Tag Archive for ‘faith’
Saturday 7 May
Acts 18:23-28, Ps 47, John 16:23-28 Here you are All we have is gift. Our challenges, our faith, our whanau and our life. All that we have been, are and will be. Like Paul each one of us is chosen as we are, where we are. If we can look in the mirror and accept […]
Friday 29 April
St Catherine of Siena,Acts 15:22-31; Ps 57; John 15:12-17 True friendship Today’s Gospel reminds us that Jesus not only chooses us and calls us friends – he also sends us out to ‘bear fruit.’ And so our faith is to be something alive and active. Catherine understood that and became a major figure in the […]
Thursday 21 April
Acts 13:13-25; Ps 89; John 13:16-20 By faith and by works Our faith is not only about words but also about actions. Only by matching our words with our actions can we live a faith life of integrity, as did John the Baptist. We are called to follow and to proclaim the message of Jesus […]
Wednesday 20 April
Acts 12:24-13:5; Ps 67; John 12:44-50 Free to say ‘yes’ The early communities of disciples were constantly changing and growing. Our own faith communities today are also dynamic and that can be challenging. Change – in terms of personnel and ways of doing things – can be difficult. The Holy Spirit, as with the church […]
Sunday 17 April
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Day of Prayer for Vocations Acts 13:14, 43-52; Ps100; Apocalypse 7:9, 14-17; John 10:27-30 Valuing the gift At the heart of our faith is a deeply personal relationship with Jesus – ‘I know them and they follow me.’ It is a wonderful, precious gift. But sometimes we can take it for […]
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 […]
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