Tag Archive for ‘faith’
Tuesday 5 April
Acts 4:32-37; Ps 93; John 3:7-15 United in faith The picture of the early Christian community we see in the first reading is a very powerful one. They supported each other; they looked after each other; they were united in their belief. We, too, are called to build such a unity in our own faith […]
Monday 4 April
the Annunciation of the Lord Isaiah 7:10-14, 8:10; Ps 40; Hebrews 10:4-10; Luke 1:26-38 An authentic response The Annunciation is one of the great feasts of the year. Mary hears the message from God and responds to it. It is a response that comes from the depths of her being – not just her head […]
Wednesday 30 March
Acts 3:1-10, Ps 105, Luke 24:13-35 Men of faith With Eucharistic hindsight these men remembered how their hearts burned on the road. This personal, memorial love for Christ is a slow burning form of urgency I need when my evangelising outreach loses its initial fire. Unless my heart burns within me and this burning love […]
Monday 28 March
Easter Octave Acts 2:14, 22-33, Ps 16, Matthew 28:8-15 Women of faith Stories and lies denying the bodily Resurrection of Jesus Christ are all around me today. I can rise above the power they have to undermine my faith. I can see what the women saw because I have been with Christ in death and […]
Saturday 19 March
SOLEMNITY OF ST JOSEPH, HUSBAND OF MARY 2 Samuel 7:4-5, 12-14, 16, Ps 89, Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22, Matthew 1:16-21, 24 Spiritual graft Lent is a good time for me to contemplate the sort of holy life St Joseph lived. Passing on faith to children does not get the attention and the accolades that a […]
Friday 18 March
Jeremiah 20:10-13, Ps 18, John 10:31-42 The territory of the Cross In the face of the world’s intolerance towards Christianity what do I do with my faith? Do I water it down so that it is more relevant to the world and more comfortable for me? Is that what I see when I read today’s […]
Friday 26 February
Gen. 37:3-4, 12-13, 17-28, Ps.105, Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46 Stewardship Today’s parable is about stewardship. It prompted me to ask these questions: God has given me certain talents: what fruits does he expect me to produce from them? God has given me life: how should I live so as to enhance the lives of others? God […]
Monday 22 February
Chair of Peter, Apostle 1 Peter 5:1-4, Ps.23, Matthew 16:13-19 Our Confession of Faith Today’s Gospel records the moment when Peter finally and fully realised just who Jesus was. But it was important that, as well as knowing it, he needed to say it, to make his “confession of faith.” We who also believe that […]
Sunday 31 January
FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19; Ps 71; 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13; Luke 4:21-30 Known and loved God knows us and loves us, ‘without remainder,’ from all eternity. God chose and consecrated us to grow in faith, hope and love until our life on earth flowers into greater fullness in heaven. We are privileged […]
Monday 4 January
1 John 3:22-4:6; Ps 2; Matthew 4:12-17, 23-25 He lives in us It is a consoling truth of faith that the kingdom of heaven is indeed close at hand — surrounding us, within us. Sometimes it seems otherwise, as many aspects of people’s lives get worse rather than better. God’s kingdom comes to greater fullness […]
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