Tag Archive for ‘prayer’
Thursday 19 April
Acts 8:26-40; Ps 66; John 6:44-51 A promise Jesus reinforces that he is the living bread from heaven with the promise of eternal life for those who believe. Why would one refuse to believe? Is it because what the world offers is more tempting than what Jesus offers? A bit of a risk? Once again, […]
A Thankful, Sunburnt Country?
“Let us give thanks to the Lord our God,” invites the priest at each Mass. We reply “It is right and just.” In this brief exchange, we capture the essence of Christian prayer and the essence of a Christian way of being in the world. Being thankful is a central hallmark of the person of […]
A School for Prayer (8)
The Way of the Desert (2) The Four Principles of the Spiritual Life By Fr Craig Larkin SM, 1943 – 2015 A spiritual framework begins to develop The four simple and practical Imperatives — “Stay in your cell!,” “Watch yourself!,” “Be attentive!,” “Do not judge!” — contained the beginnings of a theory of the spiritual […]
Monday 26 February
Daniel 9:4-10; Psalm 79; Luke 6:36-38 Repentance demands action In our first reading, Daniel acknowledges that Israel has sinned by turning away from God and thereby betraying God’s covenant with Israel. But it is easy to say “Sorry” even in a prayer to God! That is why, in our Gospel reading, Jesus makes it clear […]
Tuesday 20 February
Isaiah 55:10-11; Psalm 34; Matthew 6:7-15 Prayer or lip-service? Our prayer ought to be simple and direct. We are to say what we mean and mean what we say; anything more is tiresome, even contrived. God’s word never returns without having done what it was sent to do. If we say what we mean and […]
A School for Prayer (7)
The Way of the Desert (1) The Four Imperatives By Fr Craig Larkin sm, 1943 – 2015 The Abbas and prayer The monks went into the Desert in order to find God, to fight the demons and to pray. But the Abbas were very reticent and discrete about their own inner life. There are very […]
Wednesday 10 January
1 Samuel 3:1-10, 19-20; Psalm 40; Mark 1:29-39 Prayer in a busy day It’s all in a day’s work! Jesus goes to the house of Simon and Andrew. He heals Simon’s mother-in-law of a fever, then, later in the day, he heals many more sick people. You’d think that early morning before dawn would be […]
Tuesday 19 December
Judges 13:2-7, 24-25; Psalm 71; Luke 1:5-25. Our preparation For Zechariah and Elizabeth to have a son in their old age was a miracle from God. This, and the other signs that accompanied the birth of John the Baptist, showed that he was the one who was to prepare the way for the Saviour. Do […]
A School for Prayer (6)
The Desert Experience (2) “Give me a word by which I may be saved!” By Fr Craig Larkin sm, 1943 – 2015 A ‘novice,’ who went into the desert, looked for a wise person, an ‘elder,’ who could guide him in the way of prayer and the Christian life. The question a novice asked was […]
Friday 24 November
St Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions 1 Maccabees 4:36-37, 52-59; Canticle 1 Chronicles 29:10-12; Luke 19:45-48 A ‘house of prayer’ Jesus referred to ‘his house’ – the Temple – as a house of prayer. Probably we would think of our own church similarly. It is where we gather at least weekly to pray together. But we […]
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