Tag Archive for ‘good’
Monday 4 March
Ecclesiasticus 17:24-29; Psalm 32; Mark 10:17-27. To give all The rich young man we meet today in the Gospel was a good man, but the Lord invited him to give up everything he had and follow him. He couldn’t do it and went away sad. If the Lord asked this of us – could we […]
Saturday 2 March
Ecclesiasticus 17:1-15; Psalm 103; Mark 10:13-16 Like little children We can often yearn for simpler and more carefree days when things weren’t so difficult or complicated. Little children remind us of this in the way they play and seem to have no worries. Jesus today wants all of those who seek the Kingdom of God […]
Wednesday 27 February
Ecclesiasticus 4:11-19; Psalm 119:105-112; Mark 9:38-40 Not one of us All good comes from God. God can work through the most unlikely of people, and does. In God’s own way and in God’s good time, God leads people ‘to the straight road’. There is no one who is ‘not one of us’, because each and […]
Wednesday 20 February
Genesis 8:6-13, 20-22; Psalm 116B; Mark 8:22-26 Beginning to see The cure of the blind man happened in stages. So it is with most people: that breakthroughs, changes of heart and changing the bad habits of a lifetime so that one can come closer to God do not usually happen overnight. In fact, the process […]
Saturday 16 February
Genesis 3:9-24; Psalm 90; Mark 8:1-10 Our refuge Our first parents must have been desolate. They had had it so good, leading a charmed existence. Now they were condemned to lives of pain, sadness and suffering, after which they would ‘return to the dust from which they came’. Yet God was still their refuge, as […]
Wednesday 13 February
Genesis 2:4-9, 15-17; Psalm 104; Mark 7:14-23 Bless the Lord! God, who made everything good, also gave us freedom. We are free to do good, or to do wrong; to choose life and fullness of life, or to reject it. God made us for God, and in the end we cannot be satisfied with anything […]
Monday 11 February
Our Lady of Lourdes World Day of Prayer for the Sick Genesis 1:1-19; Psalm 104; Mark 6:53-56 It will be good As God made it, all creation was good, and God found it so. With Christ came the new creation, signalled by Christ’s healing power for those who were sick. Through the intercession of Our […]
Saturday 9 February
Hebrews 13:15-17, 20-21; Psalm 23; Mark 6:30-34 Doing good works The crowds, who guessed where Jesus was heading and got there before him, were enchanted by him. Instinctively, they knew that he loved them. They had never experienced anything like that from their religious leaders and teachers. He was truly their shepherd, and we can […]
Friday 8 February
Hebrews 13:1-8; Psalm 27; Mark 6:14-29 World Day Of Prayer Against Trafficking Imitate their faith It’s true that there are many nasty pieces of work in the world, like Herod and his more than somewhat dysfunctional family. There are also many more good people doing good things – loving one another, welcoming strangers, giving their […]
Friday 11 January
1 John 5:5-13; Psalm 147:12-15, 19-20; Luke 5:12-16 Prayer Luke often reminds us that Jesus was a man of prayer. He would withdraw to deserted places and pray. It is good to stop and note how we are praying. How often? How long? Where? Why? How? The Spirit of Jesus will guide us here so […]
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