Tag Archive for ‘death’
Wednesday 25 November
Cant. Daniel 3:62-67; Daniel 5:1-6,13-14,16-17,23-28; Luke 21:12-19 Blessed are the persecuted Jesus speaks of the sufferings that his followers will have to endure. There have been numerous martyrs; even today those spreading Christ’s message are abused, suffer hardships, imprisonment and death. Because of our beliefs we may be abused and ridiculed. Jesus does not delude […]
Thursday 29 October
Romans 8:31-39, Ps 109, Luke 13:31-35 God’s love for us “For I am certain of this, neither death nor life, nothing that exists, nothing still to come, can ever come between us and the love of God made visible in Christ Jesus our Lord.” I am certain of this… how do I finish that sentence? […]
Euthanasia – A Radical Shift
Euthanasia is not an incremental change to current end-of-life practices, but a radical and massive shift in our society’s and civilisation’s foundational values, says internationally renowned Australian ethicist, Margaret Somerville. Dr Somerville, who is a Professor of Law, Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, and Founding Director of the Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law […]
Wednesday 19 August
Judges 9:6-15; Ps. 21; Matthew 20:1-16 Generosity of heart God is generous to all of us. This includes those who have devoted their lives to him and those – who, like the labourers in the parable, arrive at the last hour. Christ pointed this out many times to his disciples. Even when he was being […]
Monday 10 August
ST LAWRENCE, DM 2Corinthians 9:6-10; Ps 111; John 12:24-26 Grow into God’s will Christ’s message is for everyone – people from all over the world are included in his invitation to come to the Father through him. His willing sacrifice through his own death provides the environment for us to cast off our sins and […]
Saturday 20 June
2 Corinthians 12:1-10, Ps 34, Matthew 6:24-34 All will be well We all worry to some degree, even though most of what we worry about never happens. Today Jesus reassures his disciples by telling them not to worry. They too, like Jesus, will also face suffering and death, yet they placed their confidence in God. […]
Wednesday 3 June
St Charles Lwanga & Companions Tobit 3:1-11,16-17, Ps 25, Mark 12:18-27 What it will be like when we die is a mystery to us. Jesus is given a riddle by the Sadducees to solve in today’s Gospel. His answer points to a deeper reality about God and what happens in death. Through his power we […]
Sunday 22nd March
5th Sunday of Lent Jeremiah 31:31-34, Ps. 51, Hebrew 5:7-9, John 12:20-33. The seed transformed. A seed seems insignificant and vulnerable, able to be blown by the wind. Fearfully we seek to protect our vulnerability. Yet Jesus calls for surrender. When a seed falls something miraculous happens; new life emerges from death. The seed is […]
Heaven
Developments in medical science in recent years have made it possible to bring to life many thousands of people who are clinically dead – sometimes a few hours after death. Many of these people, possibly as high as 20 per cent, report vivid experiences of heaven. Their stories are remarkably similar. They leave their own […]
Thursday 19 February
Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Psalm: 1; Luke 9:22-25 Lenten sacrifice In this Lenten Season, the Word of God sets before us a choice. It sets before us life or death, sin or salvation. The Lord, the Word made flesh, sets before us a choice: to save our life or lose it. To save our lives we must […]
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