Tag Archive for ‘faith’
Wednesday 30th December
Sixth day in octave of Christmas: 1Jn 2:12-17 for me to ‘know and see’ the Jesus who is now free of space and time and there for me. Lk 2:36-40 Anna the daughter of Phanuel sets sight on the Christ and she too sees the truth and is at peace. More people of wisdom begin […]
Saturday 26th December
Feast of St Stephen. Acts 6:8-10,7:54-59 though a sad story the stoning of Stephen does show us the difference between people with faith who have wisdom and people with knowledge like the Sanhedrin and synagogue officials. Never will the two meet. What we have to do is learn how to avoid stones. Stones get thrown […]
Saturday 19th December
Judges 13:2-7,24-25 the story of how Samson was born. I may not have been born famous like him. But originating from God and given the gift of faith, I most definitely am. Lk 1:5-25 like Zechariah and Elizabeth I do not know what the future will bring in my life. Their story gives me confidence, […]
Monday 7th December
St Ambrose [m]: Is 35:1-10 before Jesus human thinking always looked to what was to come, to richness, abundance, liberation and fulfillment. Accentuating the positive and eliminating the negative helps. Lk 5:17-26 but with Jesus the power of God became so imminent that people would do anything for healing and because of faith the paralyzed […]
Sunday 29 November
First Sunday of Advent Ps 25: 4-5,8-9,10,14; Jer 33:14-16; 1Thess 3:12-4:2; Luke 21:25-28,34-36 Another year nearly over Is it time to reflect? Have we made progress on our journey of faith? This month we have been often called to be vigilant and to prepare ourselves. How do we prepare ourselves? Today shall we prepare ourselves […]
Thursday 26 November
Can. Daniel 3:68-74 ; Daniel 6:12-28; Luke 21:20-28 Be faithful Daniel’s faith is about to be tried in the lions’ den. The king did not want to subject Daniel to this trial but was bound by his ruling. He was joyful in the morning when he found Daniel unharmed. Then the king wrote to all […]
Thursday 19 November
Ps 50: 1Maccabees 2:15-29; Luke 19:41-44 Stay strong In the reading Mattathias was challenged to forsake his religion for wealth. He chose to remain faithful to the commandments. Has our faith been challenged or ridiculed? Would it be easy for us to ignore aspects of the faith that are inconvenient at times? Is it a […]
Saturday 14 November
Ps 105; Wisdom 18:14-16,19:6-9; Luke 18:1-8 Perseverance The widow pesters the judge until he finally agrees to give her justice. Through her persistence she wore him down. Do we ask God for favours but find little in the way of response? Should we be like the widow and persist? No doubt God is listening to […]
Monday 9 November
Dedication of St John Lateran Ps 46; Ezekiel 47:1-2,8-9,12; 1Corinthians 3:9-11,16-17; John 2:13-22 Courage The Psalm gives us the confidence to have courage in the face of adversity. Earthquakes, eruptions, floods, even wars. Mostly there is little we can do about natural disasters. If we are believers then whatever happens must have a reason, a […]
Thursday 5 November
Ps 27; Romans 14:7-12; Luke 15:1-10 Jesus and Mary guide us The parables of the lost sheep and the housewife who has lost a coin. The shepherd and housewife want to retrieve their sheep and coin. They rejoice with friends and neighbours when they have found what they lost. Jesus likens their joy to that […]
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