Tag Archive for ‘life’
Tuesday 30 June
Genesis 19:15-29, Ps 26, Matthew 8:23-27 Jesus, our help The disciples must have been full of fear when they encountered the storm on the lake. They probably couldn’t swim, there would have been no life jackets. All of their safety was in Jesus. When asked, he calmed the storm for them. Things often swirl around […]
Saturday 27 June
Genesis 18:1-15, Response – Luke1:46-50, 53-55, Matthew 8:5-17 The centurion’s faith Jesus can only act in our life if we allow him to. We have to invite him under our roof and into the house of our lives. We need to sit with him and let him see how we truly live. This was the […]
Thursday 25 June
Genesis 16:1-12,15-16, Ps 106, Matthew 7:21-29 Hearers and doers The meaning of words and ideas are often best understood through examples. We hear the Word of God regularly. It is always best understood by others when we see the example of others living it. When we try and put God’s word into action in our […]
Tuesday 23 June
Genesis 13:2, 5-18, Ps 15, Matthew 7:6,12-14 The golden rule Today Jesus continues to encourage us to try and take the view of the other person. To walk a little in their shoes and not be preoccupied always with ourselves. Our world encourages us to think first of all about ourselves. But we as Christians […]
Tuesday 16 June
2 Corinthians 8:1-9, Ps 146, Matthew 5:43-48 Loving the enemy In reading the daily news we are often overwhelmed by the suffering and violence in the world. We are so powerless. What can we do ? Perhaps it just starts with what we can do in our own life. To try to heal division and […]
Monday 15 June
2 Corinthians 6:1-10, Ps 98, Matthew 5:38-42 Do not refuse anyone We can often be tempted to set limits to what we do for others. It is easy to say generous and kind things, but a lot more of a challenge to act on them. No matter what our age, Jesus calls us to always […]
Tuesday 9 June
2 Corinthians 1:18-22, Ps 119, Matthew 5:13-16. Light and salt It can seem at times that life can be overrun by indifference and darkness, both in our own lives and in events we see around us. But it only takes a little light for us to see the way forward, and a little salt for […]
Monday 8 June
Week Ten of Ordinary Time 2 Corinthians 1:1-7, Ps 34, Matthew 5:1-12. To be blessed Jesus invites us to see the world as fundamentally a blessing. This world and our life in it are a gift from God to us. Even those things which can cause us to suffer will ultimately be redeemed and transformed […]
Friday 5 June
St Boniface Tobit 11:5-17, Ps 146, Mark 12:35-37 Jesus speaks today of his ‘Lordship’, understood even as far back as King David. He speaks of it in terms which delight his listeners. Does the word of God delight us? Do we listen to it believing it comes from the mouth of God himself and take […]
Tuesday 19 May
Acts 20:17-27, Ps. 68, John 17:1-11 To the glory of God Jesus says: “I am praying for them (my followers)… they belong to you: all I have is Yours.” Paul says: “I have without faltering put before you (the Ephesians) the whole of God’s purpose.” So Our Lord and Saviour and his Apostle to the […]
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