Tag Archive for ‘faith’
Monday 17 October
St Ignatius of Antioch Ephesians 2:1-10, Ps.100, Luke 12:13-21 Where is our wealth? Ignatius of Antioch was an early apostolic father, a bishop who’d been a student of St John. He wrote about the true presence in the Eucharist and is credited with establishing the word Catholic as the name for the church. A martyr, […]
Monday 10 October
Galatians 4:22-24, 26-27, 31 – 5:1, Ps.113, Luke 11:29-32 The Jesus sideshow In today’s gospel we see Jesus’ frustration with a crowd looking for novelty. They wanted entertainment, magician’s tricks, signs that Jesus was a prophet from God. He rebuked them because they were like children demanding toys. I suppose we are sometimes like that. […]
Monday 3 October
Galatians 1:6-12, Ps.111, Luke 10:25-37 Law and living At times, Jesus was questioned by men who wanted to use religious law as a weapon. He never discredited the law, but revealed its true function as guidance. It offered structures that helped those young in faith, and made useful maps for mature journey. Usually, Jesus added […]
Monday 26 September
Job 1:6-12, Ps 17, Luke 9:46-50 Martyrdom Job shows faithfulness in abandonment. Job prefigures the aching call of Christ from the cross: My God, my God why have you abandoned me? (Mt 27:46). This abandonment is the absence of the Father in the midst of healthy and faithful discipleship. Like a thief in the night, […]
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 […]
Sunday 21 August
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 66:18-21; Ps 117; Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13; Luke 13:22-30 At the feast in the Kingdom of God All are invited to eat and drink in the Kingdom of God but not all will accept the invitation. Each of us is challenged to evaluate attitudes and behaviour. What do we need […]
Wednesday 27 July
Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21; Ps 59; Matthew 13:44-46 Heavenly riches Discovering some of the treasures God’s kingdom offers us can be extraordinary. The wonder, the unimaginable glory, the moments when it’s as if a miniscule sliver of an idea of what God’s kingdom may be like materialises. This is spiritual food, drink and praise and thanksgiving […]
Wednesday 20 July
Jeremiah 1:1, 4-10; Ps 71; Matthew 13:1-9 Prepare the way for God Although Jesus makes it very clear his word is for all people and he wants us all to respond positively to his invitation to grow in faith and love, not everyone will listen. Some won’t want to hear, some will be interested for […]
Tuesday 19 July
Micah 7:14-15, 18-20; Ps 85; Matthew 12:46-50 The Trinity of God, self and others In a spiritual sense, we have a richness of family. Brothers and sisters in faith. Abraham, our father in faith. Our Lord – friend, brother, son of the Father; the Holy Family itself; our communities of faith; all those we love; […]
Monday 18 July
Micah 6:1-4, 6-8; Ps 50; Matthew 12:38-42 Just believe How strong is our faith? Are we among the blessed who do not see and yet believe? Or do we seek signs and portents to shore up our beliefs? How many signs do we need, anyway? God isn’t an advertising billboard or a showman at a […]
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