Tag Archive for ‘mercy’
Tuesday 1 March
3rd Week of Lent Daniel 3:25, 34-43, Ps 25, Matthew 18:21-35 To forgive is divine I need a humble attitude before God if forgiveness and mercy are to be part of my life. In heated personal moments, and in these difficult times, forgiveness needs to come quickly to my life. I imitate the swiftness and […]
Wednesday 17 February
Jonah 3:1-10, Ps.51, Luke 11:29-32 An Act of Contrition The Act of Contrition used to be a regular part of Catholic prayer. I don’t think it is now. Perhaps in our placing emphasis on God’ love and mercy, we have lost our sense of sin and our need for contrition. David knew God’s love, but […]
Saturday 13 February
Isaiah 58:9-14, Ps.86, Luke 5:27-32 Mercy Whether we put ourselves in the “virtuous” or the “sinners” category (or a bit of both!), we all know, don’t we, that we are flawed creatures, woefully short of perfection, and that it is only through our repentance, and God’s loving mercy and forgiveness, that we can inherit eternal […]
Monday 1 February
2 Sam.15:13-14,30;165:5-13, Ps.3, Mark 5:1-20 David’s Example King David had serious personal flaws which led him to commit some of the worst sins recorded in the Old Testament. But he was a great leader of his people and he loved God passionately. Throughout his life he placed his total trust in God’s love, mercy, forgiveness […]
Friday 29 January
2 Samuel 11:1-10, 13-17; Ps 51; Mark 4:26-34 Be merciful, O Lord We stand in need of God’s mercy as David did. Despite our sinfulness and our capacity for doing evil, God’s kingdom grows, in God’s way and in God’s good time, in a similar way to that in which the fields produce a harvest […]
Wednesday 27 January
2 Samuel 7:4-17; Ps 89; Mark 4:1-20 Seed in rich soil God chose David and chose me from all eternity to be the good news of God’s love and mercy in my little part of the world. The seed of God’s word has been sown in me, and it is to bear a harvest of […]
Friday 22 January
1 Samuel 24:3-21; Ps 57; Mark 3:13-19 Have mercy David honoured Saul’s dignity as the anointed of the Lord, and showed him mercy. The twelve sent by Jesus to preach were to be ministers of divine mercy. Anointed in Baptism and Confirmation, we too are to give witness to God’s mercy.
Wednesday 11 November
St Martin of Tours Ps 82; Wisdom 6:1-11; Luke 17:11-19 Blessed are they who hunger and thirst The Psalm – “Defend the lowly and the fatherless; render justice to the afflicted and the destitute; rescue the lowly and the poor.” Once again we are being asked to do something, this time with those less fortunate. […]
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 […]
Sunday 18 October
29th Week Ordinary Time Isaiah 53:10-11, Ps 33, Hebrews 4:14-16, Mark 10:35-45 Confidence In the book of Hebrews we read: “Let us be confident in approaching the throne of grace, that we shall have mercy from him and find grace when we are in need of help.” We are all in need of help. We […]
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