Tag Archive for ‘Good News’
Wednesday 28 August
St Augustine – memorial 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13, Ps.139, Matthew 23:27-32 Let this psalm become the pulse of your life What an extraordinary gift to be fully known and yet still loved, respected, accepted. Psalm 139 is a hymn of consolation and hope. Jesus critiques people living in hypocrisy. In truth, how many of us hide […]
Tuesday 27 August
St Monica – memorial 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8, Ps.139, Matthew 23:23-26 To share God’s love is the greatest gift of all St Monica never stopped praying for Augustine. Through tears she prayed unceasingly to God for his conversion. Her prayers were answered only a short time before she died. Through her faithful love the world gained […]
Friday 25 January
the Conversion of St Paul Acts 22: 3-16 or Acts 9: 1-22; Ps 117: 1bc.2; Mark 16: 15-18 What am I to do, Lord? Paul’s teaching about the Body of Christ – that those who are baptised are parts of Christ’s Body – originated in our Lord’s question to him, ‘why are you persecuting me?’ […]
Monday 14 January
First week in Ordinary Time Hebrews 1:1-6; Ps 97:1.2b.6.7c.9; Mark 1:14-20 The time has come Down the ages God spoke to our forebears, and now, in his Son, God has spoken directly to us. We are called once more to turn away from sin and to believe more deeply in the Good News of God’s […]
The Good News takes many forms – Mission Sunday
One of Anthony De Mello’s stories is a legend about God who decided to visit the earth, and sent an angel to survey the situation prior to the visit. The angel returned with his report, ‘Most of them lack food and most lack employment.’ God said, ‘Then I shall become incarnate in the form of […]
Monday 3 September
St Gregory the Great 1 Corinthians 2:1-5, Ps 119.97-102, Luke 4:16-30 Living the Gospel “The Spirit of the Lord has been given to me, for he has anointed me to be Good News to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives and to the blind new sight.” This is Jesus’ mission statement. This text is […]
Sunday 5 February
Job 7: l-4, 6-7; Psalm 147A; 1 Cor 9:16-19,22-23; Mark 1: 29-39 I have become all things to all people. St Paul refused financial support from the Christian community in Corinth while he was living with them. He would not be accused of living off the fat of the land. He would not do anything […]
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