Tag Archive for ‘sin’
Saturday 27 January
2 Samuel 12:1-7, 10-17; Psalm 51; Mark4:35-41 Create a clean heart in me, O God King David had many faults. He was violent and short-tempered. He stole Uriah’s wife, Bathsheba, and had Uriah killed. The prophet Nathan confronted David and he repented. The heading for Psalm 51 refers to David’s sin and sorrow. We all […]
Saturday 30 December
1 John 2:12-17; Psalm 96; Luke 2:36-40 Anna in the temple Today we meet yet another witness to the birth of Jesus – the holy one of God. Anna the prophetess who recognised Jesus as the one who will deliver Jerusalem and the whole world from the oppression of sin. As an old woman she […]
Monday 11 December
Isaiah 35:1-10; Psalm 85; Luke 5:17-26 Your God is coming The Pharisees thought Jesus was blaspheming by saying he could forgive sins, only God could do that. But to show he was God, he cured the young man and sent him on his way. Christmas reminds us that God has come into the world to […]
Friday 8 December
the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady Genesis 3:9-15, 20; Psalm 98; Ephesians1:3-6,11-12; Luke1:26-38 Highly favoured Today we call to mind that Mary, the highly favoured one, was conceived without the stain of original sin. She was a pure vessel who bore the Saviour. In this time of Advent, it is good to remember that Mary […]
Monday 4 December
Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Matthew 8:5-11 Christ comes for all Isaiah makes a prophecy that all the nations of the earth will stream to the mountain of the Lord. The Centurion in today’s Gospel represents all people who have faith in Christ. Christ comes for each of us – to be part of the totality […]
Sunday 17 September
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ecus.27:30-28:7, Psalm 103, Romans 14:7-9, Matthew 18:21-35 Forgive and forgive Jesus Christ tells me a graphic story today about the relationship of my sin, repentance and forgiveness to my ability to forgive others the hurt they inflict on me. Forgiving must be done often and deeply. In marriage both frequency […]
Thursday 7 September
Colossians 1: 9-14, Psalm 98, Luke 5:1-11 The world needs saints St. Paul makes it clear that my evangelizing life must be one in which my good works are combined with an increasing knowledge of God’s love and his will for me. He says this sort of life is saintly. I become holy by moving […]
The Wisdom of Genesis
The beauty of the Bible, that even today it covers the events and temptations of everyday life
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