Tag Archive for ‘faith’
Saturday 12 January
1 John 5:14-21;Ps 149:1-5.6a.9b; John 3:22-30 He must grow greater John the Baptist is a fine model for living our faith. As we grow in faith, hope and love we become more like Christ and our ego grows smaller. The goodness of our lives helps people to know God, for ‘we are in the true […]
Friday 4 January
ST Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious 1 John 3:7-10; Ps 98:1.7-8.9; John 1:35-42 We have found the Messiah Like John and Andrew we have been given the gift of faith in Christ as God. Our faith in him prompts us to ‘live a holy life’. We are called to ‘be holy just as God is holy’. […]
Thursday 3 January
1 John 2:29-3:6; Ps 98:1.3cd-6; John 1: 29-34 We shall see him as he really is The Father has poured out his love for us ‘by letting us be called God’s children,’ and with John the Baptist we recognise Jesus as the Chosen One of God. The Lord’s promise is that eventually we shall see […]
Thursday 20 December
Isaiah 7:10-14, Ps 24, Luke 1:26-38 Yes “…for our salvation he came down from heaven: and by the power of the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man.” With these words the Church, in the Nicene Creed, regularly professes its faith and celebrates God becoming human through the Virgin Mary. We […]
Monday 17 December
Genesis 49:2, 8-10, Ps 72, Matthew 1:1-17 The family tree It is very common these days for families to trace their family tree. For Maori it is just part of life to know your whakapapa. The family tree, whakapapa, of Jews was important too. In today’s Gospel we have a record of the ancestors of […]
Friday 7 December
St Ambrose, Bishop, Doctor, Martyr Is 29:17-24, Ps 27, Mt 9:27-31 Do you believe? I suppose these two blind men were a bit afraid of approaching Jesus, but they found support in each other to shout boldly after Jesus. The question Jesus asks them is about their faith in him. That was the condition for […]
MARRIAGE Means One Man and One Woman
WHEN I am writing I have a degree of confidence. But when I am talking/discussing/arguing I often become inarticulate. I stumble, repeat myself, struggle for the right word – sometimes making a complete goose of myself. Although nowadays I almost never feel rage, on the rare occasions I do, I almost always fall into this […]
Tuesday, 27 November
Psalm 96, Apocalypse 14: 14-19, Luke 21: 5-11 Signs of the times The warning about the destruction of the beautiful Jerusalem temple prompts the question –“What sign?” or “what proof?“ The answer shows how important the gift of discernment is in distinguishing between bogus and authentic claims. False Christs have come and gone. Some are […]
Monday, 19 November
Psalm 1, Apocalypse 1: 1-4, 2:1-5, Luke 18: 35-43 A beggar’s riches I love the human details of this account – especially the fickle crowds, scared of the Romans and Herodians, trying to silence the beggar, then switching to glorifying God after the miracle; the beggar’s unconditional faith in the Lord’s desire and ability to […]
Monday 12 November
SAINT JOSAPHAT Titus 1:1-9, Ps. 24, Luke 17:1-6 Good leaders Jesus gives a stern warning about the responsibility of leaders to care for the faith of those in their care. In our modern world political and religious leaders are subject to extensive inquiry and criticism. Although this can be viewed positively as a means of […]
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