Tag Archive for ‘prayer’
Monday 30 October
Romans 8: 12-17; Psalm 68; Luke 13:10-17 Healing The presence of Jesus is healing. He has the desire and the power to free us from all that might cripple us, even if it has done so for more than eighteen years. The invitation is to stay in relationship with Jesus, so as both to avoid […]
Saturday 28 October
ST SIMON and ST JUDE, APOSTLES Ephesians 2:19-22; Psalm 19A; Luke 6:12-16 Friendship with God Prayer is about relationship, being with the God who loves us and then allowing ourselves to feel our love for God. No words are needed but simply being with. It is from our prayer that we can then labour more […]
Wednesday 18 October
ST LUKE, EVANGELIST Timothy 4:10-17; Psalm 145; Luke 10: 1-9 To become a blessing We are to be a blessing. Jesus asks us to first bless before we do anything else. We are to be women and men of prayer, living our lives knowing that the kingdom of God has drawn near to us. Always, […]
Monday 16 October
Romans 1:1-7; Psalm 98; Luke 11:29-32 Awareness Before we pray, it is good to remind our hearts who is meeting us in this time of prayer. Jesus is greater than Solomon and greater than Jonah. His presence transforms and heals us. All that may well be troubling us is calmed when we know that Jesus […]
Thursday 12 October
Malachi 3:13-20; Psalm 1; Luke 11:5-13 Persistence God persists in his goodness towards us. The story that Jesus unravels about God towards us, is a deepening of his teaching about prayer. Prayer is about becoming present to the Presence. A presence that persists in care for us. Surely, one of the ways we relax, is […]
Wednesday 11 October
Jonah 4: 1-11; Psalm 86; Luke 11:1-4 Prayer Prayer is really our primary speech, the most real communication we have. We learn to pray not by instruction so much as seeing others pray and then having a go ourselves. One of my earliest memories of prayer is seeing my mother pray, kneeling by their bed. […]
A School for Prayer (4)
The Way of Beginnings By Fr Craig Larkin sm, 1943 – 2015 From the Church Fathers The Fathers of the Church have left us some descriptions of how Christians prayed in the first centuries of the Church. St John Chrysostom: all take it for granted that every Christian would pray night and morning Clement of […]
Breathing Beyond Here and Now
We do pick and choose our news and what interests us, and to be fair, there is only so much we can take in.
A Catholic Perspective on Mindfulness
There is no fear that our praying with the Word will turn us all into mystics or that evangelising the parish will ghetto-ize us.
Monday 18 September
1 Timothy 2:1-8, Psalm 28, Luke 7:1-10 Humble souls What part does prayer play in my faith life? Do I just shoot off a few petitionary prayers to heaven when something goes wrong? Am I stuck in my daily reflections on the Word, not getting anything out of them? Do I find the liturgy of […]
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