Tag Archive for ‘life’
Monday 21st December
Song 2:8-14 examining my heart in a loving way in prayer I may see God acting in my humble life so I can spontaneously feel the poetry of love. Lk 1:39-45 see again the reflection for the fourth Sunday of Advent above as it is the same text.
Saturday 19th December
Judges 13:2-7,24-25 the story of how Samson was born. I may not have been born famous like him. But originating from God and given the gift of faith, I most definitely am. Lk 1:5-25 like Zechariah and Elizabeth I do not know what the future will bring in my life. Their story gives me confidence, […]
Friday 18th December
Jer 23:5-8 two big historical events defined Israel, captivity in Egypt and deportation to Babylon. From Babylon Jeremiah writes of the great gift Judaism is to the world. They showed the world that all life is good and bad, but things will always get better in the big plan of God. Mt 1: 18-24 at […]
Wednesday 16th December
Is 45:6-8,18,21-25 before Jesus people mostly saw God as punishing people so they closed off, lived a lie, and did not hear God’s truth speaking inside them. Christ the light had yet to shine brightly. Lk 7:19-23 we see Jesus being truthful. His deeds reveal who he is. The difference between the two is something […]
Sunday 13th December
MY FREE CHOICE OF FALSE SELF OR TRUE SELF: Third Sunday of Advent: Zeph 3:14-18 God is “in our midst” but a “shout-for-joy-life” depends on whether I see it or not. As Paul says in Phil 4:4-7: ask to see it. Often we prefer to worry because we think people will pity us more. Patience […]
Sunday 6th December
CLEARING THE BLOCKS TO MY TRUE SELF: Second Sunday of Advent: Baruch 5:1-9 I will be at peace within if I am a person of truth and I will be admired by others if I wrap myself in God allowing myself to be led by God “to the light of glory.” Phil 1:3-6,8-11 once I […]
Saturday 5th December
Is 30: 19-21 life is distressful and painful and it is also nourishing and rich; it is my true self lived out according to my lights. ‘This is the way, follow it.’ Then I know the Lord dresses my wounds and heals my bruises. Mt 9:35-10:1,6-8 the kingdom of God is already here and I […]
Thursday 3rd December
St Francis Xavier [M]: Is 26:1-6 trust in the Lord forever, is the plea, for we can always rely on God. I am the problem when trying to be mighty. But humble trust allows God to be God and me to be truly me. Mt 7:21,24-27 if I build on this solid foundation of trust, […]
Wednesday 2nd December
Is 25:6-10 though for Isaiah the day of feasting and of gladness was yet to come, for me it is here now. Joy is here for me now in this life and the next. Mt 15:29-37 describes the joy Isaiah longed for, that came through Jesus, just as it is here for me now. I […]
Tuesday 1st December
THE JOURNEY TO MY TRUE SELF Tuesday of the first week of Advent: Is 11:1-10 calls me to integrity and truth, which is like having the mind and heart of God. This kind of knowledge is experienced deeply within as the spirit of wisdom. All other gifts flow from it naturally. Lk 10: 21-24 acquiring […]
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