Tag Archive for ‘hope’
Tuesday 17 September
1 Timothy 3: 1-13, Psalm 101, Luke 7:11-17 Healing hands The parlous state of this Jewish woman without family support moves Jesus to compassion. Amongst the vast array of His healing methods, hands play a vital role. The touch of a hand can convey a thousand messages from affirmation and congratulation right through to healing. […]
Saturday 7 September
Colossians 1: 21-23, Psalm 54, Luke 6: 1-5 Drifting Paul’s warning to the Colossians to never let themselves “drift away from the hope promised by the Good News” is one which we all have to heed. Drifting implies not really knowing where we are going. Maybe unwittingly, we have discarded the compass of prayer and […]
Monday 2 September
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Psalm 96, Luke 4: 16-30 Hope gives us strength One of the hallmarks of the Christian life is hope, yet often we become affected and depressed by attitudes of doom and gloom, encouraged by the financial crisis, natural disasters, revolutions and our own personal problems and suffering. The antidote to this depressing […]
Thursday 29 August
Passion of St John the Baptist – memorial Jeremiah 1:17-19, Ps.71, Mark 6:17-29 Lean on God today I can almost hear John reciting this psalm in prison. ‘In your justice rescue me …’ Yet like Jesus he suffered and died. Where is justice, where is God? Those questions haunt us. Other lines help: ‘Be a […]
Wednesday 28 August
St Augustine – memorial 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13, Ps.139, Matthew 23:27-32 Let this psalm become the pulse of your life What an extraordinary gift to be fully known and yet still loved, respected, accepted. Psalm 139 is a hymn of consolation and hope. Jesus critiques people living in hypocrisy. In truth, how many of us hide […]
Saturday 17 August
Joshua 24:14-29, Ps.16, Matthew 19: 13-15 Keep choosing God, life and fullness of joy We constantly face choices. The question is whether we choose God or closed self-limiting patterns. What we can’t let go could be called an ‘alien god’; something limiting our freedom to love and serve. Even good things may control us if […]
Thursday 15 August
the ASSUMPTION of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Patronal Feast for Aotearoa New Zealand Apocalypse 11:19, 12:1-5,10, Ps.45, 1 Corinthians 15:20-26, Luke 1:39-56 Mary Assumed into heaven, pray for Aotearoa New Zealand We speak of Mary as like the moon, shining only the reflected light of Christ. Her bodily assumption into heaven shines the sure […]
Wednesday 14 August
St Maximilian Kolbe – memorial Deuteronomy 34:1-12, Ps.66, Matthew 18:15-20 A living family of God We are baptised into a communion, the church as the body of Christ, a living family of God. As in any family, church relationships are challenging. The principles apply for any community. Jesus speaks about mutual respect, trust, the importance […]
Tuesday 6 August
Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord We’re captivated by light. Stunning sunsets are compelling and transcending. Here Jesus lets his glory shine. We are made for love. John was Jesus’ beloved, James, the first apostle to die for love of Christ and Peter makes a threefold love commitment. Jesus is the Word, the voice […]
Can You Bear It?
Can you Bear It? A travel agent sees an old lady and gent peering in the shop window looking at the glamorous destinations. The agent had a very good week in sales and was having a rare feeling of generosity. He called the couple into his shop. ‘I know you’re pensioners and could never hope […]
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