Tag Archive for ‘life’
Friday 27 April
Acts 13:26-33; Ps 2; John 14:1-6 Why worry? Thomas worries again. “Lord we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?” Are we obsessed with fears and anxieties? Some anxiety is natural but it can dominate and ruin our life, if we let it. Ask for help. Every day I […]
Wednesday 25 April
Anzac Day Wisdom 3:1-9; Ps 116; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25; John 12:23-28 No greater love My uncle was killed on the first day of the battle of Crete. He, like so many in all the wars, even now, gave his life that we might have peace. Regrettably, we are not too good at keeping the peace. […]
Thursday 19 April
Acts 8:26-40; Ps 66; John 6:44-51 A promise Jesus reinforces that he is the living bread from heaven with the promise of eternal life for those who believe. Why would one refuse to believe? Is it because what the world offers is more tempting than what Jesus offers? A bit of a risk? Once again, […]
Wednesday 18 April
Acts 8:1-8; Ps 66; John 6:35-40 The bread of life A simple statement – “I am the bread of life.” This is the reason we go to mass and receive communion frequently. It keeps us faithful even in our darkest moments “And I shall raise him up on the last day.” It is this promise […]
Thursday 12 April
Acts 5:27-33; Ps 34; John 3:31-36 Free will We have a choice – we can follow the word of God or we can choose other options. The reward is clear: if we choose to follow God, eternal life. Other options do not offer that reward, indeed they can lead to adversity. It’s our decision whether […]
Saturday 31 March
HOLY SATURDAY Romans 6:3-11; Psalm 118:1-2,16-17, 22-23; Mark 16:1-8 Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia When we were baptized, our ‘old self’ – enslaved by fallen earthly Adam – was buried with Christ, and raised by him as a ‘new self’, a new creation in the image of Christ the new heavenly Adam. As Jesus passed from death […]
Saturday 24 March
Ezekiel 37:21-28; Canticle of Jeremiah 31:10-13; John 11:45-57 I shall rescue them … I shall cleanse them Jesus rested with his disciples in Ephraim before entering Jerusalem. Meanwhile, “the Chief Priests and Pharisees called a meeting. … From that day they were determined to kill him.” Their evil plans are subsumed into God’s plan! Jesus […]
Wednesday 14 March
Isaiah 49:8-15; Psalm 145:8-9, 13-14, 17-18; John 5:17-30 The Lord consoles his people Isaiah was the voice of God’s consolation to Israel. Cyrus was chosen by God to free the captives from exile in Babylon, and return them to Jerusalem where God dwelt in the Temple. Jerusalem’s temple is surpassed by the fullness of God […]
Tuesday 13 March
ANNIVERSARY OF ELECTION OF POPE FRANCIS Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12; Psalm 46:2-3,5-6, 8-9; John 5:1-3, 5-16 This water comes from the sanctuary Ezekiel’s vision of the water flowing in abundance from the Temple Sanctuary along the parched Arabah Valley to the sea, invigorating plant and animal-life as it flowed, is an image of God’s presence, abundance, […]
Sunday 11 March
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23; Psalm 137:1-6; Ephesians 2:4-10; John 3:14-21 It is by grace that you have been saved, through faith Disobedient Israel enslaved herself in the prison of exile. Only the merciful action of God could free and reinstate her in Jerusalem. Paul writes: “When we were dead through our […]
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