Tag Archive for ‘readings’
Tuesday 28 July
Exodus 33:7-11,34:5-9,28, Psalm 103, Matthew 13:36-43 Bless the Lord, o my soul! Today’s psalm is a song of praise between two readings about spiritual formation. The first concerns God’s instruction to Moses and in the second Jesus explains parables to his disciples. Let us sit with this bridging psalm and make it a prayer of […]
Tuesday 14 July
Exodus 2:1-15, Psalm 69, Matthew 11:20-24 Oppression All these readings are about oppression and hardship: the plight of the Jews in Egypt, a psalmist praying for protection, and Jesus crying out at the cities that have rejected him. As well, John the Baptist is in prison. Jesus knows what will happen to John. But he […]
Saturday 23 May
Acts 28:16-20, 30-31, Ps. 11, John 21:20-25 The mind of Christ Jesus Today concludes the readings in Eastertime from the Acts of the Apostles, and the Gospel of John. We have heard of the words and actions of Peter and Paul, and many others briefly; and in John’s Gospel we have heard particularly from what […]
Christ our Light and Companion
Easter Vigil See Readings Saturday 4th April – page 19 In the Eucharist’s Offertory prayer, we bless the ‘God of all creation’. From his ‘goodness we have received’ gifts: of bread – ‘work of human hands’ and of wine – ‘fruit of the earth’, to be transformed into our spiritual food and drink. This is […]
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