Friday of the Fourth Week of Ordinary Time
February 3, 2012

Today's Saint: Blaise
Pray for healing from throat ailments:
http://wordbytes.org/saints/DailyPrayers/Blaise.htm

Today’s Readings

Sirach 47:2-11
Ps 18:31, 47, 50, 51
Mark 6:14-29

Making a difference

What kind of reputation do you have? Have you ever felt a need to defend it? If your Christian lifestyle is so obvious that your example challenges others to change, those who don't want to change are trying to "cut you down to size", belittling you in order to stop feeling the challenge.

Such was Herod's reason for cutting off the head of John the Baptist in today’s Gospel reading. What an honor to be ranked with the likes of him: condemned because of our holiness!

-  Penang Diocesan Youth Network (PDYN) is organising the Penang Diocesan Youth Day 2 on 16 - 19 Nov. Click here for details.

-   The Diocese's plan, themes and year planner can be found at the Diocesan Pastoral Team section.