Tag Archive for ‘Jesus’
Sunday 10 November
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2 Macc 7:1-2, 9-14, Ps.17, 2 Thess 2:16-3:5,Luke 20:27-38 Will we be raised from the dead or not? This question was disputed by the Sadducees: but Jesus assures his questioners that revelation has shown God to raise our forebears from death to life. Faith in this truth is what enables […]
Friday 8 November
Rom 15:14-21, Ps 98, Luke 16:1-8 The New Evangelisation This year, 2013, the world reached a population of 7 billion. One-third of these People believe in and follow Jesus. The work that he began, and that Paul continued, is far from complete. Two thirds of the world do not yet have a conscious, dynamic, and […]
Sunday 3 November
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Wisdom 11:22-12:2, 2 Thess 1:11-2:2,Luke 19:1-10 Like Zacchaeus, none of us measures up when it comes to being in the Presence of Jesus – we all fall short. Yet God has placed in our heart a desire to see him. We must make an effort, extend our energies of body, […]
“Abba, we’re here to help you!”
“Everyone moved by the Spirit is a son of God. The spirit you received is not the spirit of slaves bringing fear into your lives again; it is the spirit of sons, and it makes us cry out, “Abba, Father!” Romans 8:14-16. When I was growing up, back in the 40’s and 50’s, there was […]
ACPA and ARPA Awards
In the Best Feature Story section of the Australasian Catholic Press Association (ACPA) awards, Fr Brian O’Connell sm received a Highly Commended award for his article in August 2012, ‘Salesian Youth win historic Fautasi Race’. Of this article, the judges said: “This engaging human interest feature included a brief narrative and an interview with a […]
Friday 1 November
Solemnity of All Saints Rev 7:2-4, 9-14, Ps 24, 1 Jn 3:1-3, Matt 5:1-12 The Saints are a huge number, impossible to count. The People of God from 12 Tribes in the First Testament multiplied by the People of God founded on the 12 Apostles: symbolically represented in the 144,000. These are the People of […]
Monday 28 October
Simon and Jude, Apostles Ephesians 2:19-22, Psalm 19, Luke 6:12-19 “Jesus went up to the mountain to pray and he spent the whole night in prayer to God. When day came he summoned his disciples and picked out twelve of them.” Before Jesus made a decision he spent time in prayer. He then called those […]
Sunday 27 October
Thirtieth Week Ordinary Time Ecclesiasticus 35:12-14, 16-19, Psalm 34,2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18, Luke 18:9-14 “Jesus told this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness. The Pharisee prayed, ‘thank God I am not like the rest of humanity, greedy and dishonest’. The tax collector stood at a distance and prayed, ‘O God be […]
Monday 21 October
Romans 4:20-25, Benedictus, Luke 12:13-21. “Jesus said, ‘watch and be on your guard against avarice of any kind, for your life is not made secure by what you own, even when you have more than you need’.” Recently I’ve been sorting through some things that have been packed away. I found some treasures and some […]
Sunday 13 October
Twenty Eighth Week IN Ordinary Time 2 Kings 5:14-17, Psalm 98, 2 Timothy 2:8-13, Luke 17:11-19 “Ten lepers met Jesus, and one of them, realising he had been healed, returned glorifying God in a loud voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him.” The Awareness Examen is an old custom of […]
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