Tag Archive for ‘prayer’
Thursday 31 July
St. Ignatius of Loyola Jeremiah 18:1-6; Ps 146; Matthew 13:47-53 Take my all This lovely prayer of St Ignatius might be a good way to end the month. It sums up our commitment to God “Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, All I have and call […]
Sunday 20 July
sixteenth sunday in ordinary time 1. Wisdom 12:13, 16-19; Romans 8:26-27;Ps 86; Matthew 13:24-43 Be on guard The mustard seed grows into a strong bush – symbolic of the faith reaching out from the disciples to all countries. Have we watched with pleasure as a small plant becomes a strong tree, providing shelter, food, splendour, […]
Wednesday 16 July
Our Lady of Mt Carmel Isaiah 10:5-7, 13-16 ;Ps 94; Matthew 11:25-27 Mary I started to lose my hearing when I was a teenager. My mother asked the Carmelite Sisters to remember me in their prayers. This prayer is one that I recall. From time to time I pray it. Would you like to use […]
Wednesday 18 June
2 Kings 2:1,6-14, Ps. 31, Matthew 6: 1-6,16-18 Being ordinarily holy Sometimes we are poor judges of our Christian goodness. The world soon cuts us down to size. This is as it should be. When there is too much of me and not enough of God in my life I am better to be part […]
Friday 13 June
St. Anthony of Padua 1 Kings19: 9,11-16, Ps. 27,Matthew 5:27-32 Sin and sinfulness Today is a day to reflect and realise that God sees all, not just the sin that is obvious in my behaviour. God sees the roots of sin. So often we do not see them because pride clouds our self-reflection and often […]
The Holy Week Retreat at the Catholic Discipleship College
For the first time, Catholic Discipleship College held an open Holy Week retreat, inviting anyone interested to join the students in journeying through the mysteries of our Lord’s suffering, death and resurrection. The local Catholic community responded generously, with over twenty people visiting per day and around forty people attending cumulatively. The Holy Week Retreat […]
Tuesday 27 May
Acts 16:22-34, Ps 138, John 16:5-11 Nelson Mandela The story of Paul and Silas reminds me of the witness of Nelson Mandela. Despite being imprisoned unjustly their response was prayer, love, concern for their jailers and a commitment to stick to their personal missions. When trapped or threatened and getting ready to fight, flee or […]
Positive Prayer
I’ve just been re-reading a book “Adventures in Prayer” by Catherine Marshall. She stresses the importance of being explicit in asking what you want of the Lord. She quotes the story of the blind man, who came to Jesus. “What do you want of me?” says the Lord. Jesus knew the man was blind […]
Saturday 26 April
St Mark Acts 4:13-21, Ps 118, Mark 16:9-15 Mystery Mystery is an important element of the Christian life. Three persons in one God, the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist and Jesus rising from the dead are Christian truths that defy explanation and our human understanding. These mysteries challenge our faith and enrich it. […]
The Strange Case of the Missing Prayer
We are a strange mob, aren’t we? A muddle of contradictions that, in our rational moments, make no sense at all and yet that’s often where we seem to spend the majority of our lives. I have just been reading an interview with the children’s author whom many of you will know, Mem Fox, who […]
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