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Sunday 8 December
Second Sunday of Advent Is 11:1-10, Ps71:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17, Rom 15:4-9, Matthew 3:1-12 Conversion is a life-long rocess The Christian journey can’t be travelled on “auto-pilot”. We are constantly called to repentance. Our conversion may or may not have begun with a spiritual awakening, but it continues with decisions. We are never fully converted. […]
Saturday 7 December
Saint Ambrose, Bishop, Doctor, Martyr Is 30:19-21, 23-26, Ps 146:1-6, Matthew 9:35-10:1, 5a, 6-8 Excuses, excuses! Jesus asks us all to be his missionaries. Sorry, Lord, but we can’t because: — Kiwis don’t like talking about religion. — I don’t want people to think I’m a religious fanatic. — I don’t know enough about my […]
Friday 6 December
Saint Nicholas, Bishop Is 29:17-24, Ps 26:1-4, 13-14, Matthew 9:27-31 Talking the walk We Christians, especially we Catholics, seem to prefer to be witnesses of Christ by our actions and by our example, rather than by our words. In social gatherings we avoid the subject of religion. But are our actions, however praise-worthy, sufficient? Shouldn’t […]
Wednesday 4 December
Saint John Damascene, Priest, Doctor Is 25:6-10a, Ps 23, Matthew 15:29-37 Food for the soul The banquets of Psalm 23 and Isaiah’s prophecy and the feeding of the thousands in St Matthew’s Gospel, while in the form of material bounty, are intended to symbolise the spiritual bounty which our loving God offers us. We need […]
Monday 2 December
Is 4:2-6, Ps 121:1-2, 1-5, 6-9, Matthew 8:5-11 Come as you are We can’t earn salvation. Living a “good Christian life” won’t make us “worthy” of eternal life. Trying to become worthy only becomes a barrier to grace. Acknowledging and accepting our unworthiness opens us up to the power and saving grace of Jesus Christ. […]
… as we await the blessed hope, and the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ
The Pope gave a lengthy interview in September. I was touched by the answer that he gave to the question, “Who is Jorge Mario Bergoglio?” He thought for some time before answering, “I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a […]
The Book of Revelation (5) Chapters 12 to 14
John now takes an ancient Greek myth in which the dragon Python attempts to kill the newborn son of the god Zeus. The mother Leto fled to the island of Delos. There the son of Zeus, the god Apollo, was born. Apollo very soon kills the dragon. The Romans re-worked the myth into an impressive […]
Sunday 1 December
First Sunday of Advent Is 2:1-5, Ps 121:1-2, 4-5, 6-9, Rom 13:11-14, Matthew 24:37-44 God is among us Advent means “coming”. God came to us. He became a part of his own creation, part of the world he “so loved”. God became one of us. That changed everything. No longer did humankind need to seek […]
Saturday 30 November
St Andrew Rom 10: 9-18, Ps 19A, Matthew 4:18-22 We are called to take part in the New Evangelisation. But they will not ask Jesus’ help unless they believe in him, and they will not believe unless they have heard of him, and they will not hear unless they have a preacher, and they will […]
Friday 29 November
Daniel 7:2-14, Cant Daniel 3:2-5, Luke 21:29-33 My words will never pass away Extraordinary events give rise to extraordinary people and extraordinary hope. The sufferings of God’s People in Daniel’s time gave rise to the vision and promise of the ‘son of man’, on whom was conferred all sovereignty and whom all people were called […]
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