Tag Archive for ‘good’
Tuesday 3rd March
Isaiah 1:10,16-20, Ps 50, 23 Matthew 23:1-12 Doing Lenten Laundry: “You’ll never regret a Lent well spent.” Isaiah promises that though our sins are scarlet ‘they shall be white as snow’. Looking at snow-capped Ruapehu on a sunny day, that seems astonishing. But God has the perfect, practical, achievable plan for doing Lenten laundry. Isaiah […]
Saturday 28 February
Deuteronomy 26:16-19; Psalm: 119A; Matthew 5:43-48 Command to love If we are to be like God, our love must go well beyond loving those who love us in return because God’s love is like the sun which shines on the good and bad alike. God’s love is like the rain that falls on the just […]
Monday 23 February
Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18; Psalm: 19B; Matthew 25:31-46 Holiness How can we be holy as God is holy? To be holy is to act justly. We will be judged according to the way we treat others. Holiness is not just about calling out, “Lord, Lord”. Holiness is about the quality of our commitment to God and […]
Monday 16 February
Genesis 4:1-15, 25; Psalm: 50; Mark 8:11-13 A headstrong people Estranged from God, the evil of sin continues to corrupt humankind, wreaking havoc with all that is good in God’s creation. Envy and malice lead to murder in the story of Cain and Abel. God begins to despair of the humanity God had created in […]
Monday 9 February
Genesis 1:1-19; Psalm: 104; Mark 6:53-56 Newness in Christ God created heaven and earth; and what God made was, indeed, good. By his ministry of healing, Jesus makes good again all that is unhealthy and broken in body, mind and spirit. In him, all things are made new; all things are blessed with fecundity. Like […]
Saturday 7 February
St Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs Hebrews 13:15-17, 20-21; Psalm: 23; Mark 6:30-34 Christ the teacher Jesus pities the crowd because they are like sheep without a shepherd, so he begins to teach them at some length. Christ continues to be our shepherd, teaching us by word and example. To live Christ is to be […]
Friday 30 January
Hebrews 10:32-39, Ps.37, Mark 4:26-34 Ministers, Not Messiahs Each of us shares in the work of building the Kingdom of God. Everything good we do, whether big or small becomes a part of that holy edifice. However, we must never forget that it is God’s Kingdom, God’s work, not ours. As Bishop Oscar Romero said […]
Thursday 29 January
Hebrews 10:19-25, Ps.24, Mark 4:21-25 The Lampstand In our modern secular western society Christianity is increasingly regarded with indifference, ridicule or even hostility. Christians provide generously and heroically for so many of society’s needs but downplay or even suppress the role that their Christian faith plays in providing the inspiration, motivation and energy for their […]
Wednesday 28 January
St Thomas Aquinas, p.D. Hebrews 10:11-18, Ps.110, Mark 4:1-20 Seeds The bad news for me is that I fit, at various times, all four of the soil types described by Jesus in today’s Gospel. The good news, however, is that despite that, I know that the Sower will go on sowing those seeds in me […]
Monday 26 January
Sts Timothy and Titus, Bps. Timothy 1:1-8 or Titus 1:1-5, Ps.96, Luke 10:1-9 Going Out Jesus didn’t ask his followers to bring anyone into a church. He didn’t have one to bring them into. Rather he sent them out to the wider community to teach and to heal. We tend to seek to bring people […]
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