Tag Archive for ‘Holy Spirit’
Sunday 2 March
eighth sunday of the year Isaiah 49:14-15, 1 Corinthians 4:1-5, Ps 62, Matthew 6:24-34 Replace anxiety with prayer Jesus understands what it means to be human and knows how easily distracted and overly-concerned we can become with looking good in the eyes of the world. His words are balm to an unquiet mind – “do […]
Tuesday 11 February
Our Lady of Lourdes World Day of Prayer for the Sick 1 Kings 8:22, 23, 27-30; Ps 84; Mark 7:1-13 Rules, regulations and the Holy Spirit The Gospel reveals the conflict between religion as a set of rules, and religion as loving God and neighbor. True religion can never be the product of the mind […]
Saturday 8 February
1 Kings 3:4-13; Psalm 119B; Mark 6:30-34 Be careful what you ask for In today’s first reading, Solomon asked for wisdom, and received it. He also received other things he might have asked for, but did not. Now that the Holy Spirit is with us, we don’t need to rely on the Lord appearing to […]
Thursday 6 February
Waitangi Day 1 Kings 2:1-4,10-12; 1 Chron 29; Mark 6:7-13 Practical experience In the gospel, the apostles were sent out with nothing except the Lord’s blessing to put their training into practice. Just as trainee teachers, tradespeople, seminarians, etc are today. But modern-day trainees have mentors with them – the apostles did not. Put yourself […]
Your soul is you
In his book Proof of Heaven * American neurologist and brain surgeon, Eben Alexander, tells how he discovered his soul – an inward intelligence which worked incredibly faster than his brain. Before this, he had not believed it existed. So where do we start in discovering our own souls? Not so easy, because this is […]
Tuesday 21 January
memorial of st agnes What God wants Finally Saul fades and David rises as the greater king [1 Sam 16: 1-13]. So filled with the Holy Spirit, David is the author of the Psalms we still pray today. In Psalm 88 he praises God for his calling. Through Jesus the prophetic life is also given […]
Monday 20 January
My heart leads me to God Returning to the life of Samuel, we are again called to examine the way we see things. Samuel sees Saul as disobeying God but God does not judge like Samuel. More than obedience to rules and rituals, God wants a loving heart and less judgment of others [1 Sam […]
Thursday 09 January
I can become loved, prophetic and gracious I would be heartless if unmoved by God’s love for me. It motivates me to be kind to others since God loves everyone unconditionally, even when it is difficult [1 Jn 4:19-5:4]. I must be fair and lift others up when they are down [Psalm 97 and Luke […]
Wednesday 08 January
The Holy Spirit leads me to fulfillment the world cannot give My own happiness occurs when I am in tune with God’s loving plan for my daily life. The Holy Spirit lets me see it and gives me power to do it [1 Jn 4:11-18 and Psalm 71]. God has power over everything that could […]
Monday 06 January
Co-worker with Jesus for God So as a follower of Jesus Christ I must show this great and inclusive love to others and all things on planet earth. This is my vocation as understood by the help of the Holy Spirit guiding me [1 John 3:27-4:6 and Psalm 2]. As one like us on earth […]
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