Tag Archive for ‘faith’
Sunday 15 July
Amos 7:12-15, Ps.85, Ephesians 1:3-14, Mark 6:7-14 Chosen in Christ Today’s second reading is one great hymn of praise. Paul is almost overwhelmed by the wonder, the goodness, and the generosity of God. The most wonderful thing of all is that God chose us, chose us ‘in Christ’. It is all beyond our understanding. Why […]
Wednesday 11 July
St. Benedict Hosea 10:1-3,7-8,12, Ps105, Matthew 10:1-7 A mixed bag! What an extraordinarily mixed lot the first disciples were! Fishermen, tax collectors, freedom fighters – who knows what else? Mixed characters too, some timid, some doubtful, some positively belligerent at times. Just one thing they had in common, their love for and faith in Jesus, […]
Monday 9 July
Hosea 2:16-18,21-22, Ps.145, Matthew 9:18-26 Love and Faith It must have been hard for an eminent official to ask an itinerant village preacher for help, but his love for his daughter was strong enough to impel him. When they arrived and heard that the child was dead his faith must have been sorely tested. The […]
Saturday 30 June
Lamentations 2: 2, 10-14, 18-19; Ps 74; Matthew 8: 5-17 Be Humble The centurion’s faith and Jesus’s response to it is a wonderful example of his all encompassing desire to reconcile everyone to God, no matter who they are. May I learn humility from the centurion, who despite his superior position as a leader in […]
Friday 29 June
STS PETER & ST PAUL Acts 12: 1-11; 2 Timothy 4: 6-8, 17-18; Ps 34; Matthew 16: 13-19 Be strong Peter’s immediate identification of who Jesus was – the Messiah, the Son of the living God – led Jesus to call him his rock. We too, must answer that question – who do we say […]
Thursday 28 June
St Irenaeus 2Kings 24: 8-17; Ps 79; Matthew 7: 21-29 Hold fast We all know disasters can cause untold damage – even in moments. Christ warns us to build our faith on rock, for he knows that sometimes we have to withstand attempts to destabilise it from its foundations. The light of God surrounds us, […]
Sunday 24 June
Isaiah 49: 1-6; Acts 13: 22-26; Ps 139;,Luke 1: 57-66, 80 Birth of St John the Baptist Nothing is impossible to God John the Baptist’s birth was a miraculous event: the Archangel Gabriel, who later visited the young Virgin, appeared to Zechariah and told him his wife who was past childbearing age was pregnant, and […]
Friday 22 June
2Kings 11:1-4, 9,-18,20; Ps 132; Matthew 6: 19-23 “Lighten my darkness” Sometimes in the clamour of the world we live in, where material possessions are often used to measure a person’s worth, the real treasure we have in the love of Jesus is overlooked. Through him, we can enter the kingdom of Heaven, which is […]
Sunday 17 June
1Ezekiel 17: 22-24; Ps92 ,2Corinthians 5: 6-10; Mark 4: 26-34 The Holy Spirit is with us. Jesus provides simple advice about how to reach his kingdom. Our faith begins like a mustard seed., and can grow any way we choose. Throughout our lives, it grows and is strengthened and transformed by the constant presence and […]
Wednesday 13 June
St Anthony Of Padua 1 Kings 18: 20-39; Ps 16; Matthew 5: 17-19 Pray for sincerity Jesus often made his views clear about keeping the spirit of his father’s commandments. He scorned the great outward displays of faith, seeking instead sincerity. May I lift my heart and mind to God as I pray in private, […]
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