Tag Archive for ‘life’
Saturday 14 February
Sts. Cyril, Monk, and Methodius, Bishop Genesis 3:9-24; Psalm: 90; Mark 8:1-10 Obedience to Christ Human disobedience corrupts the goodness of God’s creation, turning God’s blessing into a curse. The intimacy between God and humanity is sundered and humanity experiences hardship, pain and death – the effects of such a separation from God the source […]
Tuesday 10 February
St. Scholastica (Memorial) Genesis 1:20-2:4; Psalm: 8; Mark 7:1-13 Life and goodness God made creation for the life and well-being of all existence. Made in the image of God, human beings are given the task of caring for God’s creation with God’s life-giving and well-being intention in mind. Exploitation for selfish ends is contrary to […]
Friday 6 February
Waitangi Day Hebrews 13:1-8; Psalm: 27; Mark 6:14-29 Herod and Christ There is no greater contrast than that between Herod and Christ. The worldly Herod symbolizes all that is death-dealing; Christ all that is life-giving. The choice between Herod and Christ is the choice between the death of the spirit and eternal life. To choose […]
Wednesday 4 February
Hebrews 12:4-7, 11-15; Psalm: 103; Mark 6:1-6 Suffering teaches endurance Suffering is part of life. While we do not welcome suffering, it can strengthen our resolve to persevere in faith and goodness. After all, Jesus too experienced suffering. He experienced rejection but did not stop preaching the Good News. We, too, are called to persevere […]
Monday 26 January
Sts Timothy and Titus, Bps. Timothy 1:1-8 or Titus 1:1-5, Ps.96, Luke 10:1-9 Going Out Jesus didn’t ask his followers to bring anyone into a church. He didn’t have one to bring them into. Rather he sent them out to the wider community to teach and to heal. We tend to seek to bring people […]
Monday 19 January
Hebrews 5:1-10, Ps.110, Mark 2:18-22 What’s New? The older we get the more we are likely to think there is no longer anything “new” to be discovered in our spiritual journey. How wrong can we be! Today’s Gospel reminds us of the “new-ness” of the Gospel! No matter how long we live, no matter how […]
Thursday 15 January
Hebrews 3:7-14, Ps.95, Mark 1:40-45 When We’re Down There are times in life when we feel pretty disappointed with ourselves, only too aware of our failures, our weaknesses, our inadequacy. Prayer becomes difficult because we can’t help but think that God is just as disappointed in us as we are. But Jesus revealed that God […]
Saturday 3 January
1John 2:29-3:6, Ps.98, John 1:29-34 The Lamb of God Today’s Gospel presents another Jesus – perhaps the definitive one: the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. The sacrificial Jesus who, in his love for me, suffered and died so that I would be forgiven – Jesus, my saviour. I owe […]
Monday 22 December
1 Sam. 1:24-28, Psalm 1 Sam 2:1,4-8, Luke 1:46-56 Babies We’re given a child for such a short time. We can influence their spiritual life, and build their character, so they might help make a better world. Soon they are adults. Then we must set them free. Hannah gave her son, Samuel, back to God. […]
Friday 12 December
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE Isaiah 48:17-19, Psalm 1, Matt. 11:16-19 The commandments. Some have never heard of them. Can we recite them? Do we live by them? There are those who consider them a weird collection of ancient laws, designed to take all fun out of life. They sneer at believers. Yet as we view […]
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