Tag Archive for ‘good’
Saturday 11 June
St. Barnabas Acts 11:21-26, 13:1-3; Ps. 98; Matthew 10:7-13 Give without charge Barnabas was sent to Antioch. He was a good man, filled with the Holy Spirit and with faith. It is no coincidence that it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called ‘Christians.’ Like Barnabas, we are all called to do what […]
Saturday 4 June
the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2 Timothy 4:1-8; Ps. 71; Mark 12:38-44 Faith to the end The sinless heart of Mary is like the widow in the Gospel reading who gave all she had to live on; everything that she possessed given over to God. In the same way, each of us […]
Monday 23 May
Eighth Week in Ordinary Time 1 Peter 1:3-9, Ps 111, Mark 10:17-27 Jesus looked We each have ‘riches,’ habits and certainties. Jesus asks the young man to give up everything. The young man has led a good life. Yet there is something that he still remains attached too. He just can’t do it. This gospel […]
Tuesday 10 May
Acts 20:17-27, Ps 68, John 17:1-11 In the world In the first reading Paul is arrested for spreading the good news of love and liberation. In the Gospel reading, Jesus speaks to his Father, saying he has done the work he was sent to do. Jesus showed the ones he was given what the reign […]
Friday 6 May
Acts 18:9-18, Ps 47, John 16:20-23 Be fearless Life is challenging. We will suffer. We will experience ecstasy. We will be sick. We will be well. We are alive. We will die. We will do what is right. We will do what is wrong. We are human. Scary? Yes, of course. The good news is […]
Wednesday 30 March
Acts 3:1-10, Ps 105, Luke 24:13-35 Men of faith With Eucharistic hindsight these men remembered how their hearts burned on the road. This personal, memorial love for Christ is a slow burning form of urgency I need when my evangelising outreach loses its initial fire. Unless my heart burns within me and this burning love […]
Saturday 19 March
SOLEMNITY OF ST JOSEPH, HUSBAND OF MARY 2 Samuel 7:4-5, 12-14, 16, Ps 89, Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22, Matthew 1:16-21, 24 Spiritual graft Lent is a good time for me to contemplate the sort of holy life St Joseph lived. Passing on faith to children does not get the attention and the accolades that a […]
Thursday 17 March
FEAST OF ST PATRICK, BISHOP Jeremiah 1:4-9, Ps 106, Acts 13:46-49, Luke10:1-2, 17-20 Attractive characters St Patrick and Jeremiah probably had what we call charisma. It is a personal warmth given to those who can lead people. The prophet has a warm personal relationship with God. St. Patrick had it too. Like him I need […]
Tuesday 15 March
Numbers 21:4-9, Ps 102, John 8:21-30 Contemplate the Cross When God seems distant and I begin to grumble impatiently it is good to have something tangible to gaze upon that will put me in mind of heaven and God. It might be an icon, a holy picture or a statue of Mary. These little human […]
Sunday 6 March
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT Joshua 5:9-12, Ps 34, 2 Corinthians 5:17-21, Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 Familial love How hard it is to watch those we think less good than ourselves getting special attention in the Christian life. Jesus Christ knows this and gives us this family story where we see God’s great forgiveness and mercy at […]
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