Tag Archive for ‘good’
Friday 26 August
1 Corinthians 1:17-25; Ps 33; Matthew 25:1-13 With lamps lit The modern equivalent would be a spare battery, maybe even with the brand: EverReady! For preparedness for doing good or speaking humbly we need practice in little things that can become good habits – the virtues of being wise, fair, strong and moderate. For the […]
Tuesday 23 August
2 Thessalonians 2:1-3, 14-17; Ps 96; Matthew 23:23-26 Justice, mercy, good faith “The quality of mercy is not strainedIt droppeth as the gentle rain from heavenUpon the place beneath: it is twice blessed;It blesseth him who gives and him that takes…It is an attribute of God himself,And earthly power doth then show likest God’sWhen mercy […]
Tuesday 16 August
Ezekiel 28:1-10; Canticle Deuteronomy 32:26-36; Matthew 19:23-30 For God everything is possible We are reminded of the danger of riches: they can consume the fine efforts of people, they can deprive other people of appropriate assistance. “Where your treasure is there will your heart be also” (Matthew 6:21). It is not the bank balance that […]
Monday 15 August
Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Ezekiel 24:15-24; Canticle Deuteronomy 32:18-21; Matthew 19:16-22 Keep the commandments It is mid-August – can Spring be far away? No matter what the season, Christians can grow in the practice of faith, hope and charity. That is the following of Jesus the Master, our Lord and Saviour. Endeavouring to grow […]
Love – Fruits of the Holy Spirit
The unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another. Merriam Webster Dictionary We do our best to love as best we can in the situations we find ourselves in. Somewhere in our efforts the Holy Spirit enables us with graces to love others as God loves us. It isn’t easy. The sting in […]
Self-Esteem and Self-Compassion
The July issue of North and South magazine recalls that there is a photo of Tensing Norgay, Sir Edmund Hillary’s climbing companion, at the top of Mount Everest, but there is no picture of Hillary himself. It seems that Norgay offered to take a photo of Hillary, who later said that as far as he […]
Friday 22 July
St Mary Magdalene Song of Songs 3:1-4; Ps 63; John 20:1-2, 11-18 All will be forgiven No sinner is too far gone to be forgiven. Nor is any sin too great. The example of one of the Bible’s greatest saints, Mary Magdalene, shows this. In a time when women were routinely stoned to death for […]
Wednesday 22 June
2 Kings 22:8-13, 23:1-3; Ps. 119H; Matthew 7:15-20 Bearing good fruit King Josiah of Judah walks in the ways of the Lord. He does much to bring his people back to the Law of God’s covenant. God blesses Josiah for exercising this righteous kingship over the people. Jesus reminds his disciples that only good trees […]
Wednesday 15 June
2 Kings 2:1, 6-14; Ps. 31; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Rewarding what is good Elisha takes over from Elijah as prophet of Israel. Elisha asks, ‘Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?’ And by a spectacular sign – the parting of the waters of the river Jordan – God shows himself to be with Elisha. […]
Tuesday 14 June
1 Kings 21:17-29; Ps. 51; Matthew 5:43-48 The contagion of evil Evil is like an infection. The wrong we do has its consequences. Though God forgives Ahab for the evil he has done, that evil is like a contagion. It has infected his whole House. Ahab may have escaped punishment, but not those who come […]
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