Send us a text Prayer for NEW YEAR 2026. By Rev Deacon Patrick Tifu Heavenly Father, we thank you for helping us see this new year. Grant us a great new year, one filled with good health, peace, joy and an abundance of your grace. May we be powerful instruments to make this messed up world more like heaven is. Help us to love and work for the wellbeing of our brothers and sisters. Give us Lord Jesus, the securit...

Send us a text What kind of Christmas season are you having this year, friends? Is it a Godless secular Christmas or a supernatural one? Is this Christmas one of feelings, warmth, drinking some spicy drink and getting wasted, a little high, or even drunk? One where our awe comes from materialism; the latest gadget, toy, gift and so on. Or, Is this Christmas season a supernatural one - one which celebrates an Eternal, All-powerful God, the intelligent mind behind this gigantic cosmos, th...

Send us a text What would your response be if God was to reveal Himself to you today? Like King Ahaz, in the first reading will your response be "I don't need you. I got everything covered?" Or will you like Zechariah this week say to Him "I don't trust you?". Or will you like Joseph in the gospel today out of humility say to God "I don't deserve you?" Or can you be honest like Our lady, if you're confused and ask for clarity and say "I don't understand?" Friends, as we prepare for the ...

Send us a text Welcome to PTTTSOTW on this 3rd Sunday of advent yr A also known as Gaudete Sunday Rejoice Sunday because the opening antiphon at Mass this Sunday begins with the word "rejoice" - Rejoice in the Lord always- Gaudete in Domino semper in Latin. Friends in Christ, We rejoice today because the birth of our Blessed Lord is very near. To express this joy we light rose candle and the clergy may wear rose- coloured vestments. In the 1st reading the prophet Isaiah encouraged...

Send us a text Friends, as Christians we believe that we are saved by grace freely given to us as a gift from God. God cannot force this on us because He has given us free will, our ability to choose. We have a choice here to make. If we want to enjoy the benefits of His grace we have to cooperate or choose to accept it. And how do we do that? Do what St John The Baptis tells us in the gospel this Sunday- play our part by repenting, confessing our sins and bearing good fruit. This is ho...

Send us a text Friends, as Christians, we believe that we are saved by grace freely given to us as a gift from God. God cannot force this on us because He has given us free will, our ability to choose. We have a choice here to make. If we want to enjoy the benefits of His grace we have to cooperate or choose to accept it. And how do we do that? Do what St John The Baptis tells us in the gospel this Sunday- play our part by repenting, confessing our sins and bearing good fruit. This is h...

Send us a text This Sunday is the 1st Sunday of Advent We move into a new liturgical year today YEAR A Friends, Advent which means coming is a season of preparations for the the 3 comings of Christ. His coming in history, everyday and at the end of time During this advent season we meditate on Jesus’ first coming in history as a baby in Bethlehem how Jesus comes to us daily through various means; and finally Advent is a time where we prepare for Christ's Second Comi...

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Send us a text As the church year comes to a close, our Holy mother Church reminds us on this 33rd Sunday of OT C, about the things of the end times - In 1st and Gospel readings we hear about what will happen before and at the end of time. Nation rising against nation, kingdom against kingdom, tumults, famine, earthquakes, persecution. Some will look at the wars, conflict, grief, violence, chaos, confusion in our world today, they are tempted to conclude that the end of the world is n...

Send us a text As the church year comes to a close, our Holy mother Church reminds us as its her custom about the things of the end times - things about the final days of the world, things about the our own death and things about the Final Judgment. This 33rd Sunday of OT C is no different. The 1st and Gospel readings inform us about what will happen before and at the end of time. When some people look at the wars, conflict. grief, violence and aggression, chaos and confusion in o...

Send us a text This Sunday we celebrate the dedication of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, one of the most important Churches for us Catholics. Ultimately, this celebration is a celebration of the people of God- the Church, the body of Christ. St Paul reminds us that this Church has Christ as foundation. We are part of the body- the Church. St Paul reminds us again that like the Church, we too are temples of God's, vessels of God's Spirit. Like His bride the Church, Christ loves us ...

Send us a text Friends, we celebrate todays feast in honour of all the saints. Just as God took Moses to the top of the mountain to give him the 10 Commandments,in the gospel Jesus takes us all up the mountain to give us His word. He gives us the job description of becoming a saint. He tells us that if we live according to his word, we would never walk alone. That he will walk alongside us, in front of us to ensure that we join him and all the saints in heaven. Friends let us pray today that ...

Send us a text How do we know how to live a good Christian life? The best answer to this question is given in this Sunday's readings. Like all good inventors, God has given us a manual to help us live a good Christian life. That manual is Holy Scripture- which St Paul tells us in the 2nd reading is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness. In the first reading these same sacred writings tell us that in their fight wi...

Send us a text Friends in Christ, the word of God, Jesus, is life because he nourishes us not only in the Eucharist but through His word. This Sunday's readings challenge us to not only give thanks to God for his love but also to imitate this love in our dealings with one other whether people acknowledge our love or not. God is good to us, even when we’re ungrateful. Likewise, let us love like God does and not withhold love for our brothers and sisters even if the don't acknowledge our ...

Send us a text The Gospel of Luke, the Gospel of God’s compassion, the Gospel of the lowly being raised up, challenges us today with the parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man. Lazarus, a man in dire need, covered in sores, right outside the door of a rich man who has more than enough to provide for his own needs and those of Lazarus – but does nothing to help him. In fact, the rich man’s dog shows more compassion toward Lazarus (by licking his sores) than the rich man! The story is meant ...

Send us a text Friends in Christ, on this day in which we celebrate the triumph of Christ's cross, the 1st reading and the gospel give us a beautiful allegory of our Christian life. For 40 years the Israelites struggled with sin and temptation. Poisoned by snake bites they only had to look at the serpent mounted on a pole in order to be healed. Similarly, our Christian life from baptism to death is a struggle with sin and temptation. When we sin, we are poisoned. The wages of sin is death scr...

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Send us a text My Brothers and Sisters in the Lord – the scriptures for today have much to teach us about our plans – and God’s plans for us as well.They challenge us to live as true Christian disciples giving our total commitment to the will of God; putting God first in our lives. Let us pray today for the grace to commit ourselves to God's will and to put God at the centre of all we do. Support the show

Send us a text Brothers and sisters in Jesus, Christ, the common theme of today’s readings is the importance of practicing humility and avoiding self-glorification or pride. 1) Humility enables us first to accept others as God’s children, our brothers and sisters, redeemed by the blood of Jesus. 2) Humility also encourages us to offer them loving and sacrificial service through acts of charity, mercy and forgiveness. 3) Humility enables us to accept ourselves as we are before God, with all ou...

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