Tag Archive for ‘Jesus’
Thursday 26 December
Saint Stephen, the First Martyr Acts 6:8-10, 7:54-59, Ps 30:3-4, 6, 8, 16-17, Matthew 10:17-22 The baby and the man Yesterday all the warm fuzzies surrounding the birth of the baby Jesus. Today the brutal murder of a man who became a disciple of that same baby. Birth and death. Love and warmth. Hatred and […]
Sunday 22 December
Fourth Sunday of Advent Is 7:10-14, Ps 23:1-6, Rom 1:1-7, Matthew 1:18-24 A baby, human and divine There may be room for debate as to how literally certain parts of the Gospels are to be interpreted. About the virginal conception of Jesus however there can surely be no ambiguity in either St Matthew’s or St […]
Wednesday 18 December
Jeremiah 23:5-8, Ps 71:1-2, 12-13, 18-19, Matthew 1:18-25 The holy name Today we might reflect on Our Lord’s holy name, “Jesus”. It’s root meaning is “to save”. “Yahweh is our saving justice” (Jeremiah). “He named him Jesus” (Matthew 1:25). The Hebrew word is “Yeshua”, which means “God saves”. Jesus is our Lord and our King, […]
Tuesday 17 December
Gen 49:2, 8-10, Ps 71:1-4, 7-8, 17, Matthew 1:1-17 No distinctions St Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus is remarkable for its inclusion of women. They were never included in traditional Jewish genealogies. And, apart from Mary, what women they were! Rahab a prostitute, Ruth a Moabite (a race despised by the Jews), Thamar a seductress and […]
Monday 16 December
Numbers 24:2-7, 15-17, Ps 24:4-9, Matthew 21:23-27 Obedience Obedience to authority. How difficult we can find it, as much in our religious beliefs and practice as in civil society. We will obey Jesus, of course, and we know he passed his teaching authority on to the Church. But for many it is not always easy […]
Saturday 14 December
Saint John of the Cross Eccus 48:1-4, 9-11, Ps 79:2-3, 15-16, 18-19, Matthew 17:10-13 Favourite saints The Saints are presented to us as guides and models in Christian living and discipleship. Each of them have their own particular charism. Each can inspire us in a different aspect of Christian living. St John of the Cross […]
Thursday 12 December
Our Lady of Guadalupe Is 41:13-20, Ps 144:1, 9-13, Matthew 11:11-15 Being great! You and I are greater than John the Baptist! Can you believe that? Surely not, you say! Yet that’s exactly what Jesus tells us in St Matthew’s Gospel. However, before we get too self important we should understand the source of this […]
Wednesday 11 December
Is 40:25-31, Ps 102:1-4, 8, 10, Matthew 11:28-30 Follow the leader “Shoulder my yoke and learn from me” are words which so perfectly and succinctly define what our daily relationship with Jesus must be if we are to live as his disciples. A more modern metaphor might be “You be the car and let me […]
Tuesday 10 December
Saint Damasus 1, Pope Is 40:1-11, Ps 95:1-3, 10-13, Matthew 17:12-14 Feel the love! Reassuring as it is to feel part of Christ’s flock, part of a community collectively loved, protected and cared for by Jesus as its shepherd, there is nothing quite like the experience of feeling personally and individually loved by God just […]
Monday 9 December
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Is 35:1-10, Ps 84:9-14, Luke 5:17-26 Co-operating with the divine will Devotion to Mary is devotion to one who draws us, more than any other Saint, to God, through her son Jesus Christ. Mary’s conception without original sin was God’s gift to the one he chose to […]
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