Tag Archive for ‘death’
Friday 14 April
Good Friday Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Psalm 31; Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9; John 18:1-19:42 We are healed Through Our Lord’s death on the cross, through his perfect sacrifice, we find healing, not just once, but over and over, as many times as we turn away from our sinfulness and back to him. At the moment of our death […]
Wednesday 12 April
Isaiah 50:4-9; Psalm 69; Matthew 26:14-25 Listen like a disciple The Lord did not turn away from suffering and death, for it was the means by which he was to redeem the world. He was utterly open to the Father’s will, ‘making no resistance,’ knowing that God would come to his help. Pray for the […]
Friday 7 April
St John Baptist de la Salle Jeremiah 20:10-13; Psalm 18; John 10:31-42 The Lord is with me Again, they wanted to stone him. They saw him as only a man, claiming to be God. And again, he escaped them. His hour had not yet come. The Lord’s passion and death would take place in God’s […]
Thursday 6 April
Genesis 17:3-9; Psalm 105; John 8:51-59 I will be your God Had they been able to find him, they would have thrown stones at him, the loved Son of God, Jesus, who had existed from all eternity. He offered them life and fullness of life, and they chose death. He offered them the joy of […]
Tuesday 4 April
Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 102; John 8:21-30 What I have learnt … Jesus has learnt God’s mercy and compassion from the Father, and has declared it to the world. He has done nothing that was not in accord with his Father’s will, and as a consequence he was lifted up on the cross. The fruit of […]
Sunday 2 April
Fifth Sunday of LentAnniversary of the death of Pope St John Paul II (2005) Ezekiel 37:12-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8:8-11; John 11:1-45 Life-giving love By raising Lazarus from the dead, Jesus shows himself to have power over death, which is a consequence of sin. He also has power to unbind us from sinful habits and […]
The Cross our only hope
By the Editor Almost everyone is afraid of dying. And there is nothing wrong with that. Jesus was afraid of dying too. Yet in spite of his fear, he underwent what many would want to escape: he suffered so that we might be free. He willingly accepted being scorned, stripped of dignity, mocked and spat […]
Thursday 16 February
Genesis 9:1-13; Psalm 102; Mark 8:27-33 God’s way Along with their fellow Jews, Peter and the disciples believed that it was God’s plan that the Christ, the Messiah, would come among them from God to save his people. They also recognised and acknowledged that Jesus was the Christ. But that he should go up to […]
Saturday 24 December
2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8-12, 14, 16; Psalm 89; Luke 1:67-79 Blessed be God The Benedictus is Zechariah’s song of praise. We pray: ‘Blessed are you, God of Israel, for you have visited and redeemed your people … and you, little child, will be called the prophet of the Most High, for you will go before […]
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