Tag Archive for ‘life’
Saturday 28 November
Cant. Daniel 3: 82-87; Daniel 7:15-27; Luke 21:34-36 Trust in God Don’t let anxiety and fear rule your life. Jesus again warns us of anxieties that can cause us to stray into sin. Anxiety can be a sign that we do not trust God enough. It is accompanied by fear. Fear of failure, fear of […]
Friday 27 November
Cant. Daniel 3:75-81; Daniel 7:2-14; Luke 21:29-33 Praise and glorify him forever Within the canticle is – “Praise and glorify him forever.” May I suggest you reflect on a few experiences or incidents in your life that would prompt you to say – “Praise and glorify him forever.” It might be something profound such as […]
Tuesday 17 November
St Elizabeth of Hungary Ps 3; 2Maccabees 6:18-31; Luke 19:1-10 Life changing At a retreat the preacher was asked – Did Jesus have a sense of humour? The question might have floored him but he used the example of little Zacchaeus, the tax collector, who had climbed a tree so that he could see Jesus […]
Thursday 29 October
Romans 8:31-39, Ps 109, Luke 13:31-35 God’s love for us “For I am certain of this, neither death nor life, nothing that exists, nothing still to come, can ever come between us and the love of God made visible in Christ Jesus our Lord.” I am certain of this… how do I finish that sentence? […]
Tuesday 27 October
Romans 8:18-25, Ps 126, Luke 13:18-21 The reign of God Jesus compares God’s action in the world to a man planting a mustard seed, and to a woman putting yeast into some flour. Both parables show how gradual is the growth of God’s action in our hearts and in the world. God’s action is not […]
Saturday 24 October
Romans 8:1-11, Ps 24, Luke 13:1-9 Loving patience In today’s Gospel we read the parable of the fig tree which doesn’t bear fruit. The owner is impatient and wants to cut it down. Instead, the gardener asks for a reprieve, one more year. Jesus looks after us just as the gardener of this fig tree. […]
Thursday 22 October
Romans 6:19-23, Ps 1, Luke 12:49-53 Give thanks “Happy are you whose delight is in the Lord. You are like a tree that is planted beside the flowing waters, that yields fruit in due season.” Today’s psalm uses the image of a tree to talk about our relationship with God. It’s a healthy productive tree. […]
Monday 19 October
Romans 4:20-25, Canticle Benedictus Lk 2: 29 -32. Luke 12:13-21 Rich in God “Your life is not made secure by what you own, even when you have more than you need.”(Luke 12) Do we store up treasure for ourselves or are we rich in the sight of God? Sometimes I look at my possessions and […]
Saturday 17 October
St Ignatius of Antioch Romans 4:13, 16-18, Ps 105, Luke 12:8-12 Look at the stars “Though it seemed that Abraham’s hope could not be fulfilled, he hoped and he believed, and through doing so he did become the father of many nations.” His descendents were as many as the stars of heaven. Go outside tonight […]
Friday 9 October
Joel 1:13-15; 2:1-2, Ps 9, Luke 11:15-26 Let God lead you To keep a deliberate focus on the ways of God in our daily life requires discernment. We read in Luke, “The one who is not with me is against me; the one who does not gather with me scatters.” Do your actions gather or […]
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