Tag Archive for ‘faith’
Friday 18 October
St Luke, Evangelist 2 Timothy 4:1-17, Psalm 145, Luke 10:1-9 “The Lord stood by me and gave me strength.” (Timothy) “The Lord is near to all who call upon him.” (Ps 145) Both these lines from today’s Scripture are expressions of a life of faith. Sometimes we feel the closeness of God with us and […]
Monday 14 October
Romans 1:1-7, Psalm 98, Luke 11:29-32 “Through Jesus Christ we received grace and our apostolic mission.” We often hear about mission statements. In the Cenacle Sisters’ mission statement we say: “We companion people on their faith journey in the midst of life.” How do you express your mission statement? How do you use the natural […]
Sunday 6 October
Twenty Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Habakkuk 1:2-3, 2:2-4, Ps 95, 2 Timothy 1:6-8,13-14, Luke 17:5-10 “I remind you to stir into flame the gift of God … for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control.” In this Year of Faith, what are the ways […]
The Catholic faith in mainland China — continued
Pastoral Care Normal pastoral care is essentially centred on the sacraments ( Eucharist, reconciliation, last sacraments). At the level of the family or the village Christian life is communal, but few communities of faith exist, and it is hard to develop a personal faith. In the Catholic villages the strongest Catholics gather morning and evening […]
Gardening with Soul: a documentary about Sister Loyola Galvin D.O.L.C
…should you find yourself wanting your faith in humanity buoyed up a little, may I direct you to ‘Gardening with Soul’, a lovely, gentle study of a year in the life of Sister Loyola, the 90-year-old chief gardener of Wellington’s Home of Compassion. You will not encounter a more energetic person on film this year: […]
Wednesday 25 September
Ezra 9:5-9, Canticle of Tobit, Luke 9: 1-6 Travelling lights These strange instructions for the twofold apostolic ministry would not fit into a modern manual – no food or money, and minimum clothing. The unmistakable message is that pure, raw faith operates for good only when we are prepared to make room for God – […]
Tuesday 10 September
Colossians 2: 6-15, Psalm 145, Luke 6: 12-19 Diversionary tactics Paul’s warning against errors is especially relevant today when we are presented with a smorgasbord of different beliefs and practices. The words of Pope Francis are particularly relevant: “…self-help courses can be useful in life, but to live by going from one course to another…leads […]
Sunday 8 September
TWENTY THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIMESocial Justice Week Wisdom 9:13-18, Philemon 9-10, 12-17, Psalm 90, Luke 14: 25-33 Detachment When we see people interviewed after a natural disaster standing by houses which have been completely destroyed, they all say that the loss of their possessions doesn’t matter because they are alive. Our faith requires the […]
Friday 6 September
Colossians 1:15-20, Psalm 100, Luke 5: 33-39 Revolution Our contemporary dependence on technology and the accompanying speed of its frequent changes has proved a challenge to people born before 1980. The teaching of Jesus presented similar challenges to His audience. A completely new way of life was presented. This new way is revolutionary – it […]
Extracts from Lumen Fidei, The Light of Faith
From Paragraph 4: The light of faith is unique, since it is capable of illuminating every aspect of human existence. A light this powerful cannot come from ourselves but from a more primordial source: in a word, it must come from God. Faith is born of an encounter with the living God who calls us […]
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