Tag Archive for ‘life’
Friday 4 September
Colossians 1:15-20; Ps.100; Luke 5:33-39 Created through and for Christ Let the power of St. Paul’s word evoke the splendour of Christ in you, and the intimacy of relationship Christ offers you today. Pray a litany based on this reading from Colossians: Christ, the image of God.Christ, the Reconciler.Christ, the fullness of GodChrist, the beginning…. […]
Thursday 3 September
Colossians 1:9-14; Ps.98; Luke 5:1-11 Put out into the deep. Simon and his fishing mates have had no luck all night. Their job brings no success. Talk with Jesus about any part of your life which seems fruitless or without meaning at present. Imagine being with Simon and hearing Jesus offer another option that involves […]
Theology Books
“There is a time for everything, a time for every occupation under heaven: a time for giving birth, a time for dying, a time for planting, a time for uprooting what has been planted. a time for keeping, a time for letting go. There is a season for everything.” […]
Tuesday 1 September
22nd Week in Ordinary Time 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6, 9-11; Ps.27; Luke 4:31-17 What is this word? Picture yourself among the crowd in today’s gospel. You are amazed at Jesus’ words and actions. What is the word that echoes most strongly in you as you pray with this story of someone who is trapped. Through an […]
Fruits of the Holy Spirit: Gentleness
Kindly, amiable, mild, kind or tender temperament. Oxford dictionaries.com The Holy Spirit gently calls us away from our sinfulness and into a fuller life. We are all sinners and we all need to be gently coaxed to the right side of the ledger in the fullness of Christ. “Barbara come and listen to this. I […]
Monday 31 August
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Ps. 96; Luke 4:16-30 Love God Slavery isn’t a word we’d associate with ourselves. Yet we are enslaved sometimes, because of the insidious nature of sin. Jesus’s presence and action in our lives releases us from that tyranny and its result: eternal death, with a counter-offer of eternal life. Why then must […]
Saturday 29 August
PASSION OF JOHN THE BAPTIST Jeremiah 1:17-19; Ps. 71; Mark 6:17-29 Choose God’s way It’s a common enough scenario: we find ourselves in situations where it would be very easy to pander to the wrong people about the wrong sorts of things. These can be petty – maybe indulging in a moment’s spiteful commentary – […]
Friday 28 August
St Augustine, B.D. 1. Thessalonians 4:1-8; Ps. 97; Matthew 25:1-13 Be ready to meet him It is so easy to see where the foolish virgins went wrong, with their lack of preparation and lamps that had run out of oil. It’s not always so simple, though, to see our own faults, lack of preparation, and […]
Thursday 20 August
ST BERNARD, ABBOT (D) Judges 11:29-39; Ps. 40; Matthew 22:1-14 With every fibre of my being In telling the disciples the parable of the king whose invitations were spurned, Jesus shows although it is up to us to choose to accept or decline his Father’s invitations (and there will be more than one), we lose […]
Tuesday 18 August
Judges 6:11-24; Ps. 85; Matthew 19: 23-30 Consider others It can be difficult, these days, with global businesses and advantageous international trade deals offering consumers wonderful opportunities to buy goods at knock-down prices, to remember the human faces behind these products. While their masters are living the high life in a more comfortable part of […]
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