Tag Archive for ‘life’
Tuesday 27 October
Romans 8:18-25, Ps 126, Luke 13:18-21 The reign of God Jesus compares God’s action in the world to a man planting a mustard seed, and to a woman putting yeast into some flour. Both parables show how gradual is the growth of God’s action in our hearts and in the world. God’s action is not […]
Saturday 24 October
Romans 8:1-11, Ps 24, Luke 13:1-9 Loving patience In today’s Gospel we read the parable of the fig tree which doesn’t bear fruit. The owner is impatient and wants to cut it down. Instead, the gardener asks for a reprieve, one more year. Jesus looks after us just as the gardener of this fig tree. […]
Thursday 22 October
Romans 6:19-23, Ps 1, Luke 12:49-53 Give thanks “Happy are you whose delight is in the Lord. You are like a tree that is planted beside the flowing waters, that yields fruit in due season.” Today’s psalm uses the image of a tree to talk about our relationship with God. It’s a healthy productive tree. […]
Monday 19 October
Romans 4:20-25, Canticle Benedictus Lk 2: 29 -32. Luke 12:13-21 Rich in God “Your life is not made secure by what you own, even when you have more than you need.”(Luke 12) Do we store up treasure for ourselves or are we rich in the sight of God? Sometimes I look at my possessions and […]
Saturday 17 October
St Ignatius of Antioch Romans 4:13, 16-18, Ps 105, Luke 12:8-12 Look at the stars “Though it seemed that Abraham’s hope could not be fulfilled, he hoped and he believed, and through doing so he did become the father of many nations.” His descendents were as many as the stars of heaven. Go outside tonight […]
Friday 9 October
Joel 1:13-15; 2:1-2, Ps 9, Luke 11:15-26 Let God lead you To keep a deliberate focus on the ways of God in our daily life requires discernment. We read in Luke, “The one who is not with me is against me; the one who does not gather with me scatters.” Do your actions gather or […]
Wednesday 7 October
Our Lady of the Rosary Jonah 4:1-11, Ps 86, Luke 11:1-4 Teach us to pray. The mysteries of the rosary are based on the life of Christ. With Mary’s help they lead us to contemplate Jesus. As you pray a decade of the rosary, let Mary help you focus on her son Jesus. May she […]
Friday 2 October
The Guardian Angels. Exodus 23:20-23, Ps 91, Matthew 18:1-5, 10 God’s messengers In Exodus, the Lord promises to “send an angel before you, to guard you as you go.” What angels have you met in your life recently? The other day I went out of my way to do someone a favour. In saying thank […]
Thursday 1 October
St Therese of the Child Jesus. Nehemiah 8:1-12, Ps 19, Luke 10:1-12 On mission We read in Luke 10 that “The Lord appointed seventy two others and sent them out ahead of him, to all the towns and places he himself was to visit.” St Therese wanted to be a missionary. She had a missionary […]
Saturday 26 September
St Therese Couderc, Cenacle Foundress Zechariah 2:5-9, 14-15; Canticle of Jeremiah 31:10-14; Luke 9:43-45 Let these words sink in Today is the Feast of St Therese Couderc who founded the Cenacle Sisters in 1826 in France. Her prevailing attitude to life was one of surrender and openness to seeing Goodness in all things; her desire […]
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