Tag Archive for ‘grace’
Wednesday 26 August
1.Thessalonians 2:9-13; Ps .139; Matthew 23:27-32 Pray for Grace Grace is the presence and action of God in our lives. It is this we must pray for, calling upon the Holy Spirit to support us in the way we live our faith so we avoid the traps of pretence and false practice. Keep us safe, […]
Saturday 8 August
ST MARY OF THE CROSS (MCKILLOP) Colossians 3:12-17 or Judith 8:11-17, 28-31; Ps 32; Matthew 6:25-34 Choose wisely Jesus often tells us to look carefully at our choices. Are we with him – or is our loyalty elsewhere? We cannot, he says, in an echo of the First Commandment, serve both God and mammon. Even […]
Thursday 16 July
Exodus 3:13-20, Psalm 105, Matthew 11: 28-30 My yoke is easy Traditionally, a yoke was a wooden bar across the shoulders of two oxen, holding them together side by side, for ploughing or haulage. In today’s gospel, loving words from Jesus, assure us that we are bonded to him, and any burden we might experience […]
Tuesday 16 June
2 Corinthians 8:1-9, Ps 146, Matthew 5:43-48 Loving the enemy In reading the daily news we are often overwhelmed by the suffering and violence in the world. We are so powerless. What can we do ? Perhaps it just starts with what we can do in our own life. To try to heal division and […]
Friday 15 May
Acts 18:19-18, Ps. 47, John 16:20-23 Joy John’s Gospel records “you are sad now” because of the coming sufferings of Jesus’ agony, scourging and crucifixion – and after His glorious Resurrection from the dead – “I shall see you again, and your hearts will be full of joy, and that joy no one shall take […]
Thursday 7 May
Acts 15:7-21, Ps. 96, John 15:9-11 God’s love and commandments God purifies anyone’s heart by faith through the grace of the Lord Jesus. Through missionaries in our neighbourhood and among the nations God’s marvellous deeds are made known. Keeping God’s commandments will enable us to remain in God’s love; joining in the celebration of the […]
Monday 4 May
Acts 14:5-18, Ps. 115, John 14:21-26 Make our home with you “…turn to the living God.” To the Lord “give glory for my sake of your love and your truth”. Keep my word (said Jesus) and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him. By grace let the divine Presence of the […]
Sunday 19 April
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts 3:13-15,17-19; Ps 5; 1 John 2:1-5; Luke 24:35-48 Our reality The readings speak about conversion and sin. We have been reflecting on Easter joy and God’s generosity. We are reminded here again of the tension between that and our own fickle response. Sin is a reality. But it does not […]
Monday 6 April
Acts 2:14,22-23; Ps 16; Matthew 28:8-15 Set us free Jesus tells the two Marys not to be afraid but to go and tell the disciples what has happened. You can imagine why they might be afraid, wondering what all this is going to mean for them, trying to put human reasons on what has happened. […]
Wednesday 1 April
WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK Isaiah 50:4-9; Ps 69; Matthew 26:14-25 Surely it is not I? The Judas part of the Easter narrative is hard for us to understand. How could someone so close to Jesus go on to betray him? Yet in all of us lie temptations which entice us to turn away from things […]
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