Tag Archive for ‘St John’
Tuesday 27 December
Feast of St John the Apostle 1 John 1:1-4, Psalm 97:1-2,5-6,11-12; John 20:2-8 God speaks Have you ever wanted to ‘hear’ God speak to us – a Word from God? John shares this ‘Word’ has ‘become flesh’… we have ‘heard’ and ‘seen’ and ‘touched with our hands.’ Truly God ‘has been made visible to us.’ […]
Wednesday 14th December
St John of the Cross Isaiah 45:6-8,18, 21-26; Psalm 85:9-14; Luke 7:19-23 Christmas: presents or presence? As we get closer to Christmas, we have another episode involving John the Baptist and Jesus. Yet the deep question of John is the basic question of Christmas and its meaning: Is Jesus the promised saviour from God, or […]
Monday 27 December
St John, Apostle and Evangelist (F) 1 John 1:1-4; Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; John 20:2-8 Risen as he said Jesus had predicted his resurrection but the disciples didn’t understand what he meant. On Easter day Mary Magdalen, Peter and the Beloved Disciple visited the empty tomb. The Beloved Disciple saw the grave clothes and believed. […]
Tuesday 14 December
St John of the Cross (OM) Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13; Psalm 34:2-3, 6-7, 16, 18-19, 23; Matthew 21:28-32 To be or not to be? To be in God’s Kingdom or not to be in it. By means of this brief parable the Lord Jesus tells the priests and elders that they are not in the Kingdom […]
St John of the Cross
The Dark Night of the Soul Part 5 of 5 This is the fourth major work of St John, even though scholars say it is a continuation and completion of his earlier work, the Ascent of Mount Carmel. In fact, both comment on the same poem, but take different angles. The Dark Night is concerned […]
St John of the Cross — The Spiritual Canticle
Part 2 of 5 St John of the Cross, the Mystical Doctor of the Church, provides teaching to help us survive and thrive in these testing times. To begin to appreciate his profound wisdom, a wise man told me to begin with the Spiritual Canticle. Professor E Allison Peers calls it one of the loveliest […]
Thursday 27 December
Feast of St John, Apostle and Evangelist 1 John 1:1-4; Psalm 96 (97):1-2, 5-6, 11-12; John 20:2-8 Seeing from inside With Peter, the Beloved Disciple runs to the tomb. He gets there first, peers into the tomb, sees the linen cloths, but he did not go in. Later, he goes into the tomb. He sees […]
Sunday 24 June
Birth of St John the Baptist Isaiah 49:1-6, Psalm 139, Acts 13:22-26, Luke 1:57-66,80. The Song of Zechariah John’s father Zechariah proclaims timeless words. This canticle first acknowledges the coming of Jesus, then says that John is called to be ‘a prophet of the Most High.’ Is this so different from the way we are […]
Friday 5 January
1 John 3:11-21; Psalm 100; John 1:43-51 A fundamental commandment When I was young I was told the tale of St John, who as an elderly preacher, would stand in front of the people and simply say: “My dear children, love one another.” This story goes to the heart of the entire Christian message: that […]
Wednesday 27 December
St John the Evangelist 1 John 1:1-4; Psalm 97; John 20:2-8 Beloved of God We meet today in the gospel the beloved disciple, traditionally associated with St John. He was a witness to the resurrection of the Lord. Like John, we too are the beloved of God. The Christmas season is about understanding who this […]
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