Tag Archive for ‘healing’
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 […]
Wednesday 23 January
Hebrews 7:1-3, 15-17; Psalm 109 (110):1-4; Mark 3:1-6 Healing A withered hand. The Lord intervenes. The hand is restored. He was grieved at their hardness of heart. Perhaps it is time to renew our faith in the compassion of Jesus. We can let his compassion touch whatever in us is withered or dry or useless. […]
Friday 7 December
St. Ambrose Isaiah 29:17-24; Psalm 26 (27):1, 4, 13-14; Matthew 9:27-31 A transforming action Matthew’s cycle of healing stories (Chapters 8-9) climax with the healing of two blind men. Their crying, ‘Have mercy on us,’ is not a call for pity or about a healing only. It is about transforming action which opens up a […]
Wednesday 5 December
Isaiah 25:6-10; Psalm 22 (23); Matthew 15:29-37 Moved with compassion For the last time, Matthew offers a summary of the healing mission of Jesus which echoes the age of the Messiah of Isaiah 35:5-6. The crowd express their amazement and praise God. As a shepherd caring for sheep, Jesus links healing with feeding. His deep […]
Monday 29 October
Ephesians 4:32-5:8; Psalm 1; Luke 13:10-17 A Matter of Perspective The synagogue official, in today’s Gospel, isn’t interested in whether or not the crippled woman has a need – only in the fact that Jesus isn’t abiding by the rules of when healing could and could not take place. We, too, can get caught up […]
Monday 13 August
Ezekiel 1:2-5, 24-28; Psalm 148; Matthew 12:22-27 Division and multiplication Abraham Lincoln said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe that this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free.” Prejudices, negative habits, ignorance, fear and stony hearts are obstacles to wholeness and holiness. I wonder if the President Trump-led government will […]
Saturday 21 July
Micah 2:1-5; Psalm 13; Matthew 12:14-21 Jesus is the fulfilment of the prophets The Pharisees had been watching, listening and finding fault with all that Jesus had to say. However his going to the synagogue and healing a physically handicapped man on the sabbath was a step too far and they began to plot against […]
Tuesday 10 July
Hosea 8:4-7, 11-13; Psalm 115; Matthew 9:32-38 Be my hands and my feet Today's gospel passage shows Jesus constantly on the move – teaching, proclaiming and healing. Jesus was moved with compassion for the people he was meeting. A walk down our street or a read of the daily newspaper gives us a glimpse of […]
Monday 9 July
Hosea 2:16-18, 21-22; Psalm 145; Matthew 9:18-26 Courage, your faith will restore you In today's Gospel we read of an unnamed woman who is desperately in need of healing. She would be conscious that in her society she must not approach a strange man in public. In addition because of her bleeding, she is ritually […]
Wednesday 4 July
Amos 5:14-15, 21-24; Psalm 50; Matthew 8:28-34 Thy will be done When we pray, we often have the outcome we would like, and even the means of obtaining it, all mapped out in our minds. In the challenging Gospel of today we read of an unexpected response from the innocent men tending the pigs when […]
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