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Saints for August
Saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941) Maximilian was born in 1894 in Poland and became a Franciscan. He contracted tuberculosis and remained frail all his life. Before his ordination as a priest, Maximilian founded the Immaculata Movement devoted to Our Lady and helped form a community of men. He went to Japan where he built a monastery […]
Sunday 21 July
Sixteenth Week Ordinary Time Genesis 18: 1-10, Ps.15, Colossians 1: 24-28, Luke 10: 38-42 Leave room for God It is a salutary reminder in Christian discipleship that being busy does not always please God. As a busy person I may feel virtuous but leave no room for God to get to know me in a […]
Sunday 14 July
Sea Sunday — day of prayer for seafarers and fishers Fifteenth Week Ordinary Time Deuteronomy 30: 10-14, Ps. 69 or 19A, Colossians 1: 15-20, Luke 10: 25-37 Loving prudence Sometimes our social milieu can hold us back from doing the right thing. A disciple needs to cross barriers of race, creed or simply familiarity when […]
Saturday 13 July
Genesis 49: 29-33; 50: 15-26, Ps.105, Matthew 10: 24-33 Jesus is master Jesus is my master. I am his apprentice. That relationship lasts a lifetime. He is not one master among many. Private prayer and reflection are part of learning and being taught. If I am a good apprentice I can get close to the […]
Friday 12 July
Genesis 46: 1-7, 28-30, Ps.37, Matthew 10: 16-23 Seeking the right words Sometimes ridicule of my Christian belief comes from family and friends. How do I evangelise in this godless climate? Remaining quietly faithful is simply the best action. There can be power in silence. In that silence the right words sometimes come. They are […]
Thursday 20 June
2 Cor 11:1-11, Ps 111, Matthew 6:7-15 Faithful, faith-filled Jesus was a faithful Jew; a faithful son. He was a faith-filled leader; a faith-filled Son. His faith in a new world based on compassion, and love of God, self and others, inspired and strengthened his disciples. Our “…faith is participation in the death-and-life story of […]
Through My Most Grievous Fault
The Confiteor is one of the “younger” parts of the mass; it has been there only for about a thousand years. The probable origin is in a private prayer of the priest as he prepared in the sacristy. It is one of the few prayers of the mass that uses the first person singular, “I” […]
Talking About Spirituality Today: Five Gospel Loves:
b] Prayer and Humour We saw last month the ‘must’ from Jesus – to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. In our lives, then, it is imperative that we put aside time for God, namely, we pray. But is it just a command laid on us from outside? […]
Monday 27 May
Ecclesiasticus 17:24-29, Ps 32, Mark 10:17-27 Give without counting the cost It can be easy in the rush to earn money to pay the bills and feed, educate, accommodate and care for ourselves and our families to forget that all good things come from and will return to God. Dear God, may we turn from […]
Monday 20 May
Ecclesiasticus 1:1-10, Ps 92, Mark 9:14-29 Be strong in faith We know nothing is impossible to God. Our Lord’s action in freeing a boy from an unclean spirit shows his father’s constant presence and action in his life. He is the promised saviour who will rid the world of all that is evil. Let us […]
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