Tag Archive for ‘Joseph’
Sunday 27th December
Feast of the Holy Family: Sirach [Eccles] 3:2-6,12-14 honouring father and mother is what we are created to do even with all their faults. Just as God loved me with all my faults. Col 3:12-21 unconditional love of parents, family, friends and colleagues makes sense because God loves me unconditionally. Lk 2:41-52 key to understanding […]
Thursday 9 July
Genesis 44:18-21,23-29; 45:1-5, Psalm105, Matthew 10:7-15 God of the wilderness The story of Joseph is one of the great Biblical sagas, and it follows a familiar pattern: young man in exile, life in danger, labours in a lowly position, becomes successful through faith and hard work. Joseph’s father Jacob has such a story. So did […]
Saturday 2 May
St Athanasius Acts 13:44-52, Ps. 98, John 14:7-14 In Jesus’ Name “A light for the nations” quoted by Paul and Barnabas, may remind us of Simeon’s words to Mary and Joseph when the infant Jesus was presented in the Temple; and is a true description of our Lord and Saviour. And whatever we ask the […]
Friday 1 May
St Joseph the Worker Acts 13:26-33, Ps.2, John 14:9-6 Way, Truth, Life Paul proclaims twice, “God raised Jesus from the dead;” and that is the Good News. The Lord Jesus says to Thomas, and to us, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.” The Lord Jesus is the way we need to follow, […]
Thursday 19th March
St Joseph 2 Samuel 7:4-5, 12-14, 16, Ps. 89, Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22, Matthew 1:16, 18-21,24 Faith in action Joseph protected, provided for and guided the holy family. Scripture is silent on his words but he is like an invisible foundation sustaining Jesus and Mary. Jesus spoke about “Abba” so we can deduce a strong […]
Monday 9th March
St Frances of Rome 2Kings 5:1-15, Ps. 42, Luke 4:24-30 What are your expectations of God? Are you ever tempted to be like Naaman, dismissing the ordinary for the sensational or the simple for the grand? Our merciful God became vulnerable, small and unknown through the incarnation. He lived in a simple family with Mary […]
Thursday 18 December
Jeremiah 23:5-8, Psalm 72, Matt.1:18-24 Justice We’ll celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ very soon. The Jews waited generations for this. Some thought of power, riches, kingdoms. Their prophets hoped for more important benefits-peace, wisdom, integrity and justice. The pain of injustice rankles down all the generations. Note old family feelings about land clearances in […]
Wednesday 17 December
Gen. 49:2,8-10, Psalm 72, Matt.1:1-17 Genealogy A surprising gospel – the whakapapa of Jesus, through Joseph, Maternal genealogies were not kept. Mary’s line would have no records. To fulfill the prophesies of old, Jesus needed Abraham and David as ancestors, to qualify as the Messiah. So Jesus, though the Son of God, assumed the bloodline […]
Mary for Today – Journey Towards Birth
Reading: Luke 2:1-5. Victims of Bureaucracy: Having reflected on both the Annunciation and Visitation, it is time to move towards Bethlehem. In her Magnificat Mary speaks of God’s kingdom overthrowing that of the rich and powerful: He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly (Lk 1:52). Now the powers […]
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