Tag Archive for ‘community’
Thursday 12 June
1 Kings 18:41-46, Ps. 65, Matthew 5:20-26 Saying sorry We are called to get on with those we live with. The home or community is a good training ground for learning to say sorry when our actions hurt others. Spiritual maturity comes when we realize that hurting others is a sin and that our sin […]
Thursday 5 June
St.Boniface Acts 22:30, 23:6-11, Ps. 16, John 17:20-26 Strive for unity The amount and depth of love we have for one another is reflected in the unity of the whole, be that a family, a religious community, a parish, a Church. Unity is power. The world knows this but Jesus knows it is fragile too. […]
Sunday 18 May
Acts 6:1-7, 1 Peter 2:4-9, Ps33, John 14:1-12 Earthquakes and our changing church buildings Most Dioceses throughout our country are dealing with the realities and costs of unsafe buildings. Perhaps St Francis of Assisi can help us. He responded to Christ’s call: “Francis, go repair my Church, which, as you see, is falling completely to […]
Wednesday 5 February
Memorial of St Agatha 2 Samuel 24:2,9-17; Ps 32; Mark 6:1-6 Thinking about prophets Have you experienced a prophet from your own country? Someone you knew well giving you a message you didn’t want to hear? Sometimes we are willing to listen to a stranger with a big reputation when he or she tells us […]
Tuesday 10 December
Saint Damasus 1, Pope Is 40:1-11, Ps 95:1-3, 10-13, Matthew 17:12-14 Feel the love! Reassuring as it is to feel part of Christ’s flock, part of a community collectively loved, protected and cared for by Jesus as its shepherd, there is nothing quite like the experience of feeling personally and individually loved by God just […]
Monday 18 November
1 Maccabees 1:10-15,41-43,54-57,62-64, Ps 119, Luke 18:35-43 From rags to riches We have been the blind man, destitute and begging. We have called out to Jesus for help. Others have discouraged us, or tried to dissuade us in our efforts, but we have cried out all the louder for mercy. And Jesus has stopped for […]
November Saints
Saint Leonard Murialdo (1828-1900) Born to a wealthy, pious family, Leonard studied at the University of Turin, and the College of Saint Sulpice in Paris, France, before being ordained in 1851. After studies in France, he returned to Italy to take the assignment of provisional director of an impoverished college for young working men. He […]
A Positive View:
There’s a lot that’s good going on … and it’s good to be reminded of it … Sometimes the doomsayers are too much influenced by the bad news on the TV and in the papers, and when they sound off, they get me down. Yes, the world has always known wars, violence, addictions and abortion, […]
October Saints
Saint Gerard Majella (1726-1755) Born in Muro, Italy, in 1726, the son of a tailor, Gerard worked for a time as a servant to a bishop. In 1745 he opened a tailor shop, but three years later he became a Redemptorist and was professed by St Alphonsus Liguori. A mystic with incredible gifts, Gerard served […]
Wednesday 4 September
Colossians 1: 1-8, Psalm 52, Luke 4: 38-44 Healing within the family In this passage Luke gives a lovely picture of family relationships. Simon Peter’s mother-in-law is seriously ill and her family ask Jesus to do something for her, which he does by leaning over her and saying the fever had no place in her. […]
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