Mass Reflection: Sunday 31st May 2026

 

EX 34:4b-6, 8-9; DN 3:52-56; 2 COR 13:11-13; JN 3:16-18

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity — the central mystery of our Christian faith.

While the Trinity is beyond our full understanding, it reveals something essential for us as Christian stewards. The Trinity is a communion of Persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — who give themselves completely to one another in perfect love. This self-giving love is at the heart of the stewardship way of life.

In our first reading, God reveals Himself to Moses as “a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in kindness and fidelity.” The God of the universe desires to be known and to share His life with His people. This is not a distant God, but a personal and loving God.

St. Paul echoes this in the second reading, reminding us that we are invited into this divine life — “the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.” Through our Baptism, this divine communion already dwells within us.

In our Gospel, we hear the heart of it all: “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son.” God gives Himself to us completely. This is the model for our lives.

As Christian stewards, we are called to respond in the same way — by giving ourselves back to God and to others. Stewardship is not simply about managing resources. It is about self-gift. It is about living a life that reflects the love of the Trinity.

This means offering our time in service, our talents in ministry, and our treasure in support of the Church’s mission. It means living in relationship — with God and with one another — in a spirit of generosity and love.

The more we live this way, the more we grow in intimacy with God. The more we give ourselves, the more we experience “the grace of the Lord, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit” in our lives.

Today, let us reflect on the love of this Triune God. And let us respond by striving to live lives of self-giving love through the stewardship way of life.

Mass Reading: 15th June 2025

First reading

Proverbs 8:22-31 ·

Before the earth came into being, Wisdom was born

The Wisdom of God cries aloud:

The Lord created me when his purpose first unfolded,

    before the oldest of his works.

From everlasting I was firmly set,

    from the beginning, before earth came into being.

The deep was not, when I was born,

    there were no springs to gush with water.

Before the mountains were settled,

    before the hills, I came to birth;

before he made the earth, the countryside,

    or the first grains of the world’s dust.

When he fixed the heavens firm, I was there,

    when he drew a ring on the surface of the deep,

when he thickened the clouds above,

    when he fixed fast the springs of the deep,

when he assigned the sea its boundaries

    – and the waters will not invade the shore –

    when he laid down the foundations of the earth,

I was by his side, a master craftsman,

    delighting him day after day,

    ever at play in his presence,

at play everywhere in his world,

    delighting to be with the sons of men.

The word of the Lord 

________

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 8:4-9

How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!

When I see the heavens, the work of your hands,

    the moon and the stars which you arranged,

what is man that you should keep him in mind,

    mortal man that you care for him?

How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!

Yet you have made him little less than a god;

    with glory and honour you crowned him,

gave him power over the works of your hand,

    put all things under his feet.

How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!

All of them, sheep and cattle,

    yes, even the savage beasts,

birds of the air, and fish

    that make their way through the waters.

How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!

________

Second reading 

Romans 5:1-5 ·

The love of God has been poured into our hearts

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, by faith we are judged righteous and at peace with God, since it is by faith and through Jesus that we have entered this state of grace in which we can boast about looking forward to God’s glory. But that is not all we can boast about; we can boast about our sufferings. These sufferings bring patience, as we know, and patience brings perseverance, and perseverance brings hope, and this hope is not deceptive, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given us.

The word of the Lord 

________

Gospel Acclamation

cf.Rv1:8

Alleluia, alleluia!

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;

the God who is, who was, and who is to come.

Alleluia!

________

Gospel

John 16:12-15

The Spirit of truth will lead you to the complete truth

Jesus said to his disciples:

‘I still have many things to say to you

but they would be too much for you now.

But when the Spirit of truth comes

he will lead you to the complete truth,

since he will not be speaking as from himself but will say only what he has learnt; and he will tell you of the things to come.

He will glorify me, since all he tells you

will be taken from what is mine.

Everything the Father has is mine;

that is why I said:

All he tells you will be taken from what is mine.’

The Gospel of the Lord 

 

Mass Reflection: Sunday - 15th June 2025

PRV 8:22-31; PS 8: 4-9; ROM 5:1-5; JN 16: 12-15

Today we celebrate the feast of the Most Holy Trinity. This feast is rather unique in that it honors a doctrine rather than an event. What we are commemorating today is a central reality of our Christian faith, that God is Trinitarian in nature — three distinct persons — Father, Son and Holy Spirit — in one God. 

The Church calls this truth a mystery, as indeed it is. It is not a mystery in the sense that it is a question that must be answered but rather in the sense that the depths of this truth are far beyond our human comprehension. Some have said that “mystery” in this context is “not a wall to run up against but an ocean in which to swim.”

Contemplating the “ocean depths” of this mystery can make us humans feel so small, and almighty God so far from us. Yet nothing could be further from the truth as today’s readings demonstrate. 

The first reading, from Proverbs, says that God ”found delight in the human race.” The greatness of God in no way puts Him at a distance from us. In fact, one of the facets of the Trinitarian nature that we can understand is that God is, by nature, relational. So, it makes sense that He would delight in being in relationship with us whom He made in His own image and likeness.

In the second reading, St. Paul reminds us that not only does God delight in us, but He is intimately connected to us. “The love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.” Not only does God permit us to draw near to Him, He wants to live in the very depths of our being and in all the intimate details of our lives if we will let Him.

Finally, in the Gospel from St. John, we learn that God holds back nothing of Himself from us. Jesus tells His disciples (this includes us!) that the Holy Spirit “will take from what is mine and declare it to you. Everything the Father has is mine.” Thus, we find ourselves drawn right into the midst of this Trinitarian love. In fact, if the mystery of Holy Trinity is an ocean which to swim, the “water” that makes up that ocean is love.  

What then should be the response of the Christian steward to this sublime mystery? All we can do is worship. And offer our lives back to God in total gratitude for calling us to live in the richness of such unfathomable love. This week let’s re-invite God into the midst of our lives and make sure the way we spend our time and energy each day shows Him our profound gratitude for His many gifts to us, but above all the gift of Himself in the Trinity — Father, Son and Holy Spirit

Mass Reading: Sunday - 26th May 2024

First reading
Deuteronomy 4:32-34,39-40
The Lord is God indeed: he and no other

    Moses said to the people: ‘Put this question to the ages that are past, that went before you, from the time God created man on earth: Was there ever a word so majestic, from one end of heaven to the other? Was anything ever heard? Did ever a people hear the voice of the living God speaking from the heart of the fire, as you heard it, and remain alive? Has any god ventured to take to himself one nation from the midst of another by ordeals, signs, wonders, war with mighty hand and outstretched arm, by fearsome terrors – all this that the Lord your God did for you before your eyes in Egypt?

    ‘Understand this today, therefore, and take it to heart: the Lord is God indeed, in heaven above as on earth beneath, he and no other. Keep his laws and commandments as I give them to you today, so that you and your children may prosper and live long in the land that the Lord your God gives you for ever.’

The word of the Lord

________

Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 32(33):4-6,9,18-20,22

Happy the people the Lord has chosen as his own.

For the word of the Lord is faithful
    and all his works to be trusted.
The Lord loves justice and right
    and fills the earth with his love.

Happy the people the Lord has chosen as his own.

By his word the heavens were made,
    by the breath of his mouth all the stars.
He spoke; and it came to be.
    He commanded; it sprang into being.

Happy the people the Lord has chosen as his own.

The Lord looks on those who revere him,
    on those who hope in his love,
to rescue their souls from death,
    to keep them alive in famine.

Happy the people the Lord has chosen as his own.

Our soul is waiting for the Lord.
    The Lord is our help and our shield.
May your love be upon us, O Lord,
    as we place all our hope in you.

Happy the people the Lord has chosen as his own.

________

Second reading
Romans 8:14-17
The Spirit himself and our spirit bear united witness that we are children of God

    Everyone moved by the Spirit is a son of God. The spirit you received is not the spirit of slaves bringing fear into your lives again; it is the spirit of sons, and it makes us cry out, ‘Abba, Father!’ The Spirit himself and our spirit bear united witness that we are children of God. And if we are children we are heirs as well: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, sharing his sufferings so as to share his glory.

The word of the Lord

________

Gospel Acclamation
cf.Rv1:8

Alleluia, alleluia!

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
the God who is, who was, and who is to come.

Alleluia!

________

Gospel
Matthew 28:16-20
Go and make disciples of all nations

    The eleven disciples set out for Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had arranged to meet them. When they saw him they fell down before him, though some hesitated. Jesus came up and spoke to them. He said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, make disciples of all the nations; baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teach them to observe all the commands I gave you. And know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.’

The Gospel of the Lord

Mass Reflection: Sunday - 12th June 2022

 

Today we celebrate the feast of the Most Holy Trinity. This feast is rather unique in that it honors a doctrine rather than an event. What we are commemorating today is a central reality of our Christian faith, that God is Trinitarian in nature — three distinct persons — Father, Son and Holy Spirit — in one God. 
 
The Church calls this truth a mystery, as indeed it is. It is not a mystery in the sense that it is a question that must be answered but rather in the sense that the depths of this truth are far beyond our human comprehension. Some have said that “mystery” in this context is “not a wall to run up against but an ocean in which to swim.”
 
Contemplating the “ocean depths” of this mystery can make us humans feel so small, and almighty God so far from us. Yet nothing could be further from the truth as today’s readings demonstrate. 
 
The first reading, from Proverbs, says that God ”found delight in the human race.” The greatness of God in no way puts Him at a distance from us. In fact, one of the facets of the Trinitarian nature that we can understand is that God is, by nature, relational. So, it makes sense that He would delight in being in relationship with us whom He made in His own image and likeness.
 
In the second reading, St. Paul reminds us that not only does God delight in us, but He is intimately connected to us. “The love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.” Not only does God permit us to draw near to Him, He wants to live in the very depths of our being and in all the intimate details of our lives if we will let Him.
 
Finally, in the Gospel from St. John, we learn that God holds back nothing of Himself from us. Jesus tells His disciples (this includes us!) that the Holy Spirit “will take from what is mine and declare it to you. Everything the Father has is mine.” Thus, we find ourselves drawn right into the midst of this Trinitarian love. In fact, if the mystery of Holy Trinity is an ocean which to swim, the “water” that makes up that ocean is love.  
 
What then should be the response of the Christian steward to this sublime mystery? All we can do is worship. And offer our lives back to God in total gratitude for calling us to live in the richness of such unfathomable love. This week let’s re-invite God into the midst of our lives and make sure the way we spend our time and energy each day shows Him our profound gratitude for His many gifts to us, but above all the gift of Himself in the Trinity — Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

 

Mass Reading: Sunday - 12th June 2022

First reading
Proverbs 8:22-31
Before the earth came into being, Wisdom was born

The Wisdom of God cries aloud:

The Lord created me when his purpose first unfolded,
    before the oldest of his works.
From everlasting I was firmly set,
    from the beginning, before earth came into being.
The deep was not, when I was born,
    there were no springs to gush with water.
Before the mountains were settled,
    before the hills, I came to birth;
before he made the earth, the countryside,
    or the first grains of the world’s dust.
When he fixed the heavens firm, I was there,
    when he drew a ring on the surface of the deep,
when he thickened the clouds above,
    when he fixed fast the springs of the deep,
when he assigned the sea its boundaries
 – and the waters will not invade the shore –
    when he laid down the foundations of the earth,
I was by his side, a master craftsman,
    delighting him day after day,
    ever at play in his presence,
at play everywhere in his world,
    delighting to be with the sons of men.

The word of the Lord.

________

Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 8:4-9

How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!

When I see the heavens, the work of your hands,
    the moon and the stars which you arranged,
what is man that you should keep him in mind,
    mortal man that you care for him?

How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!

Yet you have made him little less than a god;
    with glory and honour you crowned him,
gave him power over the works of your hand,
    put all things under his feet.

How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!

All of them, sheep and cattle,
    yes, even the savage beasts,
birds of the air, and fish
    that make their way through the waters.

How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth!

________

Second reading
Romans 5:1-5
The love of God has been poured into our hearts

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, by faith we are judged righteous and at peace with God, since it is by faith and through Jesus that we have entered this state of grace in which we can boast about looking forward to God’s glory. But that is not all we can boast about; we can boast about our sufferings. These sufferings bring patience, as we know, and patience brings perseverance, and perseverance brings hope, and this hope is not deceptive, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given us.

The word of the Lord.

_______

Gospel Acclamation
cf.Rv1:8

Alleluia, alleluia!

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
the God who is, who was, and who is to come.

Alleluia!

________

Gospel
John 16:12-15
The Spirit of truth will lead you to the complete truth

Jesus said to his disciples:

‘I still have many things to say to you
but they would be too much for you now.
But when the Spirit of truth comes
he will lead you to the complete truth,
since he will not be speaking as from himself
but will say only what he has learnt;
and he will tell you of the things to come.
He will glorify me,
since all he tells you
will be taken from what is mine.
Everything the Father has is mine;
that is why I said:
All he tells you
will be taken from what is mine.’

The Gospel of the Lord.