Tag Archive for ‘prayer’
Tuesday 8 October
Jonah 3:1-10, Ps 130, Luke 10:38-42 “A woman whose name was Martha welcomed Jesus. She had a sister called Mary.” Martha welcomes Jesus into her house. Mary welcomes Jesus as a listener. Mary sat at the feet of Jesus and listened to his words. When Jesus affirms Mary, he is simply reminding Martha to be […]
Thursday 3 October
Nehemiah 8:10:1-12, Ps 19B, Luke 10:1-12 “Whatever house you go into, let your first words be, ‘Peace to this house’.” What a wonderful way to approach life – whenever you enter a home, an office, take communion to the elderly – you bring peace. Your prayer, your thought is to bring peace. When you give […]
The Family Rosary
‘The holy Rosary is a storehouse of countless blessings’ — Blessed Alan de la Roche, 1428-1475, Priest and Theologian. I grew up in the 50s in an Irish Catholic neighbourhood in New York, in the age of parochial schools, uniforms, prayer in school, and particularly, prayer at home, namely the rosary. Many people in the […]
The Prayer after the Our Father
After the Our Father the priest says the following prayer: Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil, graciously grant peace in our days, that, by the help of your mercy, we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress, as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Saviour, […]
Mission: A Life-Giving Prayer
October is Mission Month. Reason shows that among the factors that led to this is the fact that October is one month in a year that celebrates a list of saints and angels in the Liturgical Calendar who excel in missionary dedication. The month opens with the feast of St Therese of the Child Jesus, […]
September Saints
Saint Rosalia (d 1160) Saint Rosalia was born at Palermo in Sicily. In her youth, her heart turned from earthly vanities to God. She left her home to live in a cave, on the walls of which she wrote these words: “I, Rosalia, daughter of Sinibald, Lord of Roses and Quisquina, have taken the resolution […]
Tuesday 27 August
St Monica – memorial 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8, Ps.139, Matthew 23:23-26 To share God’s love is the greatest gift of all St Monica never stopped praying for Augustine. Through tears she prayed unceasingly to God for his conversion. Her prayers were answered only a short time before she died. Through her faithful love the world gained […]
Thursday 8 August
St Mary of the Cross McKillop – feast Judith 8:11-17, 28-31, Ps.32, Matthew 6:25-34 Let God calm your anxiety Worrying is like being on an exercycle using energy going nowhere. Matthew and the saints call for loving trust in God. Mary McKillop said, “Do all you can with the means at your disposal and calmly […]
Veteran Missionaries rest in peace in Fiji
Fr Lui Raco SM Tributes My heart is with you today as you farewell one of our great Fijian Marists. Fr. Lui was, and will always be an inspiration for many of us. Someone who ran the race to the end, with great happiness in his vocation. He stood out as a person in all […]
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