Tag Archive for ‘forgiveness’
Friday 18 January
Hebrews 4:1-5.11; Ps 78:3.4bc.6c-8; Mark 2:1-12 Your sins are forgiven Those who saw the paralysed man cured ‘had never seen anything like this’. The paralytic’s healing was a demonstration of Jesus’ authority to forgive sins. The Lord sees our faith and forgives us if we ask him to do so. We take comfort in the […]
Monday 12 November
SAINT JOSAPHAT Titus 1:1-9, Ps. 24, Luke 17:1-6 Good leaders Jesus gives a stern warning about the responsibility of leaders to care for the faith of those in their care. In our modern world political and religious leaders are subject to extensive inquiry and criticism. Although this can be viewed positively as a means of […]
Wednesday 3 October
Ps.88, Job 9:1-13, 14-16, Luke 9:57-62 The cost of discipleship The three dialogues in today’s Gospel suggest that hardship is a necessary consequence of following Christ. Do I qualify? Has being a Christian cost me? Have I been subjected to persecution? Prejudice? Discrimination? If not, I have to ask the question: have I really followed […]
Words That Heal: “I’m Sorry”
I AM embarrassed to admit this but when someone says sorry to me I am often putty in their hands, sometimes going to great lengths to lessen their discomfort. I wonder, therefore, why it is so difficult for some others to admit they are wrong. The most obviously guilty perhaps are politicians. Their constituents would […]
Getting a Handle on Things
I’ve just spent a week in the Marlborough Sounds with my old yachting mate, Pat, at his bach. Nothing much to do. Nothing much we can do. He’s 91 and I’m 81. So I have all the time in the world to do some serious thinking to get a better handle on things, with the […]
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