Tag Archive for ‘Jesus’
Tuesday 15 April
Tuesday of Holy Week Isaiah 49:1-6, Ps 71, John 13:21-33, 36-38 Loved and forgiven Simon Peter and Judas Iscariot were both victims of their human weakness. Judas was a victim of greed. Peter considered himself to be strong but, when put to the test, he was unable to be brave. Judas deeply regretted his betrayal […]
Monday 14 April
Monday of Holy Week Isaiah 42:1-7, Ps 27, John 12:1-11 Hospitality Martha, Mary and Lazarus welcomed Jesus and his friends to their table. Jesus himself welcomed the poor, the weak and the disadvantaged. Hospitality is the hall mark of the Christian life. It is not an appendage to the message of the gospel but is […]
Sunday 13 April
The Passion of the Lord Isaiah 50:4-7, Philip 2:6-11, Matt 26:14-27:66 To the glory of the Father Today, we join the crowds as they hold palms and bend the knee in honour of Jesus and celebrate his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. But a triumphal arrival in Jerusalem was never part of Jesus’ plan. His journey […]
Saturday 12 April
Ezekiel 37:21-28, Jer 31:10-13, John 11:45-56 Choices Can you recall a time when you had a difficult choice to make? To choose this or to choose that? Do you remember if there were values of yours at stake, values that you wanted to protect and save, values that you were willing to compromise or sacrifice? […]
Wednesday 9 April
Daniel 3:14-20, 24-25,28, John 8:31-42. To be free To know Jesus’ teaching is to know the truth and to know the truth will make you free. That is the gift that we are offered in today’s reading of John’s gospel. The truth that Jesus refers to is the truth that you are loved by God […]
Tuesday 8 April
Numbers 21:4-9, Ps 102, John 8:21-30 Jesus sent by the Father Central to Jesus’ message and mission was that he came from the Father and would return to the Father. What he taught, what he declared to the world was what he brought from the Father, the Good News of God’s love for us and […]
Monday 7 April
St John Baptist de la Salle Daniel 13, Ps 23, John 8:1-11 Forgiveness The story in today’s gospel of the woman taken in adultery is a wonderful lesson for us in forgiveness. Jesus does not condemn the woman for her sin. He forgives her. He invites her to accept forgiveness from him and, perhaps, to […]
Sunday 6 April
5th Sunday of Lent Ezekiel 37:12-14, Ps 130, Rom 8:8-11, John 11:1-45 Take the stone away When Jesus arrived at the tomb of Lazarus, he gave the instruction to remove the stone that closed the entrance to the tomb. The stone was an obstacle in the way of the miracle of raising Lazarus from the […]
Saturday 5 April
Jeremiah 11:18-20, Ps 7, John 7:40-52 Anointed by God The pharisees and the chief priests, the civil authorities, none could believe and accept that Jesus could be the Christ, the anointed one of God, the one chosen by God who came to make God known to us. Each one of us, too, is called and […]
Wednesday 2 April
Isaiah 49:8-15, Ps 145, John 5:17-30 The source of life In Jesus, we find the inspiration and the energy for the fullness of life in this world. In him, we also find the promise and the hope of eternal happiness in the life to come. When Jesus is for us the source of life, we […]
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