Tag Archive for ‘soul’
Crossword for April
Solution for March 2015 Across: 1 Avenger “Begins with a Latin greeting” -Ave 5 Depth, 8 Pectoral Cross – Anagram “closes carport” indicated by “destruction” 9 Arc – Anagram “car” indicated by “bent” 10 Gregorian, 12 Amoral, 13 Red Sea, 15 Anamnesis, 16 Ass, 18 Industrialist – Anagram of “Diarist insult” indicated by “upsets” […]
Thursday 5 February
St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr Hebrews 12:18-19, 21-24; Psalm: 48; Mark 6:7-13 Children of God Through Baptism we are citizens of heaven washed clean in the blood of Christ. As God’s chosen, we are commissioned to preach the Good News of Christ with its promised healing for body and soul. This commission to preach the […]
Monday 8 December
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Gen. 3:9-15,20, Psalm 98, Eph. 1:3-6,11-12,Luke 1:26-38. Mary God selected Mary from all creation. Her soul, her wairua, and her mauri – the essence of her personality, were perfect. Her body may well have been perfect too. Her soul was totally uncontaminated by our sinful past. Her mind, spirit and mauri were […]
Wednesday 24 September
Proverbs 30: 5-9; Psalm 119H; Luke 9: 1-6 Clear the clutter “Give me neither poverty or riches” declares the Wise Man. And the Wisest man of all tells us his missionary disciples to travel light. Resist the advertisers and their seductive calls to have the best, the brightest, the latest things. Be counter -cultural in […]
Monday 11 August
St Clare Ezekiel 1:2-5, 24-28; Ps 148; Matthew 17: 22-27 Setting an example Jesus didn’t need to pay the temple tax, required of all Jews as an atonement for the soul. As the Son of God he was exempt but as man he needed to set an example for others and avoid conflict and misunderstanding. […]
Thursday 19 June
Ecclus. 48: 1-14, Ps. 97, Matthew 6: 7-15 Beautiful words What a fulsome prayer Jesus has given us. It is so well known to us that it can become just part of the backdrop of Christian life. Yet it cries out to be lived. Do I hallow God’s name? Do I seek God’s will for […]
Monday 16 June
Eleventh Week Ordinary Time 1 Kings 21: 1-16, Ps. 5, Matthew 5: 38-42 Divine movement Going the extra mile, turning the other cheek are not actions which come easily to human beings. We need to find a super human strength, something divine to help us act like this. That ‘finding’ is an action, as much […]
Friday 28 March
Hosea 14:2-10, Ps 81, Mark 12:28-34 Act of love How do I express my love for God? By greeting him each morning, by giving thanks, by trying to please him, by keeping him first in my mind. How much of this expression do I also direct to my neighbour? O my God, I love you […]
Wednesday 12 March
Jonah 3:1-10, Ps 51, Luke 11:29-32 Repent and forgive What would Jesus think of our generation? Do we even need to ask, when the sins of the world – like greed, indifference to suffering and war – crowd so heavily on so many innocent victims? Rather, we should consider our own part in the world’s […]
Your soul is you
In his book Proof of Heaven * American neurologist and brain surgeon, Eben Alexander, tells how he discovered his soul – an inward intelligence which worked incredibly faster than his brain. Before this, he had not believed it existed. So where do we start in discovering our own souls? Not so easy, because this is […]
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