Author: Msgr Nicholas Ong
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5th Sunday of Easter (Year B) – 2nd April 2021
Theme: IN THE HOLY SPIRIT WE LIVE IN GOD AND GOD LIVES IN US AND WE BEAR FRUIT IN PLENTY. Acts 9:26-31; Psalm 21 (22):26-28. 30-32. R/ v. 26; 1 John 3:18-24; John 15:1-8. Today is the 5th Sunday of Easter, Liturgical Year B. We are still in the Easter Season of 50…
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4th Sunday of Easter (Year B) – 25th April 2021
Theme: THE GOOD SHEPHERD LOVES AND LAYS DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS SHEEP IN OBEDIENCE TO THE COMMAND OF THE FATHER Acts 4:8-12; Psalm 117 (118):1. 8-9. 21-23. 26. 28-29. R/ v. 22; 1 John 3:1-2 John 10:11-18 1. Today is the 4th Sunday of Easter, Liturgical Year B. Today we also celebrate Good Shepherd Sunday…
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3rd Sunday of Easter (Year B) – 18th April 2021
Theme: BE WITNESSES OF THE RESURRECTION AND PREACH REPENTANCE FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS Acts 3:13-15. 17-19; Psalm 4:2. 4. 7. 9. R/ v. 7; 1 John 2:1-5 Luke 24:35-48 1. A Happy Easter to all of you! Today is the 3rd Sunday of Easter, Liturgical Year B. The readings today tell us to be the…
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2nd Sunday of Easter (Year B) – 11th April 2021
Theme: WE THANK GOD FOR THE RESURRECTION OF HIS SON JESUS CHRIST, AND OUR RESURRECTION WITH HIM IN BAPTISM, AND WE ASK GOD TO GIVE US THE HOLY SPIRIT, SO THAT WE WILL PROCLAIM HIS RESURRECTION TO THE WHOLE WORLD Acts 4:32-35; Psalm 117 (118): 2-4. 15-18. 22-24. R. v. 1; 1 John 5:1-6 John…
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Easter Sunday – 4th April 2021
Theme: IN THE RENEWAL OF OUR BAPTISM, WE DIE AND RISE WITH JESUS CHRIST TO THE NEW LIFE OF EASTER Acts 10:34. 37-43; Colossians 3:1-4 John 20:1-9 1. A happy Easter to all of you! The word Easter probably comes from the word “east”, the direction from which the sun rises. Just as the sun gives…
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EASTER VIGIL (Year B) – 3rd April 2021
Theme: WE DIE AND RISE WITH JESUS CHRIST TO THE NEW LIFE OF EASTER IN THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM THROUGH POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Genesis 1:1-2:2; Genesis 22:1-18; Exodus 14:15-15:1; Romans 6:3-11 Mark 16:1-7 1. A happy Easter to all of you! Tonight we celebrate the Easter Vigil! This is the biggest and most important feast…
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Holy Thursday (Year A, B, C) – 1st April 2021
Theme: THE LORD INSTITUTED THE HOLY EUCHARIST TO MAKE PRESENT, REAL AND EFFECTIVE HIS DEATH, RESURRECTION AND THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR THE SALVATION OF THE WORLD Exodus 12:1-8. 11-14; Psalm 115 (116):12-13. 15-18. R/ cf. 1 Corinthians 10:16; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:34; John 13:1-15 1. Tonight we celebrate Holy Thursday Evening Mass of…
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PASSION SUNDAY / PALM SUNDAY (YEAR B) – 28th March 2021
Theme: THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IS VICTORIOUS AND GLORIOUS Isaiah 50:4-7; Psalm 21 (22): 8-9. 17-20. 23-24. R/ v. 2; Philippians 2:6-11 Mark 15:1-39 (Shorter form) 1. Today we celebrate Passion Sunday or Palm Sunday. Passion Sunday is also Palm Sunday because the passion (sufferings) of our Lord is victorious and glorious! The…
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5th Sunday of Lent (Year A) – 21st March 2021
JESUS PREVENTS US FROM SIN AND DEATH WITH HIS GRACE SO THAT WE WILL NOT SIN AND DIE ANYMORE Ezekiel 37:12-14; Psalm 129 (130). R/ v. 7; Romans 8:8-11 John 11:1-45 (Shorter Form, verses 3-7. 17. 20-27. 33-45) Theme: IN BAPTISM JESUS RAISES US FROM DEATH AND IN BAPTISM 1. Today is the 5th Sunday of…
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4th Sunday of Lent (Year A) – 14th March 2021
Theme: THE LIGHT OF CHRIST: THE LIGHT OF FAITH, THE LIGHT OF LIFE AND THE LIGHT OF GOODNESS 1 Samuel 16:1. 6-7. 10-13; Psalm 22. R/ v. 1; Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1-41 (Shorter Form, 9:1. 5b-9. 13-17. 34-38) 1. Today is the Fourth Sunday of Lent; Liturgical Year A. Lent is a time when we prepare…
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