Tag Archive for ‘death’
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 […]
Sunday 6 November
32nd Sunday in ordinary time 2 Maccabees 7:1-2,9-14; Ps 17; 2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5; Luke 20:27-38 Life after death As Christians we believe in life after death – after all, Jesus died and rose again to make it possible for us. The Gospel passage is difficult to follow in today’s world, but in Jesus’ time His […]
Tuesday 18 October
St Luke, Evangelist Timothy 4:10-17, Ps.145, Luke 10:1-9 The faithful servant Little is known about St Luke. In Colossians, Paul writes that Luke is a doctor, and that is probably true, considering the compassionate awareness in the gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. In these two books, Luke wrote a full account […]
Wednesday 14 September
the Exaltation of the Cross Numbers 21:4-9, Ps 78, Philippians 2:6-11, John 3:13-17 Eucharistic freedom In the Eucharist the cross is lifted high, made present in our city or town. The disciples may arrive in the pews scattered. Many parishioners may have dwelt with serpents this past week, the forces and actions that fragment even […]
Monday 29 August
The Martyrdom of John the Baptist Jeremiah 1:17-19; Ps 71; Mark 6:17-29 Persecuted in the cause of right John the Baptist’s martyrdom can remind us of the eighth beatitude: “Happy are those persecuted in the cause of right: theirs is the Kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:10). John’s death came about because of unbridled exercise of […]
Saturday 30 July
Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24; Ps 69; Matthew 14:1-12 Pray for martyrs It is unfortunately horribly true that many people suffer and die for their love of God. Some have had to endure great hardship before having their lives stolen from them. How terrifying this must be. Dear Lord, help me to discern what is right from […]
Saturday 9 July
Isaiah 6:1-8; Ps 93; Matthew 10:24-33 Endure to the last Although being obedient to God’s word can be very difficult indeed at times, it is nothing compared to the suffering of those who who give way and deny him. As even small sins hurt us, deliberately denying God – bearing false witness to yourself and […]
Tuesday 5 July
Hosea 8:4-7, 11-13; Ps 115; Matthew 9:32-38 God will protect and save us Our Lord’s ministry as a healer was demonstrated on many levels: physical, for example, by curing leprosy, restoring sight and even destroying death; spiritual, by driving out evil spirits. He shows he understands the burden evil places on us (he even had […]
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