Tag Archive for ‘life’
Monday 25 July
St James 2 Corinthians 4:7-15; Ps 126; Matthew 20:20-28 Serve each other Service to others was the overwhelming hallmark of Christ’s ministry as a healer of bodies and souls. He showed compassion for others in need and in the end gave his life for us all. To sit with him involves service and making sacrifices […]
Monday 18 July
Micah 6:1-4, 6-8; Ps 50; Matthew 12:38-42 Just believe How strong is our faith? Are we among the blessed who do not see and yet believe? Or do we seek signs and portents to shore up our beliefs? How many signs do we need, anyway? God isn’t an advertising billboard or a showman at a […]
Saturday 16 July
Micah 2:1-5; Ps 13; Matthew 12:14-21 Pray for those whose faith is being tested Opposition to our love of God and beliefs presents itself from time to time. Our friends or families may not understand or make allowances for how much our prayer life and community of faith mean to us. Some of us even […]
Tuesday 12 July
Isaiah 7:1-9; Ps 48; Matthew 11:20-24 Look with Christ’s eyes If Jesus went for a walk with you today, what would he see? Would he see you care for the poorest of the poor? Would he like the choices you make, the way you treat your family, your neighbours, your faith community? What would he […]
Monday 4 July
Hosea 2:16-18, 21-22; Ps 145; Matthew 9:18-26 Praise God Faith must be one of God’s most wonderful gifts. Through this we can see his mercy and steadfast love to all, his faithfulness and kindness. Through this we receive his healing forgiveness, experience his compassion and are given another gift: hope and trust in his promise […]
Monday 27 June
Amos 2:6-10, 13-16; Ps 50; Matthew 8:18-22 The narrow path The prophet Amos condemns Israel for its greed, which is sucking the poor dry. The rights of ordinary people are being trampled underfoot by the rich and powerful. But the day of reckoning is coming and, on that day, the Lord will crush the proud. […]
Saturday 18 June
2 Chronicles 24:17-25; Ps. 89; Matthew 6:24-34 Choose life, choose abundance The evil plot to kill Zechariah backfires. The king and his advisers will be destroyed because of the evil they had planned against Zechariah. They will be killed either by an invading army or by the assassin’s hand. Evil, in the end, turns against […]
Thursday 9 June
1 Kings 18:41-46; Ps. 65; Matthew 5:20-26 Life demands respect Elijah prays to God, and God ends the terrible drought that has plagued Israel for almost three years. God brings life, but that life demands we treat others becomingly; and so, in the Gospel reading, Jesus teaches his listeners that life with God means more […]
Tuesday 7 June
1 Kings 17:7-16; Ps. 4; Matthew 5:13-16 Salt, light and life The kindness of the widow and her son towards Elijah is rewarded. They will not go hungry despite the famine ravaging the land. God’s gift of life to us is Christ – a gift of eternal abundance not famine. This life is the salt […]
Monday 6 June
Memorial of St. Marcellin Champagnat, Priest 1 Kings 17:1-6; Ps. 121; Matthew 5:1-12 The Beatitudes, a blueprint Because Israel has strayed from God’s way, Elijah calls down a great famine on the land. In the Gospel reading, Jesus gives us a blueprint for acting that will assure us of God’s presence and action in our […]
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