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    Lenten Bytes
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Mar 18
    • 1 min

    Lenten Bytes

    Our Lord has given us all that we need to live in love and to serve Him in peace. Today’s gospel (Mt. 21:33-46) challenges us to ask the...
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    Daily Bytes
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Feb 7
    • 1 min

    Daily Bytes

    We know that the Lord is everywhere. But with this thought comes the reality of taking Him for granted. We somehow ignore or forget that...
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    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Jan 12
    • 1 min

    Daily Bytes

    One way to hold on to our faith in the Lord and to keep growing in love for Him is to exercise our memory. Recalling those times when the...
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    Christmas Bytes
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Jan 6
    • 1 min

    Christmas Bytes

    For this New Year, are we prepared to follow the Lord even more intensely in our love for Him and care for His people? It is because He...
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    Christmas Bytes
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Dec 30, 2021
    • 1 min

    Christmas Bytes

    Today, I invite you to intentionally say a prayer for our senior citizens. These may include our parents; grandparents; those who have...
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    Advent Bytes
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Dec 15, 2021
    • 1 min

    Advent Bytes

    How do we evangelise? We are called, blessed and sent by the Lord to tell others the good news. Our lives aligned to the values of the...
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    Daily Byte
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Nov 17, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily Byte

    God’s blessings are not only for our personal security, but also for communal growth. We are blessed so that we can be channels of...
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    Daily Byte
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Nov 6, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily Byte

    When we assess what is truly important to us, that will become our focus and will consume most of our energy. Work, study and exercise...
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    Daily Byte
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Oct 4, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily Byte

    To extend oneself for the sake of another person is to participate in the generous power of our God. He who does not need anyone or...
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    Daily Byte
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Oct 1, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily Byte

    Our God is constantly at work for our benefit. He who made us and calls us ‘good’, is never hesitant to provide, protect and please us as...
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    Daily Byte
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Sep 1, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily Byte

    In a moment of crisis, people often make conditional statements that are contractual. “God, if you heal my loved one, I promise to go to...
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    Daily Byte
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Aug 18, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily Byte

    Life may seem hard and unfair at times. For the fortunate ones, a spirit of gratitude and true generosity to the less fortunate should be...
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    Daily Byte
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Jul 14, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily Byte

    Ever so often, it is good to “deny yourself”, suspend one’s fixation on personal needs and just simply give praise to God. As Jesus gave...
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    Daily Bytes
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Jun 30, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily Bytes

    Jesus is our great deliverer. As with the demoniacs (Mt. 8:28-34), so with us. He enters our lives to set us free from any force or...
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    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Jun 26, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily Bytes

    Our Lord desires and actually heals all our infirmities (Mt. 8:5-17). Life is lived through our moments of health and illness. We learn...
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    Daily Bytes
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Jun 25, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily Bytes

    As the Lord heals us, He desires that our gratitude be evident in our worship. When Jesus healed the leper and told him to show himself...
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    Daily Bytes
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Jun 1, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily Bytes

    We are blessed by God with twenty fours in a day. In that period of time, we eat, work, play and sleep. Amid all the daily essentials and...
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    Lenten Bytes
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Mar 22, 2021
    • 1 min

    Lenten Bytes

    The ultimate reason to love God and others, is that our God first loves us. The paramount motive to forgive others, is that our Lord...
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    Lenten Bytes
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Mar 15, 2021
    • 1 min

    Lenten Bytes

    In our spiritual journey, do we emphatically seek the Lord who gives, or seek primarily the gifts of God? Experience shows that we desire...
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    Daily Byte
    Fr. Howard Thompson
    • Feb 6, 2021
    • 1 min

    Daily Byte

    Experience shows that the ‘vaccine’ to cure loneliness, anxiety, mild depression, self-pity and skewed thoughts, is to embrace a...
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