Tag Archive for ‘Jesus’
Wednesday 28 January
St Thomas Aquinas, p.D. Hebrews 10:11-18, Ps.110, Mark 4:1-20 Seeds The bad news for me is that I fit, at various times, all four of the soil types described by Jesus in today’s Gospel. The good news, however, is that despite that, I know that the Sower will go on sowing those seeds in me […]
Friday 23 January
Hebrews 8:6-13, Ps.85, Mark 3:13-19 Chosen for a Task The 12 men chosen by Jesus had no special qualifications. They were all very ordinary, undistinguished men. Indeed the Gospels highlight their weaknesses rather than their strengths. In fact, they were rather like you and me. But Jesus chose them (as he chooses you and me). […]
Thursday 22 January
Hebrews 7:25-8:6, Ps.40, Mark 3:7-12 True Healing The crowds flocked to Jesus the miracle worker. But Jesus didn’t come on Earth to heal; he came to save. He healed because he could and because he cared. But his true mission was to bring spiritual salvation, to bring forgiveness and inner healing, to bring conversion of […]
Saturday 17 January
St Anthony, Abbot Hebrews 4:12-16, Ps.19B, Mark 2:13-17 Dinner with Jesus The dinner table is where we enjoy, develop and strengthen our human relationships. It’s where we have our best and most intimate conversations. What would it be like to have dinner with Jesus? Why not make that the imaginary setting for your today’s prayer […]
Wednesday 14 January
Hebrews 2:14-18, Ps.105, Mark 1:29-39 The Suffering Servant Why does God allow suffering? I don’t know. But I do know the answer to “Where is God when we are suffering?” because it is in today’s reading from Hebrews. God is with us in our suffering. “For the suffering (Jesus) himself passed through … enables him […]
Tuesday 13 January
Hebrews 2:5-12, Ps.8, Mark 1:21-28 Hello. It’s God Speaking! “I heard it from the horse’s mouth” is an expression that comes to mind as I reflect on today’s Gospel. Jesus “… unlike the Scribes … taught them with authority”. Until then, God had communicated through intermediaries, but now God himself was speaking directly to them. […]
Monday 12 January
Hebrews 1:1-6, Ps.97, Mark 1:14-20 Follow Me Why would four young men walk away from their safe and secure jobs and lifestyles for a new career of which they could have had little or no understanding? “Fishers of men” was all that they were told! Because it wasn’t the job so much as Jesus himself […]
Saturday 10 January
1John 5:14-21, Ps.149, John 3:22-30 Each to Our Own Tasks Instead of feeling miffed that his followers were leaving him for Jesus, John was happy in the knowledge that he had accomplished the task that God had given him. Each of us are also given tasks, according to our talents and opportunities, for the building […]
Friday 9 January
1John 5:5-13, Ps.147B, Luke 5:12-16 The Touch of Jesus In Jewish society the leper was a despised and feared outcast, living in shameful isolation. No-one would come near him, let alone touch him. But Jesus “stretched out his hand and touched” the leper and healed him. Whenever we feel unloved, isolated, inadequate or inferior, when […]
Tuesday 6 January
1John 4:7-10, Ps.72, Mark 6:34-44 Little Things Do Count In St John’s version, the five loaves and two fish are provided by a small boy. The fish would have been very small and the loaves were what we would call buns. Jesus took that little offering and turned it into something very big. We too […]
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