Tag Archive for ‘life’
Sunday 4 June
Solemnity of Pentecost Acts 2 1-11; Psalm 104; 1 Corinthians 12: 3-7, 12-13; John 20: 19-23 Peace be with you The wonderful breath of the Spirit is received by the disciples, calling them forth into the world to proclaim the wonderful reality – that, like the resurrection, the forgiveness of sins also brings new life […]
‘My Lord and my God’
For the Israelites of the Old Testament, blood meant life. We can understand that easily enough — if our blood pours out, we die. So for the Israelites, blood was more than a symbol of life, it actually meant life. And the same blood splashed on two people joined them together in the same life.
Monday 22 May
Acts 16:11-15; Psalm 149; John 15:26-16:4 Come and stay in my home In Acts today we meet Lydia, a business woman who traded in purple cloth, an expensive commodity at that time. In spite of her busy commercial life, she met regularly with other women for prayer. With open mind and heart, she responded to […]
Friday 19 May
Acts 15:22-31; Psalm 57: John 15:12-17 I have chosen you Speaking metaphorically of God as being a mother bird using her wings to protect her young, the psalmist recognises God's steadfast love, and contentedly takes refuge in the shadow of God's wings. Jesus assures us that he has chosen us because he loves us and […]
Monday 15 May
Acts 14:5-18; Psalm 115; John 14:21-26 I will make my home with you In today's gospel Jesus presents the whole of life as a matter of love. He promises that, if we love him and keep his word, God will reveal himself to us. He further promises that, if we accept that love, both he […]
Friday 12 May
Acts 13:26-33; Psalm 2; John 14:1-6 Happy are those who take refuge in God When the psalmist asks why there is uproar among the nations and why the peoples plot in vain, it sounds so like the world we live in, where there are so many conflicting beliefs and warring factions. However, in John's Gospel, […]
Tuesday 9 May
Acts 11:19-26; Psalm 87; John 10:22-30 How do you know I am a Christian? Today we read of the 'good news' being preached far beyond Jerusalem. In Antioch we meet the disciples who were the first to be called Christians. Like them, we too are far from the centres of Christianity but are also called […]
Monday 8 May
Acts 11:1-18; Psalm 42; John 10:11-18 Compassion and concern In today's reading Peter has to learn to accept a variety of people different from himself. Likewise our church has many voices: those who wish the church to stay the same and those who wish for change. Pope Francis' compassion and concern for the poor and […]
Sunday 7 May
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts 2:14,36-41; Psalm 23; 1 Peter 2:20-25; John 10:1-10 I know mine In today's Gospel Jesus speaks of a sheepfold, which was known to his listeners, but is unfamiliar to us, who are more familiar with flocks of many thousands of sheep grazing over a large area of countryside. In Palestine […]
Wednesday 3 May
Sts Philip and James, Apostles 1 Corinthians 15:1-8; Psalm 19A; John 14:6-14 Do you know me? Today we celebrate Philip and James, who were named as followers of Jesus. Yet in John's gospel we see that Philip was still struggling to understand who Jesus was, even though he had been with him for so long. […]
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