Tag Archive for ‘Mary’
Saturday 28 November
Cant. Daniel 3: 82-87; Daniel 7:15-27; Luke 21:34-36 Trust in God Don’t let anxiety and fear rule your life. Jesus again warns us of anxieties that can cause us to stray into sin. Anxiety can be a sign that we do not trust God enough. It is accompanied by fear. Fear of failure, fear of […]
Thursday 5 November
Ps 27; Romans 14:7-12; Luke 15:1-10 Jesus and Mary guide us The parables of the lost sheep and the housewife who has lost a coin. The shepherd and housewife want to retrieve their sheep and coin. They rejoice with friends and neighbours when they have found what they lost. Jesus likens their joy to that […]
Mary for Today – Mary and the Image of God (III)
Scholasticism vs. Popular Piety: Medieval Europe saw extensive growth in popular devotion along with some more learned thinking about Mary. Yet by the sixteenth century her figure had taken on attributes of divinity, this time taken not from the ancient goddess but from the Christian Trinity itself. The Protestant Reformation was rightly critical of this […]
Tuesday 6 October
Jonah 3:1-10, Ps 130, Luke 10:38-42 Welcoming Jesus A woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. Her sister Mary sat down at Jesus’ feet and listened to him speaking. We can use our imagination to enter into this scripture passage. It’s more than imagination when we meet Jesus in the story. So let’s welcome […]
Saturday 12 September
Holy Name of Mary 1 Timothy 1:15-17; Ps.113; Luke 6:43-49 The good treasure of the heart Pray with your hand upon your heart allowing your heartbeat to quiet you and create a prayerful stillness. Let go of any worries and enter into the stillness where heart speaks to heart. Listen for Jesus speaking to you. […]
Mary for Today: Mary and Our Image of God
Part One Throughout history Mary, the mother of Jesus, has been the source of endless fascination for Christians. In the years since Vatican II we have seen Mary celebrated as a woman, as one who journeys by faith as we do, as a role-model for feminists – or its opposite, and even as a challenge […]
Saturday 22 August
Queenship of Mary Ruth 2:1-3,8-11,4:13-17; Ps 128; Matthew 23:1-12 Blessed art thou Our love for Mary, Queen of Heaven, is evident in the many beautiful names she has been given over the millennia: Handmaid of the Lord, Virgin Most Pure, Immaculate Mother, Mother of Christ, Mother of God, Star of the Sea, Bride of Heaven, […]
Saturday 13 June
The Immaculate Heart of the BVM 2 Corinthians 5:14-21, Ps 103, Matthew 5:33-37 Mary has a heart which knows love and suffering. It seems that the two go together. Yet it is the way of all mothers, and all those who want to love, to have both of these things in their heart. Mary’s heart […]
Friday 29 May
Ecclesiasticus 44:1, 9-13, Ps. 150, Mark 11:11-26 House of Prayer Each of us may have a favourite or customary place of prayer – the outlook, lighting, special chair or prayer stool, a particular cushion; there may be a special cross or statue, one might light a candle, pick a flower. Any of the above may […]
Thursday 28 May
Ecclesiasticus 42:15-25, Ps. 33, Mark 10:46-52 Creation “Who could ever be sated with gazing at his glory,” the concluding words of today’s First reading. What God’s hand has made includes the magnificent scenery of what we call ‘God’s own country.’ The mountain ranges, the gorges and braided rivers, the harbours and headlands, the native bush […]
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