Tag Archive for ‘life’
On Mercy, Mission, Forgiveness and the American Circus
Mercy and Mission Day by day we enter into the life of this Holy Year of Mercy. With His grace, the Lord guides our steps as we cross the Holy Door and comes towards us so as to stay always with us, despite our shortcomings and our contradictions. Let us never tire of asking His […]
Thursday 31 March
Acts 3:11-26, Ps 8, Luke 24:35-48 Ghost of a life? Does my Christian life make me feel that I am an heir to all the prophets foretold? Or is it cut off from all that, entirely dependent on my interpretation of Jesus’ life in the New Testament? Being an heir of the prophets helps me […]
Tuesday 29 March
Acts 2:36-41, Ps 33, John 20:11-18 Woman of faith Evangelising needs a cutting urgency which belief in the Resurrection supplies. Mary feels the absence of her friend in a feminine way. Jesus cuts into this femininity and strengthens it with his presence. She allows him to cut deeply until finally she twigs at the sound […]
Sunday 20 March
PASSION SUNDAY Isaiah 50:4-7, Ps 22, Philippians 2:6-11, Luke 22:14-23:56 I step boldly towards Calvary Today I ‘remember’ the events of Holy Week. Remembering the Paschal Mystery and living the present moment with Jesus Christ as he walks into Jerusalem do not cancel each other out. One action is contemplative, the other active. They come […]
Thursday 17 March
FEAST OF ST PATRICK, BISHOP Jeremiah 1:4-9, Ps 106, Acts 13:46-49, Luke10:1-2, 17-20 Attractive characters St Patrick and Jeremiah probably had what we call charisma. It is a personal warmth given to those who can lead people. The prophet has a warm personal relationship with God. St. Patrick had it too. Like him I need […]
Tuesday 15 March
Numbers 21:4-9, Ps 102, John 8:21-30 Contemplate the Cross When God seems distant and I begin to grumble impatiently it is good to have something tangible to gaze upon that will put me in mind of heaven and God. It might be an icon, a holy picture or a statue of Mary. These little human […]
Monday 14 March
Daniel 13:1-62, Ps 23, John 8:1-11 Be rescued by being reconciled. Susanna is a woman of integrity who simply could not betray the truth about life. The Holy Spirit roused Daniel to rescue her. The woman in the Gospel betrayed the truth about life and God sent his Son to her to redeem her life. […]
Friday 11 March
Wisdom 2:1, 12-22, Ps 34, John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Holy discipleship Following Jesus Christ brings me closer to the God of heaven. I know where Jesus comes from but how well do I know God? How well do I use faith, hope and love to get to know God? My life as a follower must […]
Thursday 10 March
Exodus 32:7-14, Ps 106, John 5:31-47 Recognising my idols Today is a good day to examine my life for idols, those human creations, not necessarily cast in metal, which I hold so dear they stop me loving and worshipping God and stop me following Jesus Christ to Calvary. Soft idols come sneakily into my life. […]
Monday 7 March
Isaiah 65:17-21, Ps 30, John 4:43-54 The miracle of personhood Isaiah’s vision sounds like heaven. Jesus says that my faith is strengthened when I move from seeing miracles as earthly signs that heaven exists, to absorbing the miracle and the Person who performs it into my life. To do this requires a vision that is […]
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