Tag Archive for ‘creation’
Tuesday 25 January
The Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle (F) Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22; Psalm 117; Mark 16:15-18 To the whole creation The commission of Jesus to the eleven links humanity and the natural world. Pope Francis makes this link: “Today, we have to realise that a true ecological approach always becomes a social approach; it must […]
Tuesday 17 December
Genesis 49:2, 8-10; Psalm 72:1-4, 7-8, 17; Matthew 1:1-17 A mighty throng Today’s gospel is not just a boring list of unpronounceable names. It is our Judeo-Christian whakapapa or genealogy. Whakapapa weaves us together with those who have ever lived, and will live, into the tapestry of creation. There is an unbroken chain of believers […]
Sunday 3 November
31st Sunday of Ordinary Time Wisdom 11:22-12:2; Psalm 145; 2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2; Luke 19: 1-10 Our Father Standing outside in the dark of the night, looking up at the stars, we can feel dwarfed by the immensity of the universe. Yet the author of Wisdom likens this universe to a ‘drop of morning dew that […]
Tuesday 29 October
Romans 8:18-25; Psalm 126; Luke 13:18-21 The Kingdom of God is like … Jesus describes the Kingdom of God with two images: a germinating mustard seed which grows into a shady tree; and yeast which leavens flour into dough. In Romans, Paul describes the wounded creation – “and all of us who possess the first-fruits […]
Saturday 15 June
2 Corinthians 5:14-21; Psalm 103; Matthew 5:33-37 To be the goodness of God What we are to believe is that Jesus died so that we may be reconciled with God. Paul tells us it is all God’s work. There is a new creation, a new way of living in the world. Through Christ and his […]
Saturday 23 February
ST POLYCARP, BISHOP AND MARTYR Hebrews 11:1-7; Psalm 145; Mark 9:2-13 Unseen realities It is faith that gives meaning to our lives and that assures us of the ‘blessings we hope for’. The ultimate blessing, foreshadowed on the mount of the transfiguration, is the new creation in Christ Jesus, our bodies and lives transformed in […]
Tuesday 19 February
Genesis 6:5-8, 7:1-5, 10; Psalm 29; Mark 8:14-21 Minds, eyes and ears open? The first reading tells us that the wickedness the Lord saw in people’s hearts caused him to grieve. The Gospel reading suggests that their sinfulness was the product of minds and memories closed to God’s goodness in the past; of blindness to […]
Monday 11 February
Our Lady of Lourdes World Day of Prayer for the Sick Genesis 1:1-19; Psalm 104; Mark 6:53-56 It will be good As God made it, all creation was good, and God found it so. With Christ came the new creation, signalled by Christ’s healing power for those who were sick. Through the intercession of Our […]
Sunday 3 February
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19; Psalm 71;1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13; Luke 4:21-30 God loves The readings tell us something about the wonder of love, God’s love, and call us deeper into that love. God knew us, chose us, and consecrated us before he formed us in the womb – from before the moment […]
Saturday 5 January
1 John 3:11-21; Psalm 99 (100); John 1:43-51 Seeing Once again Jesus talks about us. We will see greater things than these. We will see the power of the Risen Lord in the lives of people, we will see signs of the Spirit in the lives of those about us. We will see God’s love […]
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