Tag Archive for ‘life’
Friday 30 August
1 Thessalonians 4:1-8; Psalm 97; Matthew 25:1-13 Stay awake and listen God wants us to be holy. Holy persons try to love others as God loves, yet know they will never succeed perfectly. They take ordinary tasks and do them in freedom with generous love. They know they need God and call on the Holy […]
Sunday 11 August
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Wisdom 18:6-9; Psalm33; Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19; Luke 12:32-48 Move freely with God Abraham and Sarah are inspirational models of faith, leaving home and not knowing their destination, actively searching for land, and trusting God for a child. Staying home and waiting on God’s promises would have been simpler. Their faith […]
Sunday 4 August
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ecclesiastes 1:2, 2:21-23; Psalm 95;Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11; Luke 12:13-21 Make Christ your life Solomon ponders life’s meaning. Vanity is ego or trivial self-interest. Another word for vanity might be ‘hollowness’, or ‘vapour’. Perhaps we dream about being rich. Solomon was rich beyond measure, yet warns that he had nothing without […]
Friday 2 August
St Peter Julian Eymard (OM) Leviticus 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34-37; Psalm 81; Matthew 13:54-58 Attentive to God among us St Peter Julian Eymard (1811-1868) was a member of the Society of Mary before founding congregations of men, women and lay apostolates for worship of the Eucharist. The Eucharistic framework is drawn from Judaism. We […]
A School for Prayer (24) – Spiritual Guidance (3 of 3)
The ancient tradition of the spiritual life By Fr Craig Larkin SM, 1943 – 2015 What does the disciple need to do? 1. The disciple should search carefully for a spiritual father St Symeon the New Theologian says that there are two ways of finding the energy of the Spirit that we received in Baptism: […]
Saturday 20 July
Exodus 12:37-42; Psalm 136; Matthew 12:14-21 The bruised reed “…The bruised reed he will not break, and the flickering flame he will not quench…” What beautiful words from the prophet Isaiah and how beautifully they are embodied in the ministry of Jesus. When I am estranged from others through quarrels, or through anger or resentment, […]
A School for Prayer (23)
Spiritual Guidance (2 of 5) The ancient tradition of the spiritual life By Fr Craig Larkin SM, 1943 – 2015 The ‘Abba’ in the Desert Tradition From the beginning, the ministry of spiritual accompaniment or guidance belonged not to the hierarchic organization of the Church, but to the prophetic or “charismatic” part of the Church. […]
The Mind of Christ, the Mass and You – Part 1 of 2
An approach to deepen our participation Let this mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus Philippians 2:5 In that scripture text we find expressed the drive towards the fullness of life of the Christian; what growth in the Christian life seeks to achieve. In this article I want to look at our challenge […]
Monday 1 July
Genesis 18:16-33; Psalm 103; Matthew 8:18-22 Single-heartedness To share in the very life of Jesus requires a growing single-heartedness, not least because Jesus himself is a wanderer who begins each day from different starting points. He has ‘nowhere to lay his head,’ preferring instead to go where the Spirit leads him – that is part […]
Saturday 29 June
SAINTS PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES Acts 12:1-11; 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18; Psalm 34; Matthew 16:13-19 You are the Christ Each one of us has a unique relationship with Jesus. At various times of our life, he is, perhaps, our friend and companion in prayer, our source of strength or forgiveness or primarily our redeemer and […]
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