Tag Archive for ‘suffering’
Saturday 13 June
The Immaculate Heart of the BVM 2 Corinthians 5:14-21, Ps 103, Matthew 5:33-37 Mary has a heart which knows love and suffering. It seems that the two go together. Yet it is the way of all mothers, and all those who want to love, to have both of these things in their heart. Mary’s heart […]
Friday 3 April
GOOD FRIDAY Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Ps 31; Hebrews 4:14-16,5:7-9, John 18:1-19:42 My servant shall justify many How can we ever comprehend the love of Jesus for us that saw him sacrifice his life for our sins? The horror of his suffering, the injustice of it, seems so unfair. Yet in love he gave his life so […]
Wednesday 4 February
Hebrews 12:4-7, 11-15; Psalm: 103; Mark 6:1-6 Suffering teaches endurance Suffering is part of life. While we do not welcome suffering, it can strengthen our resolve to persevere in faith and goodness. After all, Jesus too experienced suffering. He experienced rejection but did not stop preaching the Good News. We, too, are called to persevere […]
Wednesday 14 January
Hebrews 2:14-18, Ps.105, Mark 1:29-39 The Suffering Servant Why does God allow suffering? I don’t know. But I do know the answer to “Where is God when we are suffering?” because it is in today’s reading from Hebrews. God is with us in our suffering. “For the suffering (Jesus) himself passed through … enables him […]
Wednesday 12 November
St Josaphat, B.M. Titus 3:1-7; Psalm 23; Luke 17:11-19 Thank you God How much faith in God’s merciful healing power do I have? Is it enough to confess I need his help? Is it enough to gather others who are suffering to join with my prayers for healing? Dear Lord, I need your help and […]
Wednesday 6 August
Transfiguration of the Lord Daniel 7: 9-10, 13-14; Ps 97; 2 Peter 1: 16-19; Matthew 17: 1-9 A glimpse of glory What were the apostles thinking as they saw Jesus transfigured before them? Disbelief? Awe? Bewilderment? All of these things I’m sure. Jesus had tried to prepare them for his suffering and death but he […]
Monday 7 July
Hosea 2:16-18, 21-22;Ps 145; Matthew 9:18-26 Ask and you shall receive Jesus cures the woman suffering from hemorrhages. Then he raises from the dead the daughter of a synagogue leader. Why? Was it because they trusted in him? Often one prays for relief from an affliction or burden, I have, then I wonder why there […]
The Holy Week Retreat at the Catholic Discipleship College
For the first time, Catholic Discipleship College held an open Holy Week retreat, inviting anyone interested to join the students in journeying through the mysteries of our Lord’s suffering, death and resurrection. The local Catholic community responded generously, with over twenty people visiting per day and around forty people attending cumulatively. The Holy Week Retreat […]
Friday 18 April
Friday of the Passion of the Lord Isaiah 52:13-53:12, Ps 31, Heb 4:14-16, 5:7-9, John 18:1-19:42 For our sins he died Our images of Jesus on the cross dramatically portray the suffering, pain and anguish of a criminal who is tortured and put to death as a punishment for crime. But Isaiah reminds us that […]
Saturday 22 March
Micah 7:14-15, 18-20, Ps 103, Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 Rejoice! We all know about the prodigal son. His is a good news story. But what of his brother who stayed home? He feels usurped by his brother’s return. “Feels” is the operative word, as his place was assured. What he cannot have understood was his father’s […]
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