Tag Archive for ‘Good News’
Sunday 15 February
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46; Psalm 32; 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1; Mark 1:40-45 Desire to heal Jesus not only has the power to heal, he desires to heal all who seek him out. He touches those considered untouchable even if, by doing so, he puts himself among those considered unclean. Here, indeed, is […]
Thursday 5 February
St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr Hebrews 12:18-19, 21-24; Psalm: 48; Mark 6:7-13 Children of God Through Baptism we are citizens of heaven washed clean in the blood of Christ. As God’s chosen, we are commissioned to preach the Good News of Christ with its promised healing for body and soul. This commission to preach the […]
Thursday 8 January
1John 4:19-5:4, Ps.72, Luke 4:14-22 The Good News Today Jesus announces the “Good News” to his home congregation. We’ve heard that same good news. Good news should make us joyful – but does it? When times are tough? When we are hurting? Yes, it will – if we understand and experience what the good news […]
Sunday 14 December
THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT Isaiah 61:1-2,10-11, Luke 1:46-56, 1 Thess. 5:16-24, John 1:6-8,19-28 Good News A sense of joy and expectation is in each of today’s readings. Even St. Paul tells us that to be a Christian is to be happy. The reason: God the almighty is coming to live amongst us, as human as […]
Wednesday 22 October
Ephesians 3:2-12; Canticle: Isaiah 12:2-6; Luke 12:39-48 God’s chosen The ‘infinite treasure of Christ’ has been entrusted to us. Much is expected of us because we have been chosen to be the Good News of God’s love in our part of the world. We need to ‘stand ready’ because we are only one heartbeat away […]
Saturday 18 October
FEAST OF ST LUKE, EVANGELIST 2 Timothy 4:10-17; Ps 145; Luke 10:1-9 Having a bad day St Paul was out of sorts – grumpy, even — when he wrote today’s section of the letter to Timothy. All of us have a right to have a bad day now and again. And as with Paul, ‘the […]
Wednesday 8 October
Galatians 2:1-2, 7-14; Ps 117; Luke 11:1-4 Perseverance is the key Each in our own way, we are to live the Good News in such a way that the part of the world in which we live is a better place for our being there. Living the Good News, being the Good News of God’s […]
Monday 6 October
Galatians 1:6-12; Ps 111; Luke 10:25-37 Called to love It is by God’s gift that we are bearers of the Good News that God loves us. Every human being is our neighbour. There is no one who is to be excluded from our love, because that is how God loves, and how God calls us […]
Tuesday 8 April
Numbers 21:4-9, Ps 102, John 8:21-30 Jesus sent by the Father Central to Jesus’ message and mission was that he came from the Father and would return to the Father. What he taught, what he declared to the world was what he brought from the Father, the Good News of God’s love for us and […]
A Positive View:
There’s a lot that’s good going on … and it’s good to be reminded of it … Sometimes the doomsayers are too much influenced by the bad news on the TV and in the papers, and when they sound off, they get me down. Yes, the world has always known wars, violence, addictions and abortion, […]
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