Tag Archive for ‘life’
Saturday 18 June
2 Chronicles 24:17-25; Ps. 89; Matthew 6:24-34 Choose life, choose abundance The evil plot to kill Zechariah backfires. The king and his advisers will be destroyed because of the evil they had planned against Zechariah. They will be killed either by an invading army or by the assassin’s hand. Evil, in the end, turns against […]
Thursday 9 June
1 Kings 18:41-46; Ps. 65; Matthew 5:20-26 Life demands respect Elijah prays to God, and God ends the terrible drought that has plagued Israel for almost three years. God brings life, but that life demands we treat others becomingly; and so, in the Gospel reading, Jesus teaches his listeners that life with God means more […]
Tuesday 7 June
1 Kings 17:7-16; Ps. 4; Matthew 5:13-16 Salt, light and life The kindness of the widow and her son towards Elijah is rewarded. They will not go hungry despite the famine ravaging the land. God’s gift of life to us is Christ – a gift of eternal abundance not famine. This life is the salt […]
Monday 6 June
Memorial of St. Marcellin Champagnat, Priest 1 Kings 17:1-6; Ps. 121; Matthew 5:1-12 The Beatitudes, a blueprint Because Israel has strayed from God’s way, Elijah calls down a great famine on the land. In the Gospel reading, Jesus gives us a blueprint for acting that will assure us of God’s presence and action in our […]
Sunday 5 June
Tenth Sunday of Ordinary Time 1 Kings 17:17-24; Ps. 30; Galatians 1:11-19; Luke 7:11-17 Raised to proclaim Elijah prays to God for the woman’s son who is near to death. God hears his prayer, and the son is made well again. But Jesus says to the young man who has died, ‘I tell you to […]
Thursday 2 June
Ninth Week of Ordinary Time 2 Timothy 2:8-15; Ps. 25; Mark 12:28-34 Live Christ, live love Paul reminds Timothy and us that through Baptism we have died with Christ and we will rise in him to live and reign with him forever. This life with and in Christ begins in this life whenever we pattern […]
Tuesday 31 May
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Zephaniah 3:14-18 or Romans 12:9-16, Resp: Isaiah 12:1-6, Luke 1:39-56 Full of grace Mary — what an inspirational woman! See her now. Taking off in sturdy sandals to cross the dangerous mountainous terrain to Elizabeth. Pregnant with new life she meets Elizabeth and embraces her. Immediately new life […]
June
On the night of 14 April, at a Mass in St Michael’s Church, Remuera, a process was begun that may result in the introduction of the cause for sainthood of Fr Antoine Marie Garin sm. The launch was sponsored by an Auckland lay group, and Fr Garin’s founding of the parishes of Howick and Panmure […]
Tuesday 24 May
Mary Help of Christians 1 Peter 1:10-16, Ps 98 , Mark 10:28-31 The Queen of the WorldKo te Whaea o te Ao Mary is a special woman to me. I regularly need and get her help. Her total self giving ‘yes’ to the will of God gave us the Word. She was there at the […]
Friday 20 May
James 5:9-12, Ps 103, Mark 10:1-12 Divorce The Pharisees question Jesus. He gives a directive on divorce. It was not a law. Elsewhere he implies flexibility for fractured marriages. Almost 50% of NZ families are affected by divorce. Yes, marriage is a permanent sacrament of love and yes, love can die. I work with married […]
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