Tag Archive for ‘mercy’
Thursday 4 December
ST. JOHN DAMASCENE Isaiah 26:1-6, Psalm 118, Matt. 7:21, 24-27 The gate of heaven All the readings refer to walls and gates. If we wish to enter the kingdom of heaven, our actions will be the key, not our words. Love, justice, compassion, mercy, and generosity are the criteria for entry. These and other beatitudes, […]
Christmas – A Broken world – A Ray of Hope
For once the weather of the Southern hemisphere matches the mood of the Church. The birth of Jesus tells us of a new hope. With Spring and early Summer come newly turned furrows and planting of crops. A fresh shade of green sweeps the countryside. The familiar list of woes of a broken world is […]
Tuesday 25 November
Apocalypse 14:14-19; Psalm 96; Luke 21: 5-11 Seek forgiveness Jesus’s prophecies of death and destruction point to two matters in particular: God will eventually judge us – the living and the dead; he, Jesus, will intervene for us if we want to ask for God’s forgiveness and mercy. Dear Lord have mercy on all your […]
Mercy is Essential
Vatican City, 10 September 2014 (VIS) A special aspect of the “maternity” of the Church is education through mercy, and this was the subject of the Holy Father’s catechesis during this Wednesday’s general audience in St. Peter’s Square. Like a good mother and educator, the Church focuses on the essential, and the essential, according to […]
Saturday 6 September
1 Corinthians 4: 6-15; Psalm 145; Luke 6: 1-5 Feed the hungry The Pharisees accused the disciples of harvesting on the Sabbath. Jesus defended them by quoting from an incident recorded in the First Book of Samuel. If David was not guilty of profaning the sacred nor were the disciples. Implicit in our Gospel Reading […]
Sunday 17 August
Twentieth SUNDAY in Ordinary Time Isaiah 56: 1, 6-7; Ps 67; Romans 11: 13-15, 29-32; Matthew 15: 21-28 Endless mercy Another of Paul’s no-nonsense approaches. Don’t get above yourselves, he tells the Gentiles, God loves you but not at the expense of his chosen people, whom he will never forsake. We sometimes need to remember […]
Friday 1 August
\ St Alphonsus Liguori B.D. Jeremiah 26:1-9; Ps 69; Matthew 13:54-58 Open our ears Poor Jeremiah. His message from God to the people was falling on deaf ears. They reacted to the dire consequences if they remained on their destructive path, while ignoring his promise to relent if they turned to him. How often do […]
Reflections on Marist Spirituality (6) – Instruments of Divine Mercy
These reflections were first published in 1212 in Tutu – Another Way, written by Adele M.E.Jones with Michael McVerry sm. They are reprinted with permission Fr Colin said: ’Marists will be completely empty of themselves so that they may be filled with graces and become in the hands of God worthy instruments of divine mercy […]
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