Martin Jumbam

Catholic Meditation - Thirtieth Sunday of Year C

The Universal Church celebrates Sunday, October 27, 2019 as the 30^th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year C. In the entrance antiphon we pray, “Let the hearts that seek the Lord rejoice; turn to the Lord and his strength; constantly seek his face. Amen."

Catholic Meditation - Twenty Ninth Sunday (Mission Sunday) - Year C

Sunday, October 20, 2019 is the 29^th Sunday of Ordinary Time in the Church’s Year C. It is also being celebrated as World Mission Sunday, which Pope Pius XI instituted in 1926 with the aim of encouraging prayers, cooperation and help for missionary activities the world over. It also reminds Christians about the fundamental missionary character of the Church and of every baptized person.

Catholic Meditation - Twenty Eighth Sunday - Year C

Mother Church celebrates Sunday, October 13, 2019, as the 28^th Sunday of Ordinary Time in the Church’s Year C. The Holy Father, Pope Francis, has asked that we celebrate this month as the Extraordinary Month of Missionaries, a month in which we pray for the grace to be good missionaries so we can take the message of Christ’s salvation to our brothers and sisters, especially those living at the peripheries of human existence. In the entrance antiphon we pray: “If you, O Lord, laid bare our guilt, who could endure it? But you are forgiving, God of Israel. Amen.”

Catholic Meditation - Twenty Seventh Sunday - Year C

The Universal Church celebrates Sunday, October 06, 2016, as the 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year C. In the entrance antiphon we pray: “Within your will, O Lord, all things are established and there is none that can resist your will. For you have made all things, the heaven and the earth, and all that is held within the circle of heaven; you are the Lord of all. Amen."

Catholic Meditation - 26th Sunday of Year C

The Universal Church celebrates Sunday, September 29, 2019, as the 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C. In the entrance antiphon we pray: “O Lord, you had just cause to judge men as you did: because we sinned against you and disobeyed your will. But now show us your greatness of heart, and treat us with your unbounded kindness. Amen.”

Catholic Meditation - Twenty Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Year C

The Universal Church celebrates the 22^nd day of September 2019 as the 25^th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C. In the entrance antiphon we pray: “I am the Saviour of all people, says the Lord. Whatever their troubles, I will answer their cry, and I will always be their Lord. Amen.” 

Catholic Meditation - Twenty Third Sunday - Year C

The Universal Church celebrates Sunday, September 08, 2019 as the 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year C. In the entrance antiphon we pray: “Lord, you are just, and the judgements you make are right. Show mercy when you judge me, your servant."

Catholic Meditation - Twenty Second Sunday of Year C

Mother Church celebrates Sunday, the first day of September 2019 as the 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C. In the entrance antiphon we pray, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry to you all the day long. O Lord, you are good and forgiving, full of mercy to all who call to you. Amen.”

Catholic Meditation -Twenty First Sunday of Ordinary Time - Year C

Mother Church celebrates Sunday, August 25, 2019 as the 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time in the Church’s Year C. In the entrance antiphon we pray, “Turn your ears, O Lord, and answer me; save the servant who trusts in you, my God. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry to you all the day long. Amen.”

Twentieth Sunday of Year C

Mother Church celebrates August 18, 2019 as the 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C. In the entrance antiphon we pray, “Turn your eyes, O God, our shield, and look on the face of your anointed one; one day within your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. Amen.”