Tag Archive for ‘life’
Sunday 5 June
Tenth Sunday of Ordinary Time 1 Kings 17:17-24; Ps. 30; Galatians 1:11-19; Luke 7:11-17 Raised to proclaim Elijah prays to God for the woman’s son who is near to death. God hears his prayer, and the son is made well again. But Jesus says to the young man who has died, ‘I tell you to […]
Thursday 2 June
Ninth Week of Ordinary Time 2 Timothy 2:8-15; Ps. 25; Mark 12:28-34 Live Christ, live love Paul reminds Timothy and us that through Baptism we have died with Christ and we will rise in him to live and reign with him forever. This life with and in Christ begins in this life whenever we pattern […]
Tuesday 31 May
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Zephaniah 3:14-18 or Romans 12:9-16, Resp: Isaiah 12:1-6, Luke 1:39-56 Full of grace Mary — what an inspirational woman! See her now. Taking off in sturdy sandals to cross the dangerous mountainous terrain to Elizabeth. Pregnant with new life she meets Elizabeth and embraces her. Immediately new life […]
June
On the night of 14 April, at a Mass in St Michael’s Church, Remuera, a process was begun that may result in the introduction of the cause for sainthood of Fr Antoine Marie Garin sm. The launch was sponsored by an Auckland lay group, and Fr Garin’s founding of the parishes of Howick and Panmure […]
Tuesday 24 May
Mary Help of Christians 1 Peter 1:10-16, Ps 98 , Mark 10:28-31 The Queen of the WorldKo te Whaea o te Ao Mary is a special woman to me. I regularly need and get her help. Her total self giving ‘yes’ to the will of God gave us the Word. She was there at the […]
Friday 20 May
James 5:9-12, Ps 103, Mark 10:1-12 Divorce The Pharisees question Jesus. He gives a directive on divorce. It was not a law. Elsewhere he implies flexibility for fractured marriages. Almost 50% of NZ families are affected by divorce. Yes, marriage is a permanent sacrament of love and yes, love can die. I work with married […]
Saturday 14 May
Feast of St Matthias, Apostle Acts 1:15-17, 20-26, Ps 113, John 15:9-17 I chose you I really love this gospel. In it I am called friend. I am told that I am loved unconditionally. I am chosen to do something with my life that makes a difference. I am commanded to love others. How awesome […]
Saturday 7 May
Acts 18:23-28, Ps 47, John 16:23-28 Here you are All we have is gift. Our challenges, our faith, our whanau and our life. All that we have been, are and will be. Like Paul each one of us is chosen as we are, where we are. If we can look in the mirror and accept […]
Friday 6 May
Acts 18:9-18, Ps 47, John 16:20-23 Be fearless Life is challenging. We will suffer. We will experience ecstasy. We will be sick. We will be well. We are alive. We will die. We will do what is right. We will do what is wrong. We are human. Scary? Yes, of course. The good news is […]
Thursday 5 May
Acts 18:1-8, Ps.98, John 16:16-20 Tentmakers Paul was a tentmaker by trade. In the Old Testament tents were the equivalent of church buildings. In nomadic cultures they are places for life and liturgy. The first reading got me thinking about freedom and responsiveness. Jesus didn’t even have a tent. Paul left the synagogue because he […]
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