Tag Archive for ‘good’
Monday 25 September
Ezra 1:1-6, Psalm 126, Luke 8:16-18 Being the lamp My meditation on the Word of God can be thought of as bringing light to my soul. Jesus Christ already knows what is hidden in my soul but sometimes I do not. He is the person who can light up what is already good in it […]
Thursday 21 September
St Matthew Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13, Psalm 19A, Matthew 9:9-13 Tuning into grace It is through grace that I come to know my unique part in building up the body of Christ on earth. It is so easy to go with the cultural flow of community life and its collective good works never giving a thought […]
Saturday 12 August
Deuteronomy 6:4-13; Psalm 18; Matthew 17:14-20 Mustard seeds How do you increase faith? How do you get more faith? Jesus implies that settling for ‘a little faith’ is not good enough. The answer is not to increase quantity but awareness. Awareness creates response. The more you become aware of God’s love for you, the more […]
Friday 11 August
St Clare Deuteronomy 4:32-40; Psalm 77; Matthew 16:24-28 Giving all Poverty is not about ‘having nothing.’ It is about ‘giving all.’ There’s a big difference. I am no good with nothing; I cannot help anyone, maintain, provide or change anything. St Clare embraced poverty with a generosity that enabled her to give of herself, helping […]
Friday 28 July
Exodus 20:1–17; Psalm 19; Matthew 13:18–23 Abundance Data on traditional cropping systems at this time suggest that a cropping yield would average about sevenfold to elevenfold. If such is correct this parable has an unexpected twist for ‘some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty’ are unusually abundant crops anticipating the yield of God’s just reign […]
Thursday 13 July
Genesis 44:18–21,23–29; 45:1–5; Psalm 105; Matthew 10:7–15 My mission ‘As you go, proclaim the good news’ suggests an all-embracing mission, a way of life. Jesus prepares the disciples, who are to take little with them, about how to respond to be being accepted or rejected. There is another side to mission. Travelling disciples are to […]
Wednesday 10 May
Acts 12:24-13:5; Psalm 67; John 12:44-50 'Go now you are sent forth' Jesus speaks of being commanded by the Father to preach the 'good news.' As he moved around Palestine teaching, preaching and healing, Jesus showed that he had complete confidence that God was with him. When the disciples of Jesus moved out from Jerusalem […]
Tuesday 9 May
Acts 11:19-26; Psalm 87; John 10:22-30 How do you know I am a Christian? Today we read of the 'good news' being preached far beyond Jerusalem. In Antioch we meet the disciples who were the first to be called Christians. Like them, we too are far from the centres of Christianity but are also called […]
Saturday 6 May
Acts 9:31-42; Psalm 116B; John 6:60-69 Who is my neighbour? What did the neighbours of Tabitha see? They saw a woman in their community who was devoted to good works and acts of charity. They showed Peter clothing that she had made for them and she had probably shared her food with those in want. […]
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