Tag Archive for ‘Jesus’
Thursday 17 September
1 Timothy 4:12-16; Ps. 111; Luke 7:36-50 See this woman This is a poignant story of an extraordinary encounter between an anonymous woman and Jesus. A story of the hospitality of Jesus and of love exchanged. Here is an outcast who dares because she is desperate. This reminds me of the migrant refugees, especially the […]
Wednesday 16 September
Sts Cornelius and Cyprian 1 Timothy 3:14-16; Ps.111; Luke 7:31-35 The household of God This Gospel describes a no-win situation. Jesus’ listeners are satisfied neither by John Baptist’s austere way of life nor the more hospitable, people-centred life of Jesus. The comings and goings of God cannot be confined. Think over how God speaks to […]
Monday 14 September
Exaltation of the Holy Cross Numbers 21:4-9; Ps.78; Philippians 2:6-11; John 3:13-17 God loves the world Listen in on this conversation between Nicodemus and Jesus. You are invited into the mystery of God loving the world so deeply that He gives you the gift of Jesus. The gaze of Jesus from the Cross is not […]
Saturday 12 September
Holy Name of Mary 1 Timothy 1:15-17; Ps.113; Luke 6:43-49 The good treasure of the heart Pray with your hand upon your heart allowing your heartbeat to quiet you and create a prayerful stillness. Let go of any worries and enter into the stillness where heart speaks to heart. Listen for Jesus speaking to you. […]
Tuesday 8 September
Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary Micah 5:1-4; orRomans 8:28-30; Matthew 1:1-16, 18-23 Of her is born the Christ Read or speak slowly the whakapapa of Jesus. These are the “blood relatives” of Jesus; you are a “faith relative”. Remember how you first came to know Jesus. Let gratefulness be your prayer for the people, […]
Saturday 5 September
Colossians 1:21-23; Ps.54; Luke 6:1-5 Anointed One The Anointed One has a different attitude to the law which is difficult for his contemporaries to understand. Imagine walking through the cornfields or along your own road with Jesus and his disciples. What question do you want to ask him? Allow him to respond to you. Jesus […]
Pectoral Crosses: Pompallier and Francis
A pectoral cross is a large cross worn on the centre of the chest, below the heart, suspended by a chain around the neck. They are a public proclamation of one’s Christianity, just like the small cross which some people wear on a necklace. As such they have been worn by laity and clerics on […]
The Acts of God
Part One : God Working Through Jesus The Earliest Years “AKA The Gospel of Luke” Dearest Friends of God, There have been several chronicles relating how Jesus toiled among us. In my studies of them, I have found that all these have been written by either eyewitnesses or early servants of the Word. Having scrutinised […]
Tuesday 1 September
22nd Week in Ordinary Time 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6, 9-11; Ps.27; Luke 4:31-17 What is this word? Picture yourself among the crowd in today’s gospel. You are amazed at Jesus’ words and actions. What is the word that echoes most strongly in you as you pray with this story of someone who is trapped. Through an […]
Monday 31 August
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Ps. 96; Luke 4:16-30 Love God Slavery isn’t a word we’d associate with ourselves. Yet we are enslaved sometimes, because of the insidious nature of sin. Jesus’s presence and action in our lives releases us from that tyranny and its result: eternal death, with a counter-offer of eternal life. Why then must […]
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