Tag Archive for ‘poor’
Saturday 8 December
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Genesis 3:9-15, 20; Psalm 97 (98):1-4; Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12; Luke 1:26-38 God’s surprising activity Place this scene in its cosmic setting by imagining God and the Spirit suspended and waiting for Mary’s free response. She who has ‘found favour with God’ is not in Jerusalem […]
Wednesday 12 September
1 Corinthians 7:25-31; Psalm 45B; Luke 6:20-26 Room for God Jesus is saying that to be poor is to be blessed. It is typical in Scripture for exaggeration to be used in order to communicate spiritual wisdom. The wisdom here is that with being poor there is more chance of being dependent upon God than […]
Monday 3 September
Pope St Gregory the Great 1 Corinthians 2:1-5; Psalm 119 H; Luke 4:16-30 Relying on God’s power Gregory is a good example of someone who relied on God’s power. He could have had a comfortable, easy life but he felt called to make a difference in the world. He founded monasteries and then became a […]
Thursday 23 August
Ezekiel 36:23-28; Psalm 51; Matthew 22:1-14 Do more than show up Those invited didn’t show up. So Jesus invites the poor, the homeless, the rejected, the outcasts, the left out to his banquet. They showed up. Maybe it was because they were really hungry and knew they needed something? Then one poor guest gets thrown […]
Friday 6 July
Amos 8:4-6, 9-12; Psalm 119A; Matthew 9:9-13 What I want is mercy As we listen to the laments of the prophet Amos that the needy were being swindled and trampled on and that the poor were being bought up for money, we may hear echoes of happenings in our own society. Consequently we may shiver […]
Thursday 24 May
MARY, HELP OF CHRISTIANS James 5:1-6; Psalm 49; Mark 9:41-50 Poor in spirit A recent Oxfam report shows 1% of the NZ population owns 28% of the wealth and the poorest 30% own just 1% – and the inequality is still growing. James reminds us that riches gained unjustly will bring us condemnation. Jesus points […]
Monday 5 March
2 Kings 5:1-15; Psalm 42:2-3, & 42:3-4; Luke 4:24-30 Elisha and Elijah foreshadow Jesus of Nazareth, the holy One of God Both Naaman the leper and the widow of Zarephath were foreigners and pagans. Both were helped by the prophets, and both came to faith in the One, Holy God of Israel because they were […]
Wednesday 6 December
St Nicholas Isaiah 25:6-10; Psalm 23; Matthew 15:29-37 Immense generosity Saint Nicholas was the Bishop of Myra in Turkey and died in 343. He has come to be known as Santa Claus in secular manifestations of Christmas, but he was first and foremost a lover of the poor and children, to whom he showed great […]
Monday 4 December
Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Matthew 8:5-11 Christ comes for all Isaiah makes a prophecy that all the nations of the earth will stream to the mountain of the Lord. The Centurion in today’s Gospel represents all people who have faith in Christ. Christ comes for each of us – to be part of the totality […]
Inaugural World Day of the Poor – 19 November 2017
1% of the world’s population own more than the other 99%, according to a 2017 Oxfam report 1. It goes on to say, among other things, that eight people own the same wealth as the poorest half of the world, and that the incomes of the poorest 10% of people increased by less than $3 […]
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