Tag Archive for ‘Mary’
Monday 22 July
St. Mary Magdalene Songs 3: 1-4 or 2 Corinthians 5: 14-17, Ps. 63, John 20: 1-2, 11-18 Master This is a love story pure and simple. Mary’s love was raised up to embrace the risen Lord. Here are elements of intimacy and privacy not recorded in other Resurrection stories. It is a picture for all […]
Mary for Today:- Mary in the Year of Faith – The Assumption
Introduction: “The law of prayer is the law of belief” is a saying that owes much to Augustine and the theological battles of the fifth century. It implies that the basis of doctrines can be seen in popular consensus as shown in liturgical celebration, of feasts in honour of Mary. Pius XII appealed to this […]
Aspects of the Gospel
Spikenard “An ancient fragrant and costly ointment prepared mainly from a plant of the same name,” says my dictionary. Apparently it is also called muskroot which is the name of a flowering plant of the valerian family found originally in the Himalayan mountains. The rhizomes of spikenard are crushed and distilled into an amber coloured […]
Mary in the Year of Faith: The Immaculate Conception.
The Problem: This is a feast that made its first appearance towards the end of the seventh century, again influenced by popular apocryphal accounts of Mary’s own miraculous birth. A vision seen by the abbot of a monastery in Kent during a life-threatening storm led to the choice of December 8th and promotion of devotion […]
Friday 31 May
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Zephaniah 4:14-18,Cant Isaiah 12:1-6, Luke 1: 39-56 Obedience to God Dear God, may I respond with love and joy, just as Mary did: when you ask the seemingly impossible of me, may I too rejoice in “God my saviour”. May I be like Elizabeth, unselfish in my love for […]
Mary for Today
Mary in the Year of Faith: ‘Conceived of the Virgin Mary’ Concerning the biblical origins of this traditional belief in the Blessed Virgin, two points need to be noted: 1. Only the virginal conception of Jesus is directly mentioned in the New Testament; 2. As a result, for the New Testament, the emphasis is placed […]
Setting out, and setting out again…
Fifty years of missionary service as a Missionary Sister of the Society of Mary 1962, 8 December — Sr Marietta Judith Parsons made her Religious Profession by taking the three vows of Chastity, Poverty and Obedience, at Heretaunga, Upper Hutt. by Sr Bertha Hurley smsm 2012, 8 December – fifty years later, Sr Marietta celebrated […]
Monday 8 April
Annunciation of the Lord Isaiah 7:10-14, 8:10, Ps 40, Hebrews 10:4-10, Luke 1:26-38 Obedience God chose the time and place and person to fulfil his promise of a saviour. But put yourself in the mind of the simple country girl faced with an angel telling you impossible things. Mary proved she was the right person […]
Tuesday 2 April
Act 2:36-41, Ps 33, John 20:11-18 Acceptance Mary Magdalene had difficulty accepting that the Jesus she loved had risen and would go up to be with his father. But she did in the end, and ran to tell his other friends. Have we had the same difficulty accepting that Jesus died for us, rose for […]
April Saints
Saint Mary of Egypt (c344-c421) Mary’s claim to fame was her early life. At the age of twelve, she left her home and came to Alexandria, where for upwards of seventeen years she led a life of public prostitution. She joined a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, not for pious reasons but to carry on her shameless […]
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