Tag Archive for ‘prayer’
A reflection on the prayer of Jacob
An edited version of the Pope’s catechesis One day Jacob hears the call of home. He sets out, undertaking a long journey until he reaches the final step, the Jabbok stream. Here the Book of Genesis (32: 23-33) describes that the patriarch Jacob, after having all of his people and all the livestock cross the […]
Gratitude
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. Aesop, 6th Century BC, Androcles If the only prayer you ever said in your entire life was ‘Thank you’, that would suffice. Meister Eckhardt, 14th century priest, mystic, and theologian Gratitude in my life started out as an expression of good manners. Ever since I was a young […]
May
The Month of May 3 : 57th World Day of Prayer for Vocations3 – 10 : Vocations Awareness Week16 – 24 : Laudato Si’ Week24 : Ascension Day; World Communications Day25 – 31 : Week of Prayer for Christian Unity31 : Pentecost Sunday Pope Francis’ Prayer for Vocations Lord of the Harvest,bless young people with […]
R.I.P. Death of a Computer
It’s still magic, even if you know how it’s done. – Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015 A Hat Full of Sky Artwork by Felicity Ann Nettles Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. – Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008 British science writer and inventor Profiles of the Future It was a quiet summer morning […]
Saturday 16 November
Wisdom 18:14-16, 19:6-9; Psalm 105; Luke 18:1-8 Do not lose heart How often have we prayed for something or for someone and yet our prayers seem to go unanswered? At times, such silence can be truly painful! Is God indifferent to us? Our faith tells us that God is all good, that he knows what […]
Walking the Ignatian Camino – Part 1 of 2
I wanted to do a long retreat, and having been to Santiago de Compostela some years ago by train, I chose a different walk.
Sunday 27 October
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ecclesiasticus 35:12-14, 16-19; Psalm 34; 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18; Luke 18:9-14 The prayer of the humble Jesus’ victory over our sin and death, won for us by his death on the Cross, is revealed only to the humble in faith and heart. Worldly wisdom judges the Cross as a defeat. […]
Wednesday 9 October
Jonah 4:1-11; Psalm 86; Luke 11:1-4 May God’s name be held holy Christians pray with Jesus in the Holy Spirit to his Father who is ‘our Father’. Jesus begins his prayer by revering his Father’s Holy Name. Then, he begs our Father to establish the Kingdom of heaven in our heart. Every day we’re to […]
A School for Prayer (26) (Final)
The Way of Darkness God in “The Cloud of Unknowing” Part 2 of 2 By Fr Craig Larkin SM, 1943 – 2015 “The Cloud of Unknowing” A classic work of English spirituality in the apophatic tradition Written in the 14th century by an unknown author, probably a Carthusian monk, “The Cloud of Unknowing” was addressed […]
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