Holy Redeemer Church Bangkok

October 25, 2009
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jer 31:7-9/
Heb 5: 1-6/
Mk 10:46-52
“Take courage; get up, he is calling you.”
Bartimeaus is blind, poor, loud, and in the way of those trying to hear Jesus teach. Bartimaeus is a nuisance. The Scripture use careful wording to describe the reactions of those around him: “Many rebuked him, telling him [...]

SAINT OF THE DAY:
Oct. 18: St. Luke, physician and evangelist (doctor of both body and soul). A close companion of St. Paul, he learned of Christ from the best of teachers. Read Luke daily and you will be as close to Christ as he.
Oct. 19: North American Martyrs: Isaac Jogues, John de Brebeuf & Companions. [...]

October 18, 2009
Twenty - ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Is 53:10-11 /
Heb 4:14-16 /
Mk 10:35 -45 or 10 42-45
Pain and anger fill today’s readings. The Scripture reach us where we live. Pain and anger reach deep into us and attach themselves to our lives.
There’s hiding from the suffering in Isaiah. There’s hiding from the revelation that [...]

Wis 7:7-11/
Heb 4:12-13/
Mk 10: 17-30 or 10: 17-27
Wisdom might bee hitting too close to home today.
We know the story of Solomon. He was asked what he wanted from God. Solomon chose wisdom. God was pleased, and wisdom is what Solomon received - and then he got all the other possessions a king could expect to [...]

 FR. LEGASPI’S HEALING SERVICE
Remember the 2 Bangkok dates: October 20, at St. Louis Church (2 p.m.) & October 22, at Holy Redeemer Church (6.30 p.m.) For Churches outside Bangkok see Bulletin Board & future bulletins.