Tag Archive for ‘death’
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 […]
Wednesday 21 December
Song of Songs 2:8-14; or Zephaniah 3:14-18; Psalm 33; Luke 1:39-45 O Come Radiant Dawn Today’s O Antiphon invites us into prayer: O come Radiant Dawn, come and enlighten those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. Come, O Dayspring, you show the way. Help me to see things differently.
Wednesday 23 November
Apocalypse 15:1-4; Ps 98; Luke 21:12-19 Rely on God Jesus talks about the persecutions to come, but promises that He will always be with us. In some parts of the world today that persecution is very real, with the threat of death around every corner. Let us pray for those sufferers, that they may hold […]
Saturday 19 November
Apocalypse 11:4-12; Ps 144; Luke 20:27-40 Plain speaking The Sadducees were of the ruling class and did not believe in life after death. Jesus confounded them by using arguments they could easily understand. He talked to them in their own language and met them on their own ground. Yesterday’s gospel had people hanging on His […]
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