Tag Archive for ‘life’
Friday 13th March
Hosea 14:2-10, Ps. 81, Mark 12:28-34 God desires that we bloom God could not make the Law simpler. Jesus encapsulates it in two sentences. But simplicity is not necessarily easy. God longs for us, healing our disloyalty, feeding us with finest wheat and honey, loving us with an intensity we barely comprehend. Grace falls like […]
Monday 9th March
St Frances of Rome 2Kings 5:1-15, Ps. 42, Luke 4:24-30 What are your expectations of God? Are you ever tempted to be like Naaman, dismissing the ordinary for the sensational or the simple for the grand? Our merciful God became vulnerable, small and unknown through the incarnation. He lived in a simple family with Mary […]
Sunday 8th March
3rd Sunday of Lent Exodus 20:1-17, Ps.19B, 2Corinthians 1:22-25, John 2:13-25 Talk with God about what anchors your life. We dislike rules, yet readily accept sports rules and consequences. Yet we resist the idea of God commanding us. Those who excel practice constantly and obey rules. The first three commandments stress relations with God. What […]
Friday 6th March
Genesis 37:3-4,12-13,17-28, Ps. 105, Matthew 21:33-43,45-46 Jesus the cornerstone Using easily understood imagery Jesus confronts the chief priests and elders. He quotes Psalm 118:22 about builders rejecting the cornerstone. It’s the first stone in a masonry foundation; all other stones align to it, so it positions the entire structure. Isaiah 28:16 states God is laying […]
Monday 2nd March
Daniel 9:4-10, Ps 79, Luke 6:36-38 Lord do not deal with us according to our sins Imagine if God measured his mercy by our standards? How can I ever be as compassionate and generous as the Father? It got me thinking about ‘giving up’ for Lent. Could I give up complaining about people for Lent? […]
Heaven
Developments in medical science in recent years have made it possible to bring to life many thousands of people who are clinically dead – sometimes a few hours after death. Many of these people, possibly as high as 20 per cent, report vivid experiences of heaven. Their stories are remarkably similar. They leave their own […]
Sunday 1st March
Second Sunday of Lent Genesis 22:1-2,9-13,15-18, Ps.116 B, Romans 8:31-34, Mark 9:2-10 With God on our side who can be against us? Who can imagine Abraham’s anguish and macabre sense of God? Yet the ram was provided by God and Isaac saved. Out of Abraham’s turmoil, agonising obedience and dread, a transformed relationship of blessing […]
Monday 23 February
Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18; Psalm: 19B; Matthew 25:31-46 Holiness How can we be holy as God is holy? To be holy is to act justly. We will be judged according to the way we treat others. Holiness is not just about calling out, “Lord, Lord”. Holiness is about the quality of our commitment to God and […]
Sunday 22 February
First Sunday in Lent Genesis 9:8-15; Psalm 25; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15 Faith and repentance In Baptism we died with Christ and rose with him to share in his resurrection; to share in the new life of the Good News of God’s kingdom. This new life lived now reaches beyond this earthly life. This […]
Thursday 19 February
Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Psalm: 1; Luke 9:22-25 Lenten sacrifice In this Lenten Season, the Word of God sets before us a choice. It sets before us life or death, sin or salvation. The Lord, the Word made flesh, sets before us a choice: to save our life or lose it. To save our lives we must […]