Tag Archive for ‘life’
Sunday 13th December
MY FREE CHOICE OF FALSE SELF OR TRUE SELF: Third Sunday of Advent: Zeph 3:14-18 God is “in our midst” but a “shout-for-joy-life” depends on whether I see it or not. As Paul says in Phil 4:4-7: ask to see it. Often we prefer to worry because we think people will pity us more. Patience […]
Sunday 6th December
CLEARING THE BLOCKS TO MY TRUE SELF: Second Sunday of Advent: Baruch 5:1-9 I will be at peace within if I am a person of truth and I will be admired by others if I wrap myself in God allowing myself to be led by God “to the light of glory.” Phil 1:3-6,8-11 once I […]
Saturday 5th December
Is 30: 19-21 life is distressful and painful and it is also nourishing and rich; it is my true self lived out according to my lights. ‘This is the way, follow it.’ Then I know the Lord dresses my wounds and heals my bruises. Mt 9:35-10:1,6-8 the kingdom of God is already here and I […]
Thursday 3rd December
St Francis Xavier [M]: Is 26:1-6 trust in the Lord forever, is the plea, for we can always rely on God. I am the problem when trying to be mighty. But humble trust allows God to be God and me to be truly me. Mt 7:21,24-27 if I build on this solid foundation of trust, […]
Wednesday 2nd December
Is 25:6-10 though for Isaiah the day of feasting and of gladness was yet to come, for me it is here now. Joy is here for me now in this life and the next. Mt 15:29-37 describes the joy Isaiah longed for, that came through Jesus, just as it is here for me now. I […]
Tuesday 1st December
THE JOURNEY TO MY TRUE SELF Tuesday of the first week of Advent: Is 11:1-10 calls me to integrity and truth, which is like having the mind and heart of God. This kind of knowledge is experienced deeply within as the spirit of wisdom. All other gifts flow from it naturally. Lk 10: 21-24 acquiring […]
Saturday 28 November
Cant. Daniel 3: 82-87; Daniel 7:15-27; Luke 21:34-36 Trust in God Don’t let anxiety and fear rule your life. Jesus again warns us of anxieties that can cause us to stray into sin. Anxiety can be a sign that we do not trust God enough. It is accompanied by fear. Fear of failure, fear of […]
Friday 27 November
Cant. Daniel 3:75-81; Daniel 7:2-14; Luke 21:29-33 Praise and glorify him forever Within the canticle is – “Praise and glorify him forever.” May I suggest you reflect on a few experiences or incidents in your life that would prompt you to say – “Praise and glorify him forever.” It might be something profound such as […]
Tuesday 17 November
St Elizabeth of Hungary Ps 3; 2Maccabees 6:18-31; Luke 19:1-10 Life changing At a retreat the preacher was asked – Did Jesus have a sense of humour? The question might have floored him but he used the example of little Zacchaeus, the tax collector, who had climbed a tree so that he could see Jesus […]
Thursday 29 October
Romans 8:31-39, Ps 109, Luke 13:31-35 God’s love for us “For I am certain of this, neither death nor life, nothing that exists, nothing still to come, can ever come between us and the love of God made visible in Christ Jesus our Lord.” I am certain of this… how do I finish that sentence? […]
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