Tag Archive for ‘Jesus’
Monday 30 October
Romans 8: 12-17; Psalm 68; Luke 13:10-17 Healing The presence of Jesus is healing. He has the desire and the power to free us from all that might cripple us, even if it has done so for more than eighteen years. The invitation is to stay in relationship with Jesus, so as both to avoid […]
Saturday 28 October
ST SIMON and ST JUDE, APOSTLES Ephesians 2:19-22; Psalm 19A; Luke 6:12-16 Friendship with God Prayer is about relationship, being with the God who loves us and then allowing ourselves to feel our love for God. No words are needed but simply being with. It is from our prayer that we can then labour more […]
Tuesday 24 October
Romans 5: 12, 15, 17-21; Psalm 40; Luke 12: 35-38 Unfolding Our life this day is sheer gift. In the daily demands and as the 'to do' list expands, we do well to remember the giftedness of it all. Take a look at the night sky or the changing colour of light around us. It […]
Monday 23 October
< Romans 4:20-25; Benedictus Response: Luke 1:68-79; Luke 12:13-21 The way of Jesus In following Jesus we learn a different way. He reaches out to those in need and seeks to make the lives of others better, especially the disadvantaged. This is his way and through time it slowly becomes our way too. In the […]
Sunday 22 October
29TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 45: 1, 4-6; Psalm 96; 1Thessalonians 1: 1-5; Matthew 22:15-21 Engraving Sometimes life can trap us. The Pharisees set out to trap Jesus and sometimes we too have been trapped. Attitudes that are negative and illusions about ourselves that seem so real, all subtly conspire to blind us to […]
Friday 20 October
Romans 4: 1-8; Psalm 32; Luke 12: 1-7 Integrity Jesus calls us to integrity. Those Pharisees are virtuous only on the surface of their lives, but underneath there is an energy that undermines them and those influenced by them. Jesus warns us and invites us to live deeply. By placing ourselves in prayer, being open […]
Monday 16 October
Romans 1:1-7; Psalm 98; Luke 11:29-32 Awareness Before we pray, it is good to remind our hearts who is meeting us in this time of prayer. Jesus is greater than Solomon and greater than Jonah. His presence transforms and heals us. All that may well be troubling us is calmed when we know that Jesus […]
Saturday 14 October
Joel 4:12-21; Psalm 97; Luke 11:27-28 Blessedness Jesus deepens our understanding of blessedness. The mother of Jesus calls each of us to blessedness by both hearing the word of God, pondering this word in our hearts and then living this word with all that we are. Blessedness isn’t inherited but personally lived out amidst our […]
Friday 13 October
Joel 1:13-15, 2:1-2; Psalm 9; Luke 11:15-26 Relying on Jesus Sadly, there is often much to undermine our faith in Jesus. We believe in him in an environment that is indifferent, and at times actually antagonistic, towards having faith in God. In our gospel, Jesus reminds us of evil and its determinations, he makes use […]
Thursday 12 October
Malachi 3:13-20; Psalm 1; Luke 11:5-13 Persistence God persists in his goodness towards us. The story that Jesus unravels about God towards us, is a deepening of his teaching about prayer. Prayer is about becoming present to the Presence. A presence that persists in care for us. Surely, one of the ways we relax, is […]
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