Tag Archive for ‘Mary’
Friday 21 December
St Peter Canisius, Priest & Doctor Song of Songs 2:8-14, or Zephaniah 3:14-18, Ps 33, Luke 1:39-45 The delight of two women As soon as she heard the news about her cousin Elizabeth being pregnant, Mary lost no time in travelling about 130 kilometres to visit her. The haste, the joy and the rugged journey […]
Saturday 8 December
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Genesis 3:9-9-15, 20, Ps 98, Ephesians1:3-6 & 11-12, Luke 1:26-38 The handmaid of the Lord Today we honour the fact that Mary was conceived and born free from Original Sin. This privilege and that of being free from sin all her life was a gift of grace […]
Mary for Today: Part 10
Mary in Church Dogma. Liturgical Feasts: Understand and Accept What?: The church has stated that there is ‘a hierarchy of truths’ and from the current scene one could easily get the impression that the Marian dogmas, for better or worse, do not have the priority and influence that they used to have. They are often […]
December
The Colin Year launches in Rome The Superior General of the Society of Mary, Fr John Hannan SM, marked the inauguration of the Colin Year on On Thursday, 15 November, by lighting a lamp before the icon of the founder of the Society of Mary, Fr Jean Claude Colin, in the General House chapel. November […]
Thursday, 22 November
SAINT CECILIA Psalm 149, Apocalypse 5:1-10, Luke 19: 41-44 Big boys don’t cry Jesus wept, not once but many times- for Jerusalem, whose citizens stoned prophets but whom he still loves dearly, and for Martha and Mary. Tears have a purgative value. They release pent-up feelings and cause us to enter wordlessly into the very […]
Wednesday 7 November
Philippians 2:12-18,Ps. 27, Luke 14:25-33 Saying, “Yes!” The demands of discipleship are total -Jesus must come before family, friends, possessions and even our own lives. The amazing paradox is, that having detached ourselves from these “potential gods”, God more than compensates for their loss. Mary was prepared to give up her reputation, to open herself […]
Mary for Today: Part 9 – Gospel of John
Mary in the Gospel of John John gives two key places to the Mother of Jesus in his gospel: Cana where Jesus officially starts his public life with his first sign, the best wine; and the Cross, the flow of blood and water, the final sign, where Jesus ends his public life. Mary at Cana […]
October
The recent Olympics showed that some of Mary’s women disciples can run like the wind. The 5000m Gold medallist Meseret Defar of Ethiopia carried with her in the final a cloth icon of the Madonna, and after the finish waved it during a tearful prayer of thanksgiving. Her Ethiopian teammate was favoured to win, but […]
Saturday 15 September
Our Lady of Sorrows Hebrews 5:7-9, Ps 31, John 19:25-27 or Luke 2:33-35 The image I have in my mind for this feast is that of Michelangelo’s Pieta which depicts the body of Jesus on the lap of his mother Mary after the crucifixion. Throughout her life, Mary carried many burdens. She carried them with […]
Saturday 8 September
Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary Micah 5:1-4, or Romans 8:28-30, Ps 13, Matthew 1:1-16, 18-23 Relationship Five women appear in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. The relationship of each of them is irregular. Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Uriah’s mother and Mary. “Before Mary came to live with Joseph she was found to be with child […]
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