Tag Archive for ‘grace’
Sunday 5 June
Tenth Sunday of Ordinary Time 1 Kings 17:17-24; Ps. 30; Galatians 1:11-19; Luke 7:11-17 Raised to proclaim Elijah prays to God for the woman’s son who is near to death. God hears his prayer, and the son is made well again. But Jesus says to the young man who has died, ‘I tell you to […]
Sunday 29 May
the Body and Blood of Christ Genesis 14:18-20, Ps 110, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, Luke 9:11-17 There is enough The feeding of the 5000 was dependent on someone giving all they had. This is what Jesus did and does for us every time we share the Eucharist. When we receive his body and blood and say […]
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 […]
Sunday 13 March
FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT Isaiah 43:16-21, Ps 126, Philippians 3:8-14, John 8:1-11 True freedom St Paul was a true friend of Christ. Even a cursory reading of this passage will reveal that he does in fact know Christ well. He has been thoroughly captured by the living Person who is Christ. The woman in the […]
Friday 4 March
Hosea 14:2-10, Ps 81, Mark 12:28-34 Guilt and grace I know that God is faithful to me even when I am not faithful to him. When I do not love God as I ought I feel my unfaithfulness. This is an opportunity for spiritual growth. Guilt is quickly healed when I enter the world of […]
Saturday 30 January
2 Samuel 12:1-7, 10-17; Ps 51; Mark 4:35-41 A pure heart The Lord who calmed the sea, of whom the disciples were in awe (as are we), is the one who can bestow on us the gift of a clean heart. Repenting of our sinfulness is entirely appropriate sometimes; may we also have the grace […]
Thursday 14 January
1 Samuel 4:1-11; Ps 44; Mark 1:40-45 Save us, Lord When all is lost and everything seems hopeless and we feel helpless – the experience of most people at some time or another – Jesus wants to ‘stretch out his hand and touch’ us, bringing comfort and peace. I pray the grace to allow him […]
Friday 8 January
1 John 5:5-13; Ps 147; Luke 5:12-16 Be cured! ‘God has given us eternal life … in his Son,’ and God’s Son offers us healing just as he offered to cure the man with leprosy. It can be good to think of the areas of our lives that need the Lord’s healing, whether they be […]
Saturday 21 November
Presentation of Mary Ps 9; 1Maccabees 6:1-13; Luke 20:27-40 Are we lucky? Are we jealous of those who appear to have everything they want, influence, money, power, etc? King Antiochus was one but in the end he had no one to turn to and died a lonely death. Then the elderly lady offers another perspective […]
Wednesday 28 October
Sts Simon and Jude, Apostles Ephesians 2:19-22, Ps 19 A, Luke 6:12-16 We are apostles “Jesus went into the hills to pray. He summoned his disciples. He picked out twelve and called them apostles.”(Luke) It’s the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world. We too carry the message of the […]
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