POINTING TO THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD

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Send us Fan Mail Discover the transformative power of love as we reflect on the sixth Sunday of Easter, where Jesus's teachings take center stage, guiding us to live in the fullness of God's love and acceptance. This episode uncovers the heartfelt notion that God's love isn't a prize to be won, but a presence to dwell in, revealed through our selfless actions and compassionate...

Send us Fan Mail Discover how a man named Saul evolved from a feared persecutor to a fervent apostle, a testament to the transformative power of union with God, as we delve into the readings of the fifth Sunday of Easter. Saul's journey is just one of the profound narratives we explore, illustrating the boundless strength we can harness from our divine connection. Alongside this, we absorb th...

Send us Fan Mail Discover the life-altering power of resurrection as we share stories of transformation and redemption, reflecting on the third Sunday of Easter. Witness the journey of Peter, from his denials to becoming a courageous herald of Christ, and how this mirrors our own potential for change when embracing the truth of the Gospel. Our exploration delves into the fulfillment of divine prom...

Send us Fan Mail Dear friends in Christ,  On this  Divine Mercy Sunday we remember especially Maureen and all of our brothers and sisters who have requested to be prayed for. May God grant them all they need. May God grant eternal rest to Imelda Lum Che,  Brothers and sisters in Christ, in the readings today, we see Mercy, Divine Mercy in action. You've often heard it said,that "it doesn...

Send us Fan Mail No one likes to suffer.  But as humans, we know that pain is inevitable; emotional, physical, psychological, spiritual pain etc. The way we deal with our suffering and pain says a great deal about our maturity as someone created by God! The readings this Sunday talk to us about how to deal with suffering.  The first reading, from the Prophet Jeremiah, explains how God will replace...

Send us Fan Mail Dear Friends in Christ, All of us dear friends have habits. Some of these habits are good – and some bad. Generally speak, good habits, are often, hard to acquire – Whereas, bad ones are very easy to learn –  Sin is something that can become habitual. And unfortunately for us many sinful things are accepted in our culture and society today. Consequently, it takes great courage and...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s readings from Holy Scripture teach us that Lent is the ideal time to clean out the Temple of our own hearts and to offer to God proper Divine worship by obeying His Commandments.  Today’s first reading teaches us that the Ten Commandments are the basis of our religious and spiritual life. Instead of restricting our freedom, the Commandments really help us to love and respe...

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Send us Fan Mail Friends in Christ, We were not born to be isolated from others. We need close connections with loved ones, family, and friends – And we will suffer if we are cut off. Isolation can lead to loneliness, leading to anxiety and depression and general mental decline.  The readings this Sunday talk to us about faith, and about love.  In the Gospel, the leper who was isolated, cut off fr...

Send us Fan Mail Brothers and sisters,  We can all can recount experiences in which we had our hearts broken; whether it was the untimely death of a loved one, the break in a relationship, the loss of a job we love, failing our exams, severe illnesd etc. One very common reaction to suffering is the use of these 2 words "WHY ME? The readings today talk about suffering and how to best respond t...

Send us Fan Mail Nowadays, everywhere we turn people are competing for our attention. Advertisers, politicians, youtubers, influencers, celebrities, sellers of all sorts, even religious leaders. We are often torn, we find it difficult to discern what is true and best and most worthwhile for ourselves. What comes from God and what is from the evil one. The readings reassure us and urge us to take c...

Send us Fan Mail Brothers and sisters, No one wants to be criticized, not especially if it is with my acid tongue. But now and again we all need a Jonah in our lives, someone who will come along and shake things up; someone who will nudge us and say, hey, you’re doing it wrong! I fell foul to this this recently. The three readings today are doing exactly that. They all underline our absolute need...

Send us Fan Mail Dear friends, Meeting someone for the first time or after a long time, conjures all sorts of emotions in us.  Do you remember the feelings and reactions after meeting a boyfriend or girlfriend, a never-seen sibling, a long lost family member, a primary school mate, a work colleague who appears as a stranger and reveal their identity? Today in the readings, God reveals himself to t...

Send us Fan Mail Dear Friends, On the last Sunday of the year, we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family.  Some of you, like myself, have been brave enough to enter into a relationship with the hope of having a family and thank God, we have been blessed with one. Others have found themselves unable to do so, or the relationship did not continue and you have been left disappointed. Others have had...

Send us Fan Mail Dear Friends  All of us here AT PTTSOTW WISH YOU ALL A VERY MERRY AND A BLESSED CHRISTMAS. But it won't be a merry Christmas for many people and families in these dark and difficult times we live in, where warfare is rampant; War in Cameroon, DRC, YEMEN, UKRAINE, PALESTINE and orher partsoftheworld. It won't be a merry Christmas for the victims and their families of the...

Send us Fan Mail Dear friends, One can understand the Holy Bible between two poles: promise and fulfillment. God makes promises and then he fulfills them. God is not like us. We make promises but often don't fulfill them. God, on the other hand, always fulfills his promises. We see this promise and fulfillment in today's readings. In the 1st reading, God makes an extraordinary promise to...

Send us Fan Mail Dear Friends, To all those who are poor, have nowhere to go, cannot see their way, feel oppressed, burdened, and have lost hope, Jesus is the good news of God’s love, source of joy. This is the feeling that pervades all today’s readings.  In the first reading we hear Isaiah reminding us that God is the source of our joy: ‘I exult for joy in the Lord, my soul rejoices in my God, In...

Send us Fan Mail Dear Friends in Christ, Last Sunday we were reminded about waiting in hope for the unexpected coming of Jesus.  This Sunday, the readings tell us how to wait in hope. They say CHANGE is what has to happen, even though we don't like it, dread and resent it at times. St John Henry Newman said, "to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often". We are...

Send us Fan Mail The readings this Sunday offer us a diagnosis of our spiritual ill-health and the ills of our society, the contradictions within us and how these could be resolved. In the first reading we see human wretchedness in action. The Prophet Isaiah tells us that we have become like unclean people, all our good deeds are polluted rages, our guilt carries us away like the wind. But along w...

Send us Fan Mail Desr friends in Christ, Today we celebrate the last Sunday of the liturgical year. Next Sunday is the First Sunday of Advent and so we begin a new year by preparing once again for the great feast of the Incarnation: the feast of Christmas. We dedicate this Sunday to Christ the King.  In the first reading, the prophet Ezekiel tells us that God himself would seek out his lost sheep...

Send us Fan Mail Dear friends,  The month of November is dedicated to praying for our loved ones who have died. Most people don’t want to think about the dying process and their own deaths. We are too busy trying to live, that we don’t make time to consider our own death. And the most wonderful thing about death is that one gets a great opportunity to meet Jesus.  But first we will be judged as to...

Send us Fan Mail All three readings today teach us a great deal about the gift of wisdom and find some unity around the theme of the right attitude to adopt towards the future.  The first reading which speaks of Wisdom as a personification of God,  describes how the spirit of Wisdom is eager to enter into our lives. She is always close by, sitting at our gates, waiting for us to greet her, so that...

Send us Fan Mail Dear Friends in Christ, The central theme of today’s readings is a strong invitation and challenge to render humble, selfless, diligent, committed, loving service to others in the community without expecting honour or rewards in return. The readings also warn us against the triple vices of pride, idolatry and hypocrisy. In the first reading the prophet Malachi condemns the irrespo...

Send us Fan Mail Dear Friends in Christ,  Today, Jesus gives us the two great commandments:  Love of God and love of neighbour.  But what does love really look like in a Christian life?  A non-Christian named Aristides once wrote to the Emperor Hadrian about a new group of people called Christians. He said, “Christians love one another. They never fail to help widows; they save orphans from those...