Author: Msgr Nicholas Ong

• 26th April 2015 – 4th Sunday of Easter

  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 Today is the 4th Sunday of Easter, Liturgical Year B. Today we also celebrate Good Shepherd Sunday…

  Msgr Nicholas Ong

  April 24, 2015

• 19th April 2015 – 3rd Sunday of Easter

  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 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…

  Msgr Nicholas Ong

  April 17, 2015

• 12 April 2015 – Divine Mercy Sunday (2nd Sunday of Easter)

  Theme: PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS SO THAT THOSE WHO BELIEVE AND ARE BAPTISED WILL HAVE THEIR SINS FORGIVEN Acts 4:32-35; Psalm 117 (118):2-4. 15-18. 22-24. R/ v. 1; 1 John 5:1-6 John 20:19-31 A happy and blessed Easter to all of you! Today is the second Sunday of Easter, Liturgical Year B. Today is also…

  Msgr Nicholas Ong

  April 11, 2015

• 5th April 2015 – Easter Sunday

  Theme: IN THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM WE DIE AND RISE WITH JESUS CHRIST TO THE NEW LIFE OF EASTER! Genesis 1:1. 26-31; Genesis 22:1-2. 9-13. 15-18; Exodus 14:15-15:1; Ezekiel 36:16-28; Romans 6:3-11 Mark 16:1-7 A happy Easter to all of you! The word Easter comes from the word east, the direction from which the sun…

  Msgr Nicholas Ong

  April 3, 2015

• 29th March 2016 – Passion Sunday

  Theme: THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IS VICTORY, RESURRECTION, LIFE, GLORY AND SALVATION Mark 11:1-10; Isaiah 50:4-7; Psalm 21:8-9. 17-20. 23-24. R/ v. 2; Philippians 2:6-11 Mark 14:1- 15:47 (Shorter Form, 15:1-39) Today we celebrate Passion Sunday. Passion Sunday is also called Palm Sunday. This is because the Passion of our Lord Jesus…

  Msgr Nicholas Ong

  March 27, 2015

• 22nd March 2015 – Fifth Sunday of Lent

  Theme: JESUS IS THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE; WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NEVER DIE Ezekiel 37:12-14; Psalm 129 (130). R/ v. 7; Romans 8:8-11 John 11:1-45 (Shorter Form, verses 3-7. 20-27. 33-45) Today is the 5th Sunday of Lent, Liturgical Year B, but again, we are using the readings of Year A, because there…

  Msgr Nicholas Ong

  March 21, 2015

• 15th March 2015 – 4th Sunday of Lent

  Theme:  JESUS CHRIST IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD: THE LIGHT OF FAITH, LIFE AND GOOD 1 Samuel 16:1. 6-7. 10-13; Psalm 22 (23): R/ v. 1; Ephesians 5:8-14 Jn 9:1-41 (Shorter Form, verses 1. 6-9. 13-17. 34-38) Today is the 4th Sunday of Lent, Liturgical Year B, but we use the readings from Year…

  Msgr Nicholas Ong

  March 14, 2015

• 8th March 2015 – 3rd Sunday of Lent

  Theme: IN BAPTISM JESUS GIVES US THE LIVING WATER OF THE HOLY  SPIRIT TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND TO GIVE US NEW LIFE Exodus 17:3-7; Psalm 94 (95):1-2. 6-9. R/ v. 8; Romans 5:1-2. 5-8. John 4:5-42 (Shorter Form, verses 5-16. 19-26. 39-42) Today is the 3rd Sunday of Lent, Liturgical Year B, but…

  Msgr Nicholas Ong

  March 7, 2015

• 1st March 2015 – 2nd Sunday of Lent

  Theme: THE CROSS OF JESUS CHRIST IS GLORIOUS: IT IS RESURRECTION AND LIFE Genesis 12:1-4; Psalm 32 (33):4-5. 18-20. 22. R/ v. 22; 2 Timothy 1:8-10 Matthew 17:1-9 Today is the 2nd Sunday of Lent, Liturgical Year B, but we are using the readings of Year A, because there will be Baptism on Easter Vigil…

  Msgr Nicholas Ong

  February 28, 2015

• 22nd February 2015 – 1st Sunday of Lent (A)

  Theme: JESUS CHRIST THE NEW AND SECOND ADAM Genesis 2:7-9. 3:1-7; Psalm 50:3-6. 12-14. 17. R/ cf. v.3; Romans 5:12. 14d-19 Matthew 4:1-11  Today is the First Sunday of Lent, Liturgical Year A. Lent is a time when we prepare to celebrate Easter, that is, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and our dying…

  Msgr Nicholas Ong

  February 21, 2015