Tag Archive for ‘faith’
Thursday 5 January
1 John 3:11-21; Ps 100, John 1:43-51 A fire lit for us By sending His only Son into the world to save us, God demonstrates yet again His everlasting love for us. There are times – especially when life is particularly tough – when the fact of God’s love may seem difficult to believe. Even […]
Wednesday 21 December
Song of Songs 2: 8-14, Ps. 33, Luke 1: 39-45 Spring is near Mary, So near, his coming like a gazelle, leaping for joy he who is Spring to my frozen soul causing fresh growth teaching new songs
Sunday 18 December
Fourth Sunday of Advent 2 Samuel 7: 1-5, 8-12, 14, 16 Ps. 89, Romans 16: 25-27, Luke 1: 26-38 Mother of the secret Mary, Receiver of the secret kept hidden down the ages. Mary, Keeper of the secret pondering it in your heart.
Sunday 11 December
Third Sunday of Advent Isaiah 61: 1-2, 10-11, Ps. Luke 1: 46-54, 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-24, John 1: 6-8, 19-28 Mistress of the wardrobe Mary, carrying God’s wardrobe joy-filled garments containing; cloak of God’s justice his true glory reigning. Change from mourning garments. Hearts healed of our pain. Cling not to dark ways
Monday 5 December
Isaiah 35:1-10, Ps. 85, Luke 5:17-26 First sign of Spring Mary, Your gentle flower, jonquil, first sign of Spring, foretells a redemption that made prophet sing. Though glory be for Lebanon Carmel’s splendour great for your flowering, gentle jonquil hearts in sorrow, wait.
Sunday 4 December
Second Sunday of Advent Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11, Ps. 85, 2 Peter 3:8-14, Mark 1:1-8 Highway of holiness Mary,Today, I see you as the highwaythrough which holiness goes;As he passes, streamsof healing flows;lame dance; blind see; deaf hear; mute sing;their joy reflects on everythingas deserts bloom and shout for joyto herald coming of your boy. Mary, […]
Changing Landscapes
I live across the road from an ‘occasional’ pond. When there is prolonged rain, the pond fills. A huge variety of life is attracted: swans, gulls, mallards, wading birds, frogs, model boat enthusiasts, and sculptors who create public works of art, such as the “Loch Ness Monster”! When the rains stop and the water begins […]
Can you bear it?
A new employee was being shown the ropes by the boss who had definite ideas about how the office should be run. “What’s your name ,boy? he asked. “John, Sir” said the newcomer. “Give us your real name. There’ll be no first names round here – no nambie pambie warm fuzzies in this office– this […]
Sunday 13 November
Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time Proverbs 31: 10-13, 19-20, 30-31, Ps. 128, 1 Thessalonians 5: 1-6, Matthew 25: 14-30 Active or passive The ‘talent’ in Matthew’s parable is far larger than the already substantial ‘pound’ in Luke’s similar story. Even the least favoured servant receives an inconceivably large sum. The rabbis taught that a person […]
Monday 7 November
Wisdom 1: 1-7, Ps. 139, Luke 17: 1-6 Am I an obstacle? The Greek word here translated ‘obstacle’, when transliterated into English, gives the word ‘scandal’. The word originally referred to the bait in a trap, which attracted the animal and resulted in its capture. It came to mean anything that placed a stumbling-block in […]
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