Tag Archive for ‘mission’
Monday 11 June
St Barnabas, Apostle Acts 11: 21-26; 13: 1-3; Matthew 10: 7-13 Freely you have received; freely give Christ’s instructions to his apostles are very clear – and as descendents of the apostles it is our mission to continue to carry out these wishes in healing and helping all people reach God’s kingdom – not for […]
Saturday 28 April
St Peter Chanel SM Acts 13:44-52; Ps 96; John 15:12-17 Beware growing mouldy Peter, (and many other Marist missionaries to the Pacific), came from isolated little pockets of rural France very limited in their contact with the wider world. In spite of this they had a great sense of mission to foreign lands at a […]
Friday 30 March
Jeremiah 20: 10-13 (20:7-18), Ps. 18, John 10:31-42 Example speaks louder than words. Our mission is to proclaim the kingdom of God. Words are important in this. Actions are equally important. God probably gave us one mouth and four limbs for a very good reason. How do the people around you know you are a […]
Tuesday 27 March
Numbers 21:4-9, Ps. 102, John 8:21-30 I am never alone God promises that God is with us in every moment of our lives. God is with us in every bit of creation. In all the people around us. In every encounter. Every sunset. Every flower. God is present In every trauma and every passionate embrace. […]
Wednesday 21 March
Isaiah 49:8-15,, Ps. 145, John 5:17-30 I can do nothing by myself. Jesus knows who he is in relation to God. He knows that his mission in life is to do the will of the one who sent him. Jesus is clear that he lives to proclaim the kingdom of God. This is his mission […]
Sunday 11 March
Third Week Of Lent Exodus.20:1-17 or Exodus 17:3-7 Ps. 19B or 95 1Cor. 1:22-25 or Romans 5:1-2,5-8, John 2:13-25 Anger is a motivator Jesus is angry. He tells the people to get the unecessary and unessential out of his Father’s temple. He throws over tables. He scatters their money with a powerful arm. His passion […]
The French Place in the Bay of Islands
Essays from Pompallier’s Printery. Edited by Kate Martin & Brad Mercer. Review by Gavin McLean: TIME TO ADDRESS THE BIAS IN NEW ZEALAND HISTORY In the early 1990s when I joined the Historic Places Trust staff, work was well under way on conserving the trust’s Pompallier property in the Bay of Islands. It was exhilarating […]
Saturday 4 February
1 Kings: 3-14;Psalm 119B; Mark 6: 30-34. The rhythm of the Christian life. When the disciples came back from their mission they were worn out from the demands that crowds had made on them. Jesus asked that they come with him to a lonely place on the other side of the lake and enjoy peace […]
Thursday 27 October
Romans 8:31-39, Ps.109, Luke 13:31-35 Forgoing comfort In his concern for God’s kingdom, rather than for himself, Jesus is walking in the way of a prophet. He is so much more than that. He speaks here of himself as mother. Full of compassion he longs for compassion’s comfort. The comfort of maternal gathering is not […]
Sunday 9 October
Twenty Eighth Week Ordinary Time Isaiah 25:6-10, Ps. 23, Philippians 4:12-14,19-20, Matthew 22:1-14 Always another step This is a timely reminder of the difficulty of attaining that union with God that allows the Kingdom to come into being. Am I indifferent to God’s call to be united with him? Do I think my mission lies […]
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