13th November 2018 Tuesday 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
Reflection
Titus 2:1-8,11-14, Luke 17:7-10
“We are God’s servants”
In every moment of our life, we are called to be at the service of God as well as to God through others. Everything we give to Him is simply a small part of all what He has already generously given to us.
Each of us struggle with different obstacles that make us put limits and conditions to our service to God and to God through others.
Today, Jesus presents Himself as the servant who comes to our life to serve and love us. He waits on us so that we can follow and imitate His humble service of love.
12th November 2018 Monday 32nd Week in Ordinary Time - St. Josaphat
Reflection
Titus 1:1-9, Luke 17:1-6
“A bag of potatoes”
In today’s gospel passage, Jesus invites us to be continuously loving and forgiving. We have surely in different moments fallen out with a friend, parent, a sibling. We feel that we have been treated unfairly and become resentful towards the other person.
Yet, Jesus calls us to forgive because to pardon others is a gift to ourselves. When we forgive, we free ourselves from the heaviness of anger and bitterness. To forgive continuously, however, is something that is humanly impossible. Real forgiveness starts from God’s love. It comes from an ever-deepening friendship with God. In communion with God, we draw strength and courage to forgive.
11th November 2018 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reflection
1 Kings 17:10-16, Hebrews 9:24-28, Mark 12:38-44
“The poor widow”
Many wealthy people were dropping their contributions in the temple treasury, and Jesus was watching them. Among these people, Jesus saw a poor widow who went and put in two small coins. He, who knew the heart of every person, knew that this poor widow gave her all to God. She gave all because she loved God and trusted that He would take care of her.
วันเสาร์ที่ 10 พฤศจิกายน 2018 แผนกพระคัมภีร์ ฝ่ายงานอภิบาลอัครสังฆมณฑลกรุงเทพฯ นำโดยคุณพ่อสมเกียรติ ตรีนิกร ผู้จัดการแผนกฯ จัดอบรมพระคัมภีร์ หัวข้อความรู้ทั่วไปเกี่ยวกับประกาศกและประกาศกอาโมส โดยคุณพ่อวสันต์ พิรุฬห์วงศ์ วิทยากร มีผู้สนใจเข้ารับการอบรมครั้งนี้จำนวน 43 คน ณ ศูนย์อบรมคริสตศาสนธรรมระดับชาติ ซอยวัดเทียนดัด ปัจจุบันมีซิสเตอร์วรรณี ฉัตรสุภางค์ อธิการ
10th November 2018 Saturday 31st Week in Ordinary Time - St. Leo the Great
Reflection
Philippians 4:10-19, Luke 16:9-15
“Life with God, my master”
Who is the master that rules my heart and controls my mind?
Today, let us look at our lives in the light of God’s love, and see the real master that is in charge of our lives.
As Christians, we have God as our only Master. By serving Him, we experience an internal freedom to love God as well as serve Him in our brothers and sisters. Free from pursuing personal interest and ambition, we serve and love for the sake of unity and communion.
9th November 2018 Friday 31st Week in Ordinary Time - The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
Reflection
Ezekiel 47:1-2,8-9,12, 1 Corinthians 3:9-11,16-17, John 2:13-22
“Belonging to God”
St Paul wrote, ‘Don’t you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and who was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourselves but to God; he bought you for a price. So use your bodies for God’s glory.’ (1 Cor 6: 19-20)