Tag Archive for ‘life’
Saturday 28 June
Immaculate Heart of Mary Lament.2:2, 10-14,18-19, Ps. 74, Matthew 8: 5-17 Home spun miracles Miracles happen in places where there is great faith and hearts are humble. Humility is an honest assessment of myself before God. God saw Mary’s pure heart and loved her humility so much he found a home in it. Jesus found […]
Friday 27 June
Sacred Heart Ezekiel 34:11-16, Ps. 23, Romans 5:5-11, Luke 15: 3-7 Lost in sin The Sacred Heart on fire with love for me is a good starting point for reflection today. Am I lost in sin, indifferent and unable to get close to the warmth of this great love? So often we think of the […]
Thursday 26 June
2 Kings 24: 8-17, Ps. 79, Matthew 7: 21-29 Doing the hard yards Doing God’s will is jolly hard. Do I avoid discerning God’s will for me by sliding off into what I think is ‘God’s work’, good works of my own choosing that I do in his name, thinking I am better than I […]
Tuesday 24 June
Birth of St. John the Baptist Isaiah 49: 1-6, Ps.139, Acts 13:22-26, Luke 1: 57-66,80 God in the everyday Lay life should have an everyday prophetic understatement to it, and vowed religious life a visible, prophetic edge. Worshipping God on Sunday in a secular culture is an everyday prophetic act. We are all called by […]
Friday 20 June
2 Kings 11: 1-4,9-18, 20, Ps. 132, Matthew 6: 19-23 Going for gospel gold Where is my treasure? Choosing just one thing is difficult. Reflection can bring us to the one thing we treasure most but we need to reflect deeply to find this treasure. Jesus indicates that knowing and seeking my treasure has to […]
Thursday 19 June
Ecclus. 48: 1-14, Ps. 97, Matthew 6: 7-15 Beautiful words What a fulsome prayer Jesus has given us. It is so well known to us that it can become just part of the backdrop of Christian life. Yet it cries out to be lived. Do I hallow God’s name? Do I seek God’s will for […]
Tuesday 17 June
1 Kings 21: 17-29, Ps. 51, Matthew 5: 43-48 Be happy of heart The pursuit of perfection is a journey that begins and ends in God. So often we seek perfection in finite things — marriage, career, house, parish, religious community, etc and in the end we are always disappointed and feel our efforts are […]
Sunday 15 June
Trinity Sunday Exodus 34: 4-6,8-9, Daniel 3:52-57, 2 Corinthians 13: 11-13, John 3:16-18 Trinitarian discipleship The Trinity is a mystery to be contemplated. It is also a life to be lived. To seek the God of Love by imitating the life of Jesus Christ his Son with the help of the Holy Spirit living in […]
Saturday 14 June
1 Kings 19: 19-21, Ps. 16, Matthew 5:33-37 Just follow Jesus We live in a time of too much talk. It seems too many swear by their own opinions about life, God, Jesus Christ, pastoral life, the Church etc. Am I one of these? Following Jesus Christ becomes simple when we cut out all those […]
Tuesday 10 June
1 Kings 17:7-16, Ps. 4, Matthew 5:13-16 Divine flavour As salt is to food so is our discipleship to the daily grind. Authentic discipleship brings out the divine flavour of everyday life. To do this our lives need to be different from a non-Catholic life. There are plenty of goodish people around but not so […]
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