Tag Archive for ‘children’
Thursday 29th December
1 John 2:3-11; Psalm 96:1-3,5-6; Luke 2:22-35. Bringing our children to God The Gospel today recalls the Jewish custom of purification after 40 days from birth. We see an interesting little indicator that Mary and Joseph may have been poor; they offered ‘a pair of birds’ rather than a one year old lamb and a […]
Wednesday 13 July
Isaiah 10: 5-7,13-16; Psalm 94: 5-10, 14-18; Matthew 11: 25-27 Like little children Jesus says that God’s mysteries can only be understood by child-like people. In another text, he says that unless we become “like little children” we cannot enter the kingdom. Why is this? Because God reigns in our lives only when we are […]
Monday 25 October
Romans 8:12-17; Psalm 68; Luke 13:10-17 We are children of God The psalmist knows a God who bears our burdens, gives the lonely a home and is a God who saves. This is a picture of the best of parents, protective, faithful and rich in mercy. The good news that Jesus brings is the assurance […]
Tenderness
At Mass the other day there was a dear little child toddling around, who caught my attention. Or should I say it was the actions of her mother that sparked off a train of thought. As the child tottered in and out around her parents, her mother instinctively put her hand over the sharp corner […]
How to Judge Others – Fairly
A fourteen-year-old girl entering 9th grade laments that other students have judged and isolated her as being unattractive. A stay-at-home father of young children experiences judgment from others for being lazy, unmotivated and for living off his wife. Canadian singer Céline Dione recently responded on social media to judgments and body-shaming directed at her by […]
Tuesday 31 December
1 John 2:18-21; Psalm 96:1-2, 11-13; John 1:1-18 Did you see his glory? 2019 has come to an end. Did it seem filled with the glory that is the Son’s, full of grace and truth? Or was he in your world and you did not know him? For many, the new year is beginning with […]
Saturday 28 December
The Holy Innocents (F) 1 John 1:5-2:2; Psalm 124:2-5, 7-8; Matthew 2:13-18 Heart rather than head Innocent children continue to be oppressed and abused and murdered. Why do children suffer? Pope Francis says an answer is not be found not in the head, but in the heart. “Only when the heart is able to ask […]
Wednesday 25 December
Christmas Day (S) Isaiah 52:7-10; Psalm 98:1-6; Hebrews 1:1-6; John 1:1-5, 9-14 We saw his glory The true light that enlightens all women and men has come into the world. So brilliant, the darkness cannot overcome it. We have seen his glory. Or have we? A strange and mystifying splendour it is — a helpless […]
Friday 13 December
St Lucy (M) Isaiah 48:17-19; Psalm 1:1-4, 6; Matthew 11:16-19 Love now, not later “But wisdom is justified by her children” means much the same as “by their fruits, you will know them”. John was clearly more austere than Jesus, but he wasn’t holier than him. There is a time to weep and a time […]
Tuesday 19 November
2 Maccabees 6:18-31; Psalm 3; Luke 19:1-10 Fools for Christ Climbing a tree? It’s something that children do but not adults! We would look clumsy and foolish. It’s beneath us! Yet Zacchaeus did not hesitate. Whatever it took to attract the attention of Jesus he was prepared to do. And for his efforts he was […]
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