Tag Archive for ‘Mary’
Tuesday 26 May
St Philip Neri Ecclesiasticus 35:1-12, Ps. 50, Mark 10:28-31 Smile “Add a smiling face to all your gifts,” eight wonderful words from the First Reading today. We can give gifts of birthday presents, gifts of time and talents by being committee members of clubs etc, gifts of tinned goods for the Vincent de Paul or […]
Monday 25 May
Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Ecclesiasticus 17:24-29, Ps 32, Mark 10:17-27 To have and to hold Do we hold in trust the material possessions and wealth that we have inherited or earned? Or do the material goods “own” us? I remember two expressions: First “You can’t take it with you,” and second “You do not […]
Sunday 17 May
Ascension of the Lord Acts 1:1-11, Ps. 47, Ephesians 1:17-23, Mark 16:15-20 With the Lord The Lord works with us, He desires us to be His witnesses to the ends of the earth. It is (in a track and field image) as if the Lord has passed on the baton (in a relay race) to […]
Saturday 16 May
Acts 18:23-28, Ps. 47, John 16:23-28 Ask, seek, knock A children’s song has them using their fingers like opening lips (ask), placing their hand over their brow – shielding their eyes (seek) and then pretending to knock on an imaginary door. While reflecting Matthew’s Gospel 7:7 more than the passage from John’s Gospel today, they […]
Saturday 9 May
Acts 16:1-10, Ps, 100, John 15:18-21 I have chosen you In the reading from Acts Paul and Timothy are on a journey visiting one town after another (and seven regions and towns get mentioned in Greece). Paul and Timothy had been chosen, and they strove together to gather many people into the Lord’s flock. They […]
Tuesday 5 May
Acts 14: 19-28, Ps. 145, John 14:27-31 Faith and Peace The reading from the Acts of the Apostles is almost like a geography lesson. Twelve towns or regions are mentioned in Paul and Barnabas’ missionary journey which “had opened the door of faith to the pagans.” Remember missionaries in many lands today. Missionaries, in Jesus’ […]
Saturday 2 May
St Athanasius Acts 13:44-52, Ps. 98, John 14:7-14 In Jesus’ Name “A light for the nations” quoted by Paul and Barnabas, may remind us of Simeon’s words to Mary and Joseph when the infant Jesus was presented in the Temple; and is a true description of our Lord and Saviour. And whatever we ask the […]
Tuesday 7 April
Acts 2:36-41; Ps 33, John 20:11-18 The power of the name Today we get John’s version of the meeting of Mary and Jesus at the tomb. She is sad and she doesn’t recognise Jesus. But it is in the saying of her name that she sees him for who he is. The intimacy of a […]
Mary for Today – Mary and the Annunciation
Reading: Luke 1:26-38; Acts 1:14. Gospel Annunciations: This scene is found only in Luke, a gospel dated in the mid 80s, addressed to third generation Christians. It is a gospel closely related to its sequel, Acts of the Apostles, the story of the birth of the Church, and, as in the gospel, ‘the mother of […]
Thursday 26th March
Genesis 17:3-9, Ps. 105, John 8:51-59 Lent is a time to ponder like Mary Jesus the eternal “I Am” invites us to ponder the glory of God every day. As we pray the same Psalms Jesus prayed we are encouraged to reflect on God’s goodness, provision and covenantal promise in our lives and throughout history. […]
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