fruit that will last;
and then the Father will give you
anything you ask him in my name.
What I command you
is to love one another.