Tag Archive for ‘faith’
Saturday 16 October
Romans 4:13, 16-18; Psalm 105; Luke 12:8-12 Our father in faith Earlier this year, on the first papal visit to Iraq, Pope Francis went to the ancient site of Ur, the birthplace of Abraham – the father in faith of the Hebrew, Christian and Muslim people. It was another blessed moment in the extraordinary pontificate […]
Letting Jesus In
It’s a truism that Jesus needs to be at the centre of our lives as people of faith. No-one really disagrees with this assertion. However, it’s another matter making it real. In a complex, sophisticated society, we have many other matters that absorb our attention and energy. At the moment, uncertainty about the Covid-19 pandemic […]
Monday 23 August
1 Thessalonians 1:2-5, 8-10; Psalm 149; Matthew 23:13-22 The call to live our faith We live our lives by faith. Our faith is faith in a person. Jesus remains at the core of our living and the way we go about our daily lives speaks louder than any words we might offer about our faith […]
Sunday 20 June
12th Sunday of Ordinary Time Job 38:1, 8-11; Ps 106; 2 Corinthians 5:14-17; Mark 4:35-41 Does your faith reassure others? We are familiar with the story of Jesus, calming the storm and the message it contains. But there is an intriguing detail; “They took him just as he was”—the implication being that Jesus did not […]
Friday 14 May
St Matthias, Apostle (F) Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Psalm 113; John 15:9-17 Man of faith Matthias was chosen to replace Judas Iscariot. His calling as an apostle is unique in that he was not chosen personally by Jesus, who had already ascended into heaven. He was chosen before the Holy Spirit came down upon the early […]
Monday 26 April
ST MARK, EVANGELIST (F) 1 Peter 5:5-14; Psalm 89; Mark 16:15-20 Strong in faith Every disciple of Jesus is challenged to live the Gospel. Jesus entrusts each one of us with the task of continuing his mission and spreading the Good News of our salvation. The challenge is for us to live as he lived, […]
Sunday 18 April
3rd Sunday OF EASTER Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; Psalm 5; 1 John 2:1-5; Luke 24:35-48 The gift of faith Faith is a gift. It is not easy to believe what we have not witnessed. Jesus understood well how difficult it was for his disciples to believe that he had risen from the dead. “Touch me,” he […]
Sunday 17 January
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 Samuel 3:3-10,19; Psalm 40; 1 Corinthians 6:13-15, 17-20; John 1:35-42 Look with the eyes of faith John, the writer of the Gospel, describes the call of the first disciples in a way that is full of seeing, looking, watching! But what he is describing is not just something physical […]
Saturday 19 December
Judges 13:2-7, 24-25; Psalm 71; Luke 1:5-25 The challenge of faith Zechariah is like most of us! We find it so hard to believe that God will act in our lives when things get difficult! Samson’s mother and father seem to have had more faith, though the miracle of the conception of Samson was no […]
Shame, Hope and the Church: A Journey with Mary
by Thomas Ryan, SM St Pauls Publications 2020 Reviewed by Fr Brian Cummings SM With so much having been written about the sexual abuse crisis within the Church, and, no doubt, with still much to be written, there can be a certain sense of weariness when faced with yet another book on the topic. However, […]
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