Tag Archive for ‘prayer’
Sunday 24 March
Third Sunday of Lent Exodus 3:1-8, 13-15; Psalm 103; 1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12; Luke 13:1-9 Like the fig tree The Lord is always patient with us and he does not forget us. Sometimes we can think that we have to prove our love of God all the time through prayer and petition. But the Lord […]
Thursday 14 March
Esther 4:17; Psalm 138; Matthew 7:7-12. A knock at the door The wise prayer of Esther we hear today is a good lesson for us. She acknowledges God and prays for her needs. She says, “as for me, give me courage”. The Lord wants to hear our prayers and wants to answer them. They need […]
Tuesday 12 March
Isaiah 55:10-11; Psalm 34; Matthew 6:7-15. Our Father For many people, prayer can seem a bit of a mystery. All it is, however, is a response to God. It is a ‘thank you’, an ‘I love you’, a request for help. We respond to God in prayer a bit like a plant responds to water […]
A School for Prayer (19)
The Way of the Body St Dominic and the ‘Nine Ways of Prayer’ (2) What the Nine Ways of Prayer tell us By Fr Craig Larkin SM, 1943 – 2015 It is clear that in all these pictures we are seeing Dominic at his private prayer. The miniatures all focus on Dominic. We are privileged […]
March Crossword
Solution for February Across: 1 Joseph, 4 Censer, 9 San Jose, 10 Aspen, 11 Earth, 12 Toenail, 13 Restoration, 18 Hairpin, 20 Actor, 22 Moist, 23 Magnify, 24 Sundry, 25 Usurer. Down: 1 Jasper, 2 Sonar, 3 Prophet, 5 Erase, 6 Soprano, 7 Rankle, 8 Deuteronomy, 14 Edition, 15 Tear gas, 16 Thomas, 17 Prayer, […]
Monday 25 February
Ecclesiasticus 1:1-10; Psalm 93; Mark 9:14-29 Help my unbelief The first reading says that all wisdom is from God, and is given to those who love God. This wisdom helps us recognise not only that everything is possible for God, but also that ‘everything is possible for those who have faith’. Jesus says that some […]
A School for Prayer (18)
The Way of the Body St Dominic and the ‘Nine Ways of Prayer’ (1) The Body at Prayer By Fr Craig Larkin SM, 1943 – 2015 An important but little-known book takes us a step further in experiencing the ways of Christian prayer. The book relates how St Dominic prayed. Domingo de Guzman (Dominic) was […]
Friday 11 January
1 John 5:5-13; Psalm 147:12-15, 19-20; Luke 5:12-16 Prayer Luke often reminds us that Jesus was a man of prayer. He would withdraw to deserted places and pray. It is good to stop and note how we are praying. How often? How long? Where? Why? How? The Spirit of Jesus will guide us here so […]
New Year Resolutions
Emmet McHardy knew and understood the Bible’s teachings and put his prayer into action.
Friday 23 November
Apocalypse 10:8-11; Ps 119P; Luke 19:45-48 Praying or plotting? Do we place enough importance on our prayer life? Just taking the time to pray can be quite simple to do, but difficult to keep up. It becomes a question of how much energy we put into our prayer in comparison with the energies we use […]
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