Tag Archive for ‘death’
Wednesday 3 December
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER Isaiah 25:6-10, Psalm 23 Matt. 15:29-37 Enough for all Christ and his disciples were suppposedly on holiday. But still the requests came. No peace or quietness. Healings galore, preaching, counselling, debating. Centuries before, Isaiah had promised hunger, thirst, shame, sorrows and even death would be vanquished by the Messiah After the mute, […]
Tuesday 21 October
Ephesians 2:12-22; Ps 85; Luke 12:35-38 Ready for God We are part of God’s household ‘built into a house where God lives, in the Spirit’. So we are to be constantly and happily ready to meet God, not only at the moment of our death, but also in the events and people of our daily […]
September Saints
Saint John Gabriel Perboyre (1802-1840) John Gabriel Perboyre was born in Montgesty, France, in 1802, into a family which gave three other religious to the Church. John’s younger brother, Louis, felt called to the seminary, and John was asked to accompany him to help him adjust. Like his uncle and brother, Peter joined the Vincentians […]
Wednesday 6 August
Transfiguration of the Lord Daniel 7: 9-10, 13-14; Ps 97; 2 Peter 1: 16-19; Matthew 17: 1-9 A glimpse of glory What were the apostles thinking as they saw Jesus transfigured before them? Disbelief? Awe? Bewilderment? All of these things I’m sure. Jesus had tried to prepare them for his suffering and death but he […]
Monday 14 July
Isaiah 1:10-17; Ps 50; Matthew 10:34-11:1 Bravery Once again Jesus warns the disciples of the trials that they will meet – rejection, hatred, persecution, death. For those who consider becoming religious, reading Matthew’s passage could be intimidating. Suzanne Aubert came from France to New Zealand without her parents knowledge and with little indication of what […]
Friday 11 July
St. Benedict, Hosea 14:2-10; Ps 51; Matthew 10:16-23 Courage Matthew’s passage warns of the trials that those who spread the word can expect. Bigotry, hatred and persecution. In spite of these warnings many have taken the challenge. Some have been treated harshly. Some have been martyred. Peter Chanel was one. Even today we read of […]
Missions Fukushima – A Personal Account. (Cont’d from April)
You have never gone back to Okuma? Yes, a year later we received permission to go back for two hours: my wife refused to go , for fear of radiation effects…. and also refused to let me bring back her clothes for fear of their being contaminated. So I went on my own, in a […]
Wednesday 30 April
St Pius V Acts 5:17-26, Ps 34, John 3:16-21 Living by the truth At the very foundation of our life of faith are the truths that Jesus speaks of in today’s gospel. God sent his son Jesus into the world. Through his death on the cross, the world was to be saved. No one who […]
Friday 18 April
Friday of the Passion of the Lord Isaiah 52:13-53:12, Ps 31, Heb 4:14-16, 5:7-9, John 18:1-19:42 For our sins he died Our images of Jesus on the cross dramatically portray the suffering, pain and anguish of a criminal who is tortured and put to death as a punishment for crime. But Isaiah reminds us that […]
Saturday 12 April
Ezekiel 37:21-28, Jer 31:10-13, John 11:45-56 Choices Can you recall a time when you had a difficult choice to make? To choose this or to choose that? Do you remember if there were values of yours at stake, values that you wanted to protect and save, values that you were willing to compromise or sacrifice? […]
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