Tag Archive for ‘life’
Friday 22 April
Acts 13:26-33; Ps 2; John 14:1-6 Inner strength In today’s Gospel the disciples are troubled because they realise Jesus is speaking of leaving them. They are fearful not only of losing him but also of not knowing what to do next. We, too, are often left feeling lost and bewildered by major loss. But like […]
Thursday 21 April
Acts 13:13-25; Ps 89; John 13:16-20 By faith and by works Our faith is not only about words but also about actions. Only by matching our words with our actions can we live a faith life of integrity, as did John the Baptist. We are called to follow and to proclaim the message of Jesus […]
Friday 15 April
Acts 9:1-20; Ps 117; John 6:52-59 The God of surprises The early disciples understandably feared and avoided Saul. He was a man of single-minded determination intent on wiping out the early Church. And yet God spoke to him and brought about a complete conversion in his life. Sometimes we fall into the same trap as […]
Wednesday 13 April
Acts 8:1-8; Ps 66; John 6:35-40 The gift of life In the first reading Saul works for the total destruction of the Church; in the Gospel Jesus tells us that he is the bread of life and that through him we will never be hungry and never thirst. The gift of life is available to […]
Saturday 9 April
\ Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33; John 6:16-21 First things first Today’s first reading reminds us that nobody can be left to do everything – and nor should anyone attempt to do everything. The apostles realised that they had a key spiritual task – preaching the word of God – but that there were other needs, […]
Wednesday 6 April
Acts 5:17-26; Ps 34; John 3:16-21 Daring to love The depth of God’s love is shown by the fact that he gave us his Son so that everyone might have the chance of being saved. And his love requires only of us that we believe in him – that we respond to his love with […]
On Mercy, Mission, Forgiveness and the American Circus
Mercy and Mission Day by day we enter into the life of this Holy Year of Mercy. With His grace, the Lord guides our steps as we cross the Holy Door and comes towards us so as to stay always with us, despite our shortcomings and our contradictions. Let us never tire of asking His […]
Thursday 31 March
Acts 3:11-26, Ps 8, Luke 24:35-48 Ghost of a life? Does my Christian life make me feel that I am an heir to all the prophets foretold? Or is it cut off from all that, entirely dependent on my interpretation of Jesus’ life in the New Testament? Being an heir of the prophets helps me […]
Tuesday 29 March
Acts 2:36-41, Ps 33, John 20:11-18 Woman of faith Evangelising needs a cutting urgency which belief in the Resurrection supplies. Mary feels the absence of her friend in a feminine way. Jesus cuts into this femininity and strengthens it with his presence. She allows him to cut deeply until finally she twigs at the sound […]
Sunday 20 March
PASSION SUNDAY Isaiah 50:4-7, Ps 22, Philippians 2:6-11, Luke 22:14-23:56 I step boldly towards Calvary Today I ‘remember’ the events of Holy Week. Remembering the Paschal Mystery and living the present moment with Jesus Christ as he walks into Jerusalem do not cancel each other out. One action is contemplative, the other active. They come […]
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