Tag Archive for ‘Jesus’
Friday 8 April
Acts 5:34-42; Ps 27; John 6:1-15 All things are possible The story of the loaves and the fishes is one of the favourite Gospel stories because it shows the depth of Jesus’ concern and love. He responds not only to our needs – he does so with overflowing generosity. So often, though, we hesitate to […]
Sunday 3 April
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER Divine Mercy Sunday Acts 5:12-16; Ps 118; Apocalypse 1:9-13, 17-19; John 20:19-31 Courage to love again Thomas often gets a bad press because of his apparent lack of faith. But his position is understandable. He’s been badly hurt once by the death of Jesus and he is scared to believe again […]
Holy Saturday: The Harrowing of Hell
By the expression ‘He descended into Hell,’ the Apostles’ Creed confesses that Jesus did really die and through his death for us conquered death and the devil ‘who has the power of death’ (Hebrews 2:14). In his human soul united to his divine person, the dead Christ went down to the realm of the dead. […]
Thursday 31 March
Acts 3:11-26, Ps 8, Luke 24:35-48 Ghost of a life? Does my Christian life make me feel that I am an heir to all the prophets foretold? Or is it cut off from all that, entirely dependent on my interpretation of Jesus’ life in the New Testament? Being an heir of the prophets helps me […]
Tuesday 15 March
Numbers 21:4-9, Ps 102, John 8:21-30 Contemplate the Cross When God seems distant and I begin to grumble impatiently it is good to have something tangible to gaze upon that will put me in mind of heaven and God. It might be an icon, a holy picture or a statue of Mary. These little human […]
Monday 29 February
2 Kings 5:1-15, Ps.42, Luke 4:24-30 God Has No Favourites It may come as a surprise to some religious people, as it certainly did to the Jewish congregation in today’s Gospel, that God has no favourites! God loves every single human being equally, whether they’re Christian or not, believer or atheist, and desires everyone to […]
Sunday 28 February
Third Sunday of Lent Exodus 3:1-8,13-15, 1Cor.10:1-6,10-12, Ps.103, John 4:5-42 The Spring Within There is so much to reflect on in the story of the woman at the well, but what speaks to me is “the water that I shall give will become a spring of water within …” My relationship with Jesus has fluctuated […]
Monday 22 February
Chair of Peter, Apostle 1 Peter 5:1-4, Ps.23, Matthew 16:13-19 Our Confession of Faith Today’s Gospel records the moment when Peter finally and fully realised just who Jesus was. But it was important that, as well as knowing it, he needed to say it, to make his “confession of faith.” We who also believe that […]
Tuesday 16 February
Isaiah 55:10-11, Ps.34, Matthew 6:7-15 Abba and Me Sometimes, when I’ve used the Lord’s Prayer as a means of meditation, I’ve not got past the opening words: “Our Father” or, as Jesus meant it, “Abba,” or “Dad.” To reflect on and to begin to experience the reality of that intimate Father-Son relationship between God and […]
Monday 15 February
Lev.19:1-2,11-18, Ps.19B, Matthew 25:31-46 The Last Judgement I don’t score high on the list of good deeds in the “Last Judgement” parable. I am comforted however (I hope) by the notion that these are simply examples of some of the ways that people of that time could help those in need. The parable’s message is, […]
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