Tag Archive for ‘life’
Saturday 4 August
St John Vianney Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24; Psalm 69, Matthew 14:1-12 Loving kindness of three servants Suzanne Aubert is a saint. The Roman office responsible for canonisations will eventually confirm what we all know. Suzanne and John Vianney had a profound connection. He encouraged her dream of serving God when others didn’t. The spiritual bond between […]
Thursday 2 August
Jeremiah 18:1-6; Psalm 146; Matthew 13:47-53 A bit fishy I’ve always wondered about this parable. It seems such a waste – throwing those fish away because they are of no use. Then it paralleled to the end of life – the wicked and the upright are separated. I wonder how that is done – what […]
Br Raymond (Anthony John) Kelleher SM
Born in Oamaru 15 February 1938 Professed 15 August 1957 Died in Hawkes Bay on 26 June 2018 Thanks to Fr John Walls SM, for this summary of his eulogy. Anthony John Kelleher’s life trip began in Oamaru, 80 years ago. He attended local schools, including St Kevin’s and from there went to the Minor […]
Tuesday 31 July
St Ignatius of Loyola Jeremiah 14:17-22; Psalm 79; Matthew 13:36-43 For the greater glory of God After his conversion from a military life to following the way of the gospels, Ignatius travelled overland on pilgrimage from his native Spain to Jerusalem. He must frequently have prayed Psalm 79 – Lord will you be angry forever? […]
Monday 23 July
Micah 6:1-4, 6-8; Psalm 50; Matthew 12:38-42 Walk humbly with my God Like the Hebrew people in the prophecy of Micah, we too have received so many blessings: everything I am or have is pure gift of God. In return, God is asking to become a significant part of my everyday life: to live justly, […]
Thursday 19 July
Isaiah 26:7-19; Psalm 102; Matthew 11:28-30 Bring your heavy load to Me How well the scriptures blend together today! With Isaiah we search for God when misfortune overwhelms us and life seems too difficult to bear. When God seems to be far from us the psalmist expresses so well our pain and feeling of abandonment. […]
Monday 16 July
Isaiah 1:10-17; Psalm 50; Matthew 10:34-11:1 You are my disciple These hard words of Jesus can only be understood in the light of our life experience – the times we had to face challenging situations and make difficult choices. From his own experience Jesus was well aware that being a follower of his may involve […]
Sunday 15 July
FIFTEENTH WEEK ORDINARY TIME Amos 7:12-15; Psalm 85; Ephesians 1:3-14; Mark 6:7-13 God chose us in Christ What an affirming and consoling text we read in the letter to the Ephesians today! We are assured by Paul that as individuals and as a community we have been chosen, adopted and richly blessed to partake in […]
Wednesday 11 July
St Benedict, abbot Hosea 10:1-3, 7-8,12; Psalm 105; Matthew 10:1-7 Seek the Lord and his strength How appropriate it is to pray Psalm 105 on the feast of St Benedict. He is known as the father of monasticism because he established a way of life combining work and prayer based on the psalms. In his […]
Tuesday 12 June
1 Kings 17: 7-16, Psalm 4, Matthew 5: 13-16 Inner light In Judaism, it is said that the soul is a spark of God, and it’s our task on this earth to fan that spark into a flame. These verses from Matthew tell us that Jesus, the great fire of God, said much the same […]
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