Tag Archive for ‘life’
Monday 2 June
Acts 19:1-8 Ps. 68, John 16:29-33 I am not alone The disciples see a simple sign of Christ’s divinity. He sees their unasked questions. My discipleship needs to acknowledge Christ’s divinity and his place in the Trinity. When the world seems hostile, and Catholic life seems to be divided and not strong the Holy Spirit […]
Saturday 31 May
Romans 12:9-16, Luke 1:39-56 The Visitation and Magnificat My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord. What a remarkable woman, mother and model. Pondering her words let us commit to living Magnificat lives – it’s a charter for personal, social and political transformation. “The Spirit of Mary is something most delicate and most profound, obtained […]
Friday 30 May
Acts 18:9-18, Ps 47, John 1:20-23 Your true identity This day in 1431 Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake aged around 19 years for heresy and idolatry. Later she was made a Saint of the Church. Joan was a remarkable woman of great intellect, a soldier and a mystic who knew who she […]
Wednesday 28 May
Acts 17:15,22-18:1, Ps 148, John 16:12-15 Life is pretty strange Life is ever changing. The terrain outside us changes and the terrain inside us changes. Certainties give way to confusion and growth. Dreams become fantasies and realities. Fears become true and become false. We become tired and then renewed. Spirit of Truth take my hand […]
Monday 26 May
Acts 16:11-15, Ps 149, John 1:26-16:4 Men and women Lydia from Thyatira was a woman seeking truth and life and was a member of a women’s group who met on a regular basis. Paul’s faith and message connected with her and so she asked him to baptize not just her but everyone in her home. […]
Monday 19 May
Acts 14:5-18, Ps 115, John 14:21-26 Love me – keep my word. Jesus is the Word of God. He knows this – his whole life is a response to the love and mission of his Father. What about you? How about sitting with this text for 20 minutes in silence. Asking God what his word […]
Monday 12 May
Acts:11:1-18, Ps 42, John 10:11-18 I will lay down my life says the Good Shepherd Archbishop Oscar Romero looked at the body of the young priest that he had mentored and said: “When I looked at Rutilio lying there dead, I thought: if they killed him for doing what he did, then I too have […]
Tuesday 6 May
Acts 7:51-8:1, Ps 31, John 6:30-35 Food for life . Jesus says “I am the bread of life”. It’s not just about the Sacrament of Eucharist. Jesus is speaking of how all that he is – his whole life, his actions, his stories, his self giving, his words all lead us to wholeness/holiness. It’s an […]
Saturday 3 May
1 Corinthians 15:1-8, Ps 19A, John 14 6-9 Keep to the left or the right? In September we vote in the General election and our elected representatives are warming up already. As followers of Jesus we hear him say to us “I am the Way; I am Truth and Life”. Lets begin considering those who […]
A Busy Life
When Jesus spoke to the Pharisees in Mark 7:6 and accused them—how rightly Isaiah prophesied about you hypocrites—He could have been potentially referring to us. After all, like the Pharisees, we’re human. From way back then to now, rich or poor, we all share the same human condition, the human heart, our inner self that […]
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