Tag Archive for ‘creation’
Wednesday 26 April
St Mark, Evangelist 1 Peter 5:5-14; Psalm 89; Mark 16:15-20 Wrapped in humility Having the virtue of humility implies depending primarily on God rather than on one’s own efforts. It is a necessary virtue for all of us who are called to ‘proclaim the Good News to all creation.’ Our task is simply to live […]
Friday 10 March
Ezekiel 18:21-28; Psalm 130; Matthew 5:20-26 Through reconciliation to unity Everything is one. Unity is the essence of all that exists. Unity is relationship. The Trinity is perfect relationship, and thus perfect unity. Each of us is made in God’s ‘image and likeness’. That means we too are made to be in perfect relationship and […]
Friday 16 December
Isaiah 56:1-3, 6-8; Psalm 67; John 5:33-36 Integrity Isaiah says, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Have a care for justice, act with integrity, for soon my salvation will come and my integrity be manifest. Blessed is the one who does this’’.’ Recently, I watched a tribute to an OMI priest who died in his 30s. His […]
Wednesday 14 December
St John of the Cross Isaiah 45:6-8, 18, 21-26; Psalm 85; Luke 7:19-23 Our common home ‘Yes, thus says the Lord, creator of the heavens, who is God, who formed the earth and made it…’ Pope Francis has added a new Work of Mercy which is ‘Care of our Common Home.’ He says, ‘Care of […]
Sunday 11 September
24th Week in Ordinary Time Social Justice Week Exodus 32:7-11,13-14, Ps 51, 1 Timothy 1:12-17, Luke 15:1-32 Holy Saturday discipleship In these parables the accent is not on being lost but on being found. Christ on Holy Saturday goes to the depths of creation; there is no place where he is not. The disciple learns […]
Mangrove Reflections (1)
One of the first things I noticed when I arrived at The Haven beach were the patterns the crabs had made all over the beach. After high tide, hundreds of crabs patiently dig out little balls of sand from their holes and neatly stack them in beautiful patterns. These sand balls must contain elements of […]
Sunday 24 July
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Genesis 18:20-32; Ps 138; Colossians 2:12-14; Luke 11:1-13 As it is in heaven Finding the right words and mood for prayer can be a lumpy process, sometimes. The prayers won’t form and there’s no sense of beauty or excitement as you talk to God. A remedy for this can be […]
Wednesday 4 May
Acts 17:15, 22-18:1, Ps 148, John 16:12-15 Laudato Si Today’s psalm is a cosmic hymn of praise. God has given us all of creation. Every new blade of grass and roaring volcano. Every person young and old. Every animal and insect. Every river and raindrop. We are all connected in our common home. Consider psalm […]
Tuesday 26 April
St Mark, Evangelist 1 Peter 5:5-14; Ps 89; Mark 16:15-20 Good News for all There is something simple but all-encompassing in the message Jesus gives to the Eleven in today’s Gospel: ‘Go out to all the world; proclaim the Good News to all creation.’ There is no one and no thing excluded from that command […]
Sunday 13th December
MY FREE CHOICE OF FALSE SELF OR TRUE SELF: Third Sunday of Advent: Zeph 3:14-18 God is “in our midst” but a “shout-for-joy-life” depends on whether I see it or not. As Paul says in Phil 4:4-7: ask to see it. Often we prefer to worry because we think people will pity us more. Patience […]
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