Tag Archive for ‘Advent’
Sunday 18 December
Isaiah 7:10-14; Psalm 24; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-24 O Come Emmanuel The O Antiphons are most familiar to us in the hymn O come, O come Emmanuel. The verses of this hymn are images of Christ. We can use these images or titles as we address Christ in prayer around the table, or while lighting […]
Saturday 17 December
Genesis 49:2, 8-10; Psalm 72; Matthew 1:1-17 O Come Wisdom In this final week of Advent, the readings focus on the promise of the prophets of Israel. The Messiah is to come among us. December 17 brings the first of the O Antiphons. ‘Come, O Wisdom, teach us to walk in the paths of knowledge.’ […]
Sunday 4 December
Second Sunday of Advent Isaiah 11:1-10; Psalm 72; Romans 15:4-9; Matthew 3:1-12 God is close When John the Baptist preached in the wilderness, his message was ‘the kingdom of heaven is close at hand. Repent, turn towards God.’ What encourages your wholehearted response to God? Let God help you fine-tune your response. God is already […]
Monday 21st December
Song 2:8-14 examining my heart in a loving way in prayer I may see God acting in my humble life so I can spontaneously feel the poetry of love. Lk 1:39-45 see again the reflection for the fourth Sunday of Advent above as it is the same text.
Monday 1 December
1st week in Advent, Year B Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122, Matt. 8:5-11 A promise ‘Faith will see many from east and west seated in heaven.’ God’s promise. All three readings mention heaven. Our promised destination. So we should see God in every person we meet. They may see God in us. The situations we find […]
I’ve struggled with Advent in recent years
I’ve struggled with Advent in recent years. It makes me sad. All this preparing and waiting for the birth of a baby at Christmas is painful when in your own life you are trying desperately to come to terms with the heartache of infertility. No baby is coming for me and my husband. So, these […]
Sunday 8 December
Second Sunday of Advent Is 11:1-10, Ps71:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17, Rom 15:4-9, Matthew 3:1-12 Conversion is a life-long rocess The Christian journey can’t be travelled on “auto-pilot”. We are constantly called to repentance. Our conversion may or may not have begun with a spiritual awakening, but it continues with decisions. We are never fully converted. […]
… as we await the blessed hope, and the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ
The Pope gave a lengthy interview in September. I was touched by the answer that he gave to the question, “Who is Jorge Mario Bergoglio?” He thought for some time before answering, “I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a […]
Sunday 1 December
First Sunday of Advent Is 2:1-5, Ps 121:1-2, 4-5, 6-9, Rom 13:11-14, Matthew 24:37-44 God is among us Advent means “coming”. God came to us. He became a part of his own creation, part of the world he “so loved”. God became one of us. That changed everything. No longer did humankind need to seek […]
Tuesday 18 December
Jeremiah 23:5-8, Ps72, Matthew 1:18-24 Exile then renewal Jeremiah has been full of the disappointments of the years that saw the collapse of the Southern Kingdom of Judah, followed by the exile. However he now sees hope for the future among those purified by the exile. The Messiah, coming from the Davidic line, will be […]
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