Tag Archive for ‘saints’
Friday 1 November
Solemnity of All Saints Rev 7:2-4, 9-14, Ps 24, 1 Jn 3:1-3, Matt 5:1-12 The Saints are a huge number, impossible to count. The People of God from 12 Tribes in the First Testament multiplied by the People of God founded on the 12 Apostles: symbolically represented in the 144,000. These are the People of […]
Saturday 5 October
Baruch 4:5-12, 27-29, Ps 69, Luke 10:17-24 “Rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” When you make a Motel booking, your name is recorded. They recognise your name when you check in. Of course with a Motel booking you choose the date of your stay. Our heavenly booking is for an open date. Imagine […]
Friday 30 August
1 Thessalonians 4:1-8, Ps.97, Matthew 25:1-13 Heaven requires holiness God wants us to be holy. Holiness isn’t floating on clouds. It’s something far more ordinary. Holy people commit to try to love others as God loves us. Holy people take ordinary tasks and do them with great love and generosity. They know how much they […]
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 […]
May Saints
Saint Athanasius (c296-c373) Saint Athanasius was born at Alexandria, about the year 296, of Christian parents. Educated under the eye of Alexander, later Bishop of his native city, he made great progress in learning and virtue. In 313, Alexander succeeded Achillas in the Patriarchal See, and two years later Athanasius went to the desert to […]
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