Tag Archive for ‘faith’
Tuesday 18 March
Isaiah 1:10, 16-20, Ps 50, Matthew 23:1-12 Practice what you preach Jesus asks us to think carefully about ourselves. Are we being sincere in our practice of our faith or is it mostly just for show? We need to understand this if we are to fully comprehend what it is Jesus is actually asking of […]
Friday 14 March
Ezekiel 18:21-28, Ps 130, Matthew 5:20-26 Pray for sinners On the face of it, murder and anger are poles apart. Yet where murder kills outright, hosting a poisonous anger against others is a sore on the same continuum. So while most of us are not murderers, we probably have to deal with destructive anger sometimes. […]
Thursday 13 March
Esther 4:17, Ps 138, Matthew 7:7-12 An invitation to faith All we need to activate God’s promised responses in his invitation to ask, seek and knock, is faith. He will respond as a loving, generous father – as we all well know through the many blessings we receive in our everyday lives, if we only […]
Friday 21 February
James 2:14-26; Ps 112; Mark 8:34-9:1 Paradox Jesus words are hard to understand – why must I lose my life to save it? James’ “faith without good works is dead” sheds a little light, perhaps. If I say that I love Jesus and do nothing else, my faith is hollow. By stepping out and committing […]
Monday 17 February
James 1:1-11; Ps 119; Mark 8:11-13 Freedom from doubt James tells us that God will give freely if we ask with faith and no trace of doubt. That’s hard. Placing a request before the Lord starting with “if it be your will” is full of doubt. Thinking to myself as I pray for something “nothing […]
Tuesday 4 February
2 Samuel 18:9-10, 14b, 24-25a, 10; 19:3; Ps 86; Mark 5:21-43 Simplicity and faith Today’s gospel is about faith, knowledge and simplicity. The woman who touched Jesus’ cloak had faith, and Jesus knew and simply confirmed the cure. Jairus had faith too, and Jesus knew the girl’s state from a distance, and when he eventually […]
The one that got away
The Christmas holidays were drawing to an end. It wasn’t long before school would be back. However before everything once again returned to normal, we were off on holiday. Going to Lake Rotoiti had become a family tradition. It had been quite by accident that we had chanced upon this place a few years before. […]
Tuesday 07 January
My faith feeds my hunger I am the hands and the eyes of God. If anyone and everything does not see God in me God’s plan will be less fulfilled [1 Jn 4:7-10]. I am the hands of God by acts of justice and peace [Psalm 71]; by acts of kindness when others have needs […]
Friday 6 December
Saint Nicholas, Bishop Is 29:17-24, Ps 26:1-4, 13-14, Matthew 9:27-31 Talking the walk We Christians, especially we Catholics, seem to prefer to be witnesses of Christ by our actions and by our example, rather than by our words. In social gatherings we avoid the subject of religion. But are our actions, however praise-worthy, sufficient? Shouldn’t […]
Thursday 5 December
Is 26:1-6, Ps 117:1, 8-9, 19-21, 25-27, Matthew 7:21, 24-27 Faith and works Hints of the old “faith versus works” debate in today’s Gospel. But in truth there is no conflict between them. We must do “the Father’s will,” but we can know his will only through faith and prayer. Prayer (“Lord, Lord”) will deepen […]
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