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Compiled by: Twitter X @Michael65413248 & Buddies, Catholics in Singapore.
Ordinary Time 2025: Daily Mass Readings, Commentaries from Saints & Saints’ Feast Days
30 August 2025 (Saturday) #MassReadings USCCB Commentaries: Saint John Chrysostom (1 Thessalonians 4:9-11 (Douay-Rheims). And that you use your endeavour to be quiet, and that you do your own business, and work with your own hands, as we commanded you: and that you walk honestly towards them that are without; and that you want nothing of any man's.) Saint Augustine (Psalm 98:1, 7-8, 9 (Douay-Rheims). At the presence of the Lord: because he cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with justice, and the people with equity.) Saints (Matthew 25:14-30 (Douay-Rheims). For to everyone that hath shall be given, and he shall abound: but from him that hath not, that also which he seemeth to have shall be taken away.) Some Commentary extracts: Saint John CHRYSOSTOM. This parable is delivered against those who will not assist their neighbours either with money, or words, or in any other way, but hide all that they have. Also he who has the graces of eloquence and of teaching to profit withal, and uses it not, loses that grace; but he who does his endeavour in putting it to use acquires a larger share. Observe that not only he who robs others, or who works evil, is punished with extreme punishment, but he also who does not good works. Saint GREGORY the Great. Then follows a general sentence, For to every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance, but from him that hath not, even that which he seemeth to have shall be taken away. For whosoever has charity receives the other gifts also; but whosoever has not charity loses even the gifts which he seemed to have had. Let him then who has understanding look that he hold not his peace; let him who has affluence not be dead to mercy; let him who has the art of guiding life communicate its use with his neighbour; and him who has the faculty of eloquence intercede with the rich for the poor. For the very least endowment will be reckoned as a talent entrusted for use. Saint ORIGEN. If you are offended at this we have said, namely that a man shall be judged if he does not teach others, call to mind the Apostle’s words, Woe is unto me if I preach not the Gospel. (1 Corinthians 9:16.) Sending Joy, Love & Peace to You now!
August 30: Feast of Saint Narcisa de Jesús, Saint Pammachius, Saint Anne Line, Martyr, Saint Margaret Clitherow, Martyr, Saint Margaret Ward, Martyr, Saint Euphrasia Eluvathingal, Religious, Saint Jeanne Jugan & other Saints. Please pray for us & help us daily (especially the Sick & the Needy) till we meet in Heaven. Many Thanks.
29 August 2025 (Friday) Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist #MassReadings USCCB Commentaries: Saint John Chrysostom (1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 (Douay-Rheims). For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that you should abstain from fornication…) Saint Augustine (Psalm 97:1 and 2b, 5-6, 10, 11-12 (Douay-Rheims). You that love the Lord, hate evil: the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he will deliver them out of the hand of the sinner.) Saints (Mark 6:17-29 (Douay-Rheims). For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.) Some Saints’ Commentaries extract: Saint THEOPHYLACT. But see how great is the fury of lust, for though Herod had such an awe and fear of John, he forgets it all, that he may minister to his fornication. For during the banquet, Satan danced in the person of the damsel, and the wicked oath is completed. For it goes on, and he swore unto her, whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. The malignant woman begs that the head of John be given to her immediately, that is, at once, in that very hour, for she feared lest Herod should repent. There follows, and the king was exceeding sorry. Herod not being his own master, but full of lust, fulfilled his oath, and slew the just man; it would have been better however to break his oath, than to commit so great a sin. Saint GREGORY. I cannot, without the greatest wonder, reflect that he, who was filled even in his mother’s womb with the spirit of prophecy, and who was the greatest that had arisen amongst those born of women, is sent into prison by wicked men, is beheaded for the dancing of a girl, and though a man of so great austerity, meets death through such a foul instrument. Are we to suppose that there was something evil in his life, to be wiped away by so ignominious a death? When, however, could he commit a sin even in his eating, whose food was only locusts and wild honey? How could he offend in his conversation, who never quitted the wilderness? How is it that Almighty God so despises in this life those whom He has so sublimely chosen before all ages, if it be not for the reason, which is plain to the piety of the faithful, that He thus sinks them into the lowest place, because He sees how He is rewarding them in the highest, and outwardly He throws them down amongst things despised, because inwardly He draws them up even to incomprehensible things. Let each then infer from this what they shall suffer, whom He rejects, if He so grieves those whom he loves.
August 29: Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist (movie, video). Feast of other Saints. Please pray for us & help us daily (especially the Sick & the Needy) till we meet in Heaven. Many Thanks.
28 August 2025 (Thursday) #MassReadings USCCB Commentaries: Saint John Chrysostom (1 Thessalonians 3:7-13 (Douay-Rheims). And may the Lord multiply you, and make you abound in charity towards one another, and towards all men: as we do also towards you. Saint Augustine (Psalm 90:3-5a,12-13,14,17 (Douay-Rheims). Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men. For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, which is past. And as a watch in the night…) Saints (Matthew 24:42-51 (Douay-Rheims). Who, thinkest thou, is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath appointed over his family, to give them meat in season… Amen I say to you, He shall place him over all His goods.) Saint ORIGEN. And every Bishop, who ministers not as a fellow servant, but rules by might as a master, and often an harsh one, sins against God; also if he does not cherish the needy, but feasts with the drunken, and is continually slumbering because his Lord cometh not till after long time. Saint RABANUS. Typically, we may understand his beating his fellow servants, of offending the consciences of the weak by word, or by evil example. Saint JEROME. The Lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for Him, is to rouse the stewards to watchfulness and carefulness. He shall cut him in sunder, is not to be understood of execution by the sword, but that He shall sever him from the company of the saints. Saint ORIGEN. Or, He shall cut him in sunder, when his spirit, that is, his spiritual gift, shall return to God who gave it; but his soul shall go with his body into hell. But the righteous man is not cut in sunder, but his soul, with his spirit, that is, with his gift, spiritual enters into the kingdom of heaven. They that are cut in sunder have in the in thenceforth no part of that spiritual gift which was from God, but there remains to them that part which was their own, that is, their soul, which shall be punished with their body. Saint ORIGEN. Or, there shall be weeping for such as have laughed amiss in this world, gnashing of teeth for those who have enjoyed an irrational peace. For being unwilling to suffer bodily pain, now the torture forces their teeth to chatter, with which they have eaten the bitterness of wickedness. From this we may learn that the Lord sets over His household not the faithful and wise only, but the wicked also; and that it will not save them to have been set over His household, but only if they have given them their food in due season, and have abstained from beating and drunkenness. Sending Joy, Love & Peace to You now! Welcome to #Singapore! August 28: Feast of Saint Augustine of Hippo, Bishop & Doctor of the Church (movie). His works: The City of God by Saint Augustine (Text, Audio Playlist), The Confessions of Saint Augustine (Text, Audio) & Enchiridion on Faith, Hope and Love (Text, Audio). Feast of Saint Edmund Arrowsmith, Martyr (movie), Saint Joaquina Vedruna de Mas (movie) & other Saints. Please pray for us & help us daily (especially the Sick & the Needy) till we meet in Heaven. Many Thanks.
27 August 2025 (Wednesday) #MassReadings USCCB Commentaries: Saint John Chrysostom (1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 (Douay-Rheims). You are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and justly, and without blame, we have been to you that have believed:) Saint Augustine (Psalm 139:7-8, 9-10, 11-12ab (Douay-Rheims). Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face? If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present. Saints (Matthew 23:27-32 (Douay-Rheims). Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites… So you also outwardly indeed appear to men just; but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Saint ORIGEN. For all feigned righteousness is dead, forasmuch as it is not done for God’s sake; yea, rather it is no righteousness at all, any more than a dead man is a man, or an actor who represents any character is the man whom he represents. There is therefore within them so much of bones and uncleanness as are the good things that they wickedly pretend to. And they seem righteous outwardly, not in the eyes of such as the Scripture calls Gods, (Psalm 82:6.) but of such only as die like men. Sending You Joy, Love & Peace from #Singapore! August 27: Feast of Saint Monica, mother of Saint Augustine of Hippo (movie, movie), Saint Caesarius of Arles (his sermons, quotes) & other Saints. Please pray for us & help us daily (especially the Sick & the Needy) till we meet in Heaven. Many Thanks.
26 August 2025 (Tuesday) #MassReadings USCCB Commentaries: Saint John Chrysostom (1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 (Douay-Rheims). For neither have we used, at any time, the speech of flattery, as you know; nor taken an occasion of covetousness, God is witness: Nor sought we glory of men, neither of you, nor of others.) Saint Augustine (Psalm 139:1-3, 4-6 (Douay-Rheims). Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.) Saints (Matthew 23:23-26 (Douay-Rheims). Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside may become clean.) Sending You Joy, Love & Peace from #Singapore! August 26: Feast of Saint Teresa Jornet Ibars, Religious, Patron Saint of Elderly people etc. (movie), Saint David Lewis (Jesuit priest), Martyr (Film Trailer), Saint Joan Elizabeth Bichier des Âges, Religious (video), Saint Mariam Baouardy, Discalced Carmelite nun (video, quotes) & other Saints. Please pray for us & help us daily (especially the Sick & the Needy) till we meet in Heaven. Many Thanks.
25 August 2025 (Monday) #MassReadings USCCB Commentaries: Saint John Chrysostom (1 Thessalonians 1:1-5, 8b-10. …to serve the living and true God and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, Jesus, who delivers us from the coming wrath.) Saint Timothy (profile), movie. Saint Augustine (Psalm 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b. For the LORD loves his people, and He adorns the lowly with victory.) Saints (Matthew 23:13-22. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You lock the Kingdom of heaven before men. You do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter.) Important note: Look at the Gospel Reading extracted by USCCB faithfully from the NABRE & compare with the KJV & that listed in the Catena Aurea (Douay-Rheims Bible), you notice that Matthew 23:14 is missing in the NABRE. Can you take it as a small matter? When you know these words in the Bible are God’s covenant with us & we rely and obey them to gain Salvation. There is a Country even went to the extent of rewriting & distorting God’s words, creating their NEW Bible to fool their own Christians. As everyone is busy with our work & only have limited time to pray & study God’s word, do you want to waste time meditating & studying TRASH? We are now at the End Times, various Evils are around & Great Apostasy within the Church are REAL, let’s be vigilant in order to be saved! Christ is coming soon & the Evil ones will be Doomed in no time! Sending You Joy, Love & Peace from #Singapore! August 25: Feast of King Saint Louis IX of France (His letter to his son Philip III on how to be a great king, audio. Movie) https://x.com/Michael65413248/status/1957366099839955357 (Reference: Another useful Fatherly advice: Tobit 4 (audio) to live a life pleasing to God in order to gain His Blessings), Saint Joseph Calasanz, Priest (quotes, quotes, quotes), Saint Maria Micaela Desmaisieres, Religious (quotes, quotes) & other Saints. Please pray for us & help us daily (especially the Sick & the Needy) till we meet in Heaven. Many Thanks.
24 August 2025 (21st Sunday in Ordinary Time) #MassReadings USCCB Commentaries: Rev. George Leo Haydock (Isaiah 66:18-21. Thus says the LORD: I know their works and their thoughts, and I come to gather nations of every language; they shall come and see my glory.) Saint Augustine (Psalm 117:1, 2. For steadfast is His kindness toward us, and the fidelity of the LORD endures forever.) Saint John Chrysostom (Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13. At the time, all discipline seems a cause not for joy but for pain, yet later it brings the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who are trained by it.) Saints (Luke 13:22-30. "Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough.) Reference: “The Little Number of Those Who Are Saved” (video) by St. Leonard of Port Maurice. These Testimonies confirmed what the Saint says above: I Saw Hell & Jesus Told Me Why Only 2.5% Make Heaven (Karl Falken’s experience & profile). Howard Pittman's Near Death Experience Part 1, Part2. Google Search: How many people died around the World within 1 hour? —————————————————- Past Homilies and Angelus from Pope Saint John Paul II & Pope Benedict XVI Sending You Joy, Love & Peace from #Singapore! August 24: Feast of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle, Martyr (movie, cartoon), Saint Emily de Vialar (Vatican’s record, quotes, quotes), Saint Jeanne-Antide Thouret, Nun, (quotes), & other Saints. Please pray for us & help us daily (especially the Sick & the Needy) till we meet in Heaven. Many Thanks.
23 August 2025 (Saturday) #MassReadings USCCB Commentaries: Rev. George Leo Haydock (Ruth 2:1-3, 8-11; Ruth 4:13-17. "I have had a complete account of what you have done for your mother-in-law after your husband's death…) Boaz (profile), movie. Saint Augustine (Psalm 128:1b-2, 3, 4, 5. Blessed are you who fear the LORD, who walk in his ways! For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork; blessed shall you be, and favoured.) Saints (Matthew 23:1-12. For they preach but they do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens hard to carry and lay them on people's shoulders…) Sending You Joy, Love & Peace from #Singapore! August 23: Feast of Saint Rose of Lima, Patron Saint of embroiderers; sewing lace; gardeners; florists; people ridiculed or misunderstood for their piety; for the resolution of family quarrels; against vanity etc. (quotes, quotes, movie) & other Saints. Please pray for us & help us daily (especially the Sick & the Needy) till we meet in Heaven. Many Thanks.
22 August 2025 (Friday) Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary #MassReadings USCCB Commentaries: Rev. George Leo Haydock (Ruth 1:1, 3-6, 14b-16, 22. But Ruth said, “Do not ask me to abandon or forsake you! For wherever you go, I will go, wherever you lodge I will lodge, your people shall be my people, and your God my God.") The Book of Ruth KJV (Text & Audio), Movie. The faithfulness & loyalty of Ruth reflects the goodness of Mother Mary towards us, no matter what kind of impossible situation that we encounter in life, She will immediately come to our aid when we call upon Her & pray the “Hail Mary”. Thanks Mother Mary, we love You. Saint Augustine (Psalm 146:5-6ab, 6c-7, 8-9a, 9bc-10. The fatherless and the widow He sustains, but the way of the wicked he thwarts.) Saints (Matthew 22:34-40. "Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?". Saint ORIGEN. Or otherwise; With all thy heart, that is, in all recollection, act, thought; with all thy soul, to be ready, that is, to lay it down for God’s religion; with all thy mind, bringing forth nothing but what is of God. And consider whether you cannot thus take the heart of the understanding, by which we contemplate things intellectual, and the mind of that by which we utter thoughts, walking as it were with the mind through each expression, and uttering it. If the Lord had given no answer to the Pharisee who thus tempted Him, we should have judged that there was no commandment greater than the rest. But when the Lord adds, This is the first and great commandment, we learn how we ought to think of the commandments, that there is a great one, and that there are less down to the least. And the Lord says not only that it is a great, but that it is the first commandment, not in order of Scripture, but in supremacy of value. They only take upon them the greatness and supremacy of this precept, who not only love the Lord their God, but add these three conditions. Nor did He only teach the first and great commandment, but added that there was a second like unto the first, Thou shall love thy neighbour as thyself. But if Whoso loveth iniquity hath hated his own soul, (Psalm 11:5. KJV cf. NIV) it is manifest that he does not love his neighbour as himself, when he does not love himself. ...because he that has fulfilled the things that are written concerning the love of God and our neighbour, is worthy to receive from God the great reward, that he should be enabled to understand the Law and the Prophets. Sending You Joy, Love & Peace from #Singapore!
August 22: Memorial of The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary (The Secret of Mary (text, audio) by Saint Louis de Montfort), Feast of Saints Symphorian and Timotheus, Martyrs, Saint John Kemble, Priest & Martyr & other Saints. Please pray for us & help us daily (especially the Sick & the Needy) till we meet in Heaven. Many Thanks.
21 August 2025 (Thursday) #MassReadings USCCB Commentaries: Rev. George Leo Haydock (Judges 11:29-39a. “If you deliver the Ammonites into my power…I shall offer him up as a burnt offering.”) JEPHTHAH (profile, movie). Saint Augustine (Psalm 40:5, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10. Burnt offerings or sin-offerings you sought not; then said I, “Behold I come.”) Saints (Matthew 22:1-14. But when the king came in to meet the guests he saw a man there not dressed in a wedding garment.) Without the Wedding Garment, no one can enter & feast in Heaven. Am I wearing one now? Saints’ Commentaries: Saint ORIGEN. But when He was come in, He found there one who had not put off his old behaviour; He saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment. He speaks of one only, because all, who after faith continue to serve that wickedness which they had before the faith, are but of one kind. And forasmuch as he who is in sin, and puts not on the Lord Jesus Christ, has no excuse, it follows, But he was speechless. Saint GREGORY. What ought we to understand by the wedding garment, but charity? For this the Lord had upon Him, when He came to espouse the Church to Himself. He then enters in to the wedding feast, but without the wedding garment, who has faith in the Church, but not charity. Saint AUGUSTINE. Or, he goes to the feast without a garment, who goes seeking his own, and not the Bridegroom’s honour. Saint HILARY. Or; The wedding garment is the grace of the Holy Spirit, and the purity of that heavenly temper, which taken up on the confession of a good enquiry is to be preserved pure and unspotted for the company of the kingdom of heaven. Saint JEROME. Or; The marriage garment is the commandments of the Lord, and the works which are done under the Law and the Gospel, and form the clothing of the new man. Who so among the Christian body shall be found in the day of judgment not to have these, is straightway condemned. He saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither, not having a wedding garment? He calls him friend, because he was invited to the wedding as being a friend by faith; but He charges him with want of manners in polluting by his filthy dress the elegance of the wedding entertainment. Sending You Joy, Love & Peace from #Singapore! August 21: Feast of Pope Saint Pius X (his papal encyclical Ad diem illum (text, audio) took on a sense of renewal that was reflected in the motto of his pontificate. He advanced the Liturgical Movement by formulating the principle of participatio actuosa (active participation of the faithful) in his motu proprio, Tra le sollecitudini (1903) text, audio). Saint Sidonius Apollinaris, Poet, Diplomat, and Bishop & other Saints. Please pray for us & help us daily (especially the Sick & the Needy) till we meet in Heaven. Many Thanks.
20 August 2025 (Wednesday) #MassReadings USCCB Commentaries: Rev. George Leo Haydock (Judges 9:6-15. Do not elect a “buckthorn Abimelech” to be the Ruler.) Abimelech son of Jerubbaal/Gideon (profile) video, Jotham (profile) video. Saint Augustine (Psalm 21:2-3, 4-5, 6-7. You have granted him his heart's desire; you refused not the wish of his lips.) Saints (Matthew 20:1-16. They answered, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You too go into my vineyard.') Note the missing sentence in Matthew 20:16 highlighted in Catena Aurea “16. So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. Compare the Matthew 20:16 in different versions of Bible. Some Commentaries: Saint ORIGEN. The denarius I suppose here to mean salvation. The market-place is all that is without the vineyard, that is, without the Church of Christ. Saint GREGORY. He that lives to himself, and feeds on the delights of the flesh, is rightly accused as idle, forasmuch as he does not seek the fruit of godly labour. Thanks Saint Gregory, you know who those in the Singapore Catholic Church busy grabbing $$$$, twist & turn God’s Word and do Little or NO Godly work and/or produce Rotten works. Please preserve the Good ones from their perversions & apostasies. You see, NO physical healing has taken place for MANY Years even they come to pray & anoint the Patients. Please help to remove the wicked & pray that the Holy Spirit will quickly come & anoint us. Many Thanks. Sending You Joy, Love & Peace from #Singapore! August 20: Feast of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church (His work: On Loving God (text, audio playlist)), Saint Bernardo Tolomei, Saint Maria De Mattias & other Saints. Please pray for us & help us daily (especially the Sick & the Needy) till we meet in Heaven. Many Thanks.
19 August 2025 (Tuesday) #MassReadings USCCB Commentaries: Rev. George Leo Haydock (Judges 6:11-24a. “Go with the strength you have and save Israel from the power of Midian. It is I who send you.”) movie, video, video. Saint Augustine (Psalm 85:9, 11-12, 13-14. Justice shall walk before Him, and salvation, along the way of His steps.) Saints (Matthew 19:23-30. “For men this is impossible, but for God All things are Possible.”) GLOSS. (ap. Anselm.) It is explained otherwise; That at Jerusalem there was a certain gate, called, The needle’s eye, through which a camel could not pass, but on its bended knees, and after its burden had been taken off; and so the rich should not be able to pass along the narrow way that leads to life, till he had put off the burden of sin, and of riches, that is, by ceasing to love them. Sending You Joy, Love & Peace from #Singapore! August 19: Feast of Saint John Eudes, founder of both the Order of Our Lady of Charity and Congregation of Jesus and Mary (quotes, quotes), Saint Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz, Bishop of Pasto & other Saints. Please pray for us & help us daily (especially the Sick & the Needy) till we meet in Heaven. Many Thanks.
18 August 2025 (Monday) #MassReadings USCCB Commentaries: Rev. George Leo Haydock (Judges 2:11-19. They were quick to stray from the way their fathers had taken, and did not follow their example of obedience.) Saint Augustine (Psalm 106:34-35, 36-37, 39-40, 43ab and 44 . They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.) Saints (Matthew 19:16-22 …you shall love your neighbor as yourself.”) Sending You Joy, Love & Peace from #Singapore! August 18: Feast of Saint Alberto Hurtado, Chilean Jesuit priest, lawyer, social worker, and writer of Basque ancestry (His quotes, quotes, quotes, video) & other Saints. Please pray for us & help us daily (especially the Sick & the Needy) till we meet in Heaven. Many Thanks.
17 August 2025 (20th Sunday in Ordinary Time) #MassReadings USCCB. Commentaries: Rev. George Leo Haydock (Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10. King Zedekiah answered: "He is in your power"; for the king could do nothing with them.), movie. Saint Augustine (Psalm 40:2, 3, 4, 18. He drew me out of the pit of destruction, out of the mud of the swamp…). Saint John Chrysostom (Hebrews 12:1-4… we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses…). Saints (Luke 12:49-53. "I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing!) Saint AMBROSE. To stewards, that is, to Priests, the preceding words seem to have been addressed, that they may thereby know that hereafter a heavier punishment awaits them, if, intent upon the world’s pleasures, they have neglected the charge of their Lord’s household, and the people entrusted to their care. But as it profiteth little to be recalled from error by the fear of punishment, and far greater is the privilege of charity and love, our Lord therefore kindles in men the desire of acquiring the divine nature, saying, I came to send fire on earth, not indeed that He is the Consumer of good men, but the Author of good will, who purifies the golden vessels of the Lord’s house, but burns up the straw and stubble. Past Homilies and Angelus of Pope Saint John Paul II & Pope Benedict XVI Sending You Joy, Love & Peace from #Singapore! August 17: Feast of Saint Hyacinth of Poland, Saint Clare of Montefalco, Saint Beatrice of Silva, Saint Jeanne Delanoue, Saint Jacobo Kyushei Tomonaga & other Saints. Please pray for us & help us daily (especially the Sick & the Needy) till we meet in Heaven. Many Thanks.
16 August 2025 (Saturday) #MassReadings USCCB Commentaries: Rev. George Leo Haydock (Joshua 24:14-29. As for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.) The Book of Joshua (movie) . Saint Augustine (Psalm 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 11. I set the LORD ever before me; with Him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed). Saints (Matthew 19:13-15. "Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.") Sending You Joy, Love & Peace from #Singapore! August 16: Feast of King Saint Stephen I of Hungary (His Admonitions, movie) & other Saints. Please pray for us & help us daily (especially the Sick & the Needy) till we meet in Heaven. Many Thanks.
15 August 2025 (Friday) Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary #MassReadings USCCB Commentaries: Rev. George Leo Haydock (Revelation 11:19A; Revelation 12:1-6A, 10AB ) , Saint Augustine (Psalm 45:10, 11, 12, 16 ) , Saint John Chrysostom (1 Corinthians 15:20-27) , Past Homilies & Angelus of Pope Saint John Paul II & Pope Benedict XVI. Sending You Joy, Love & Peace from #Singapore! August 15: Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (The Glories of Mary by Saint Alphonsus Liguori Text , Audio Playlist , Audio Book ) & Feast of other Saints. Please pray for us & help us daily (especially the Sick & the Needy) till we meet in Heaven. Many Thanks.
14 August 2025 (Thursday) #MassReadings USCCB Commentaries: Rev. George Leo Haydock (Joshua 3:7-10a, 11, 13-17) , Saint Augustine (Psalm 114:1-2, 3-4, 5-6) , Saints (Matthew 18:21–19:1) Forgiveness (movie) . Read the Commentaries of the Saints (click above), they are so interesting as NO Priest we know has preached about in the past. Commentaries extracted from Saint Origen: The King takes account of our, whole life then, when we must all be presented before the judgment-seat of Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:10.) We mean not this so as that any should think that the business itself must require a long time. For God, when He will scrutinize the minds of all, will by some indescribable power cause everything that every man has done to pass speedily before the mind of each. He says, And when He began to take account, because the beginning of the judgment is that it begin from the house of God. (1 Peter 4:17.) At His beginning to take account there is brought unto Him one who owes Him many talents; one, that is, who had wrought great evils; one on whom much had been enjoined, and had yet brought no gain; who perhaps had destroyed as many men as he owed talents; one who was therefore become a debtor of many talents, because he had followed the woman sitting upon a talent of lead, whose name is Iniquity. (Zechariah 5:7.) Our Comment: Do you think those who twist & turn the Word of God to further their own agenda are in big trouble? https://x.com/Michael65413248/status/1946850306320744562 They caused MANY to fall & lose salvation! How much debt they owe to our Creator? Do you think they can really fully pay their debts to Him? Sending You Joy, Love & Peace from #Singapore! August 14: Feast of Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe, Priest and Martyr, Patron Saint of families, imprisoned people, journalists, political prisoners, prisoners, pro-life movement etc. (The Immaculata Prayer by the Saint, Wikiquote, quotes, quotes, quotes) , Saint Meinhard , Martyrs of Otranto (Saints) , Saint Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia & other Saints . Please pray for us & help us daily (especially the Sick & the Needy) till we meet in Heaven. Many Thanks.
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