Tag Archive for ‘soul’
Monday 25 September
Ezra 1:1-6, Psalm 126, Luke 8:16-18 Being the lamp My meditation on the Word of God can be thought of as bringing light to my soul. Jesus Christ already knows what is hidden in my soul but sometimes I do not. He is the person who can light up what is already good in it […]
Wednesday 31 May
the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Zephaniah 3:14-18; Canticle of Isaiah, 12:2-6; Luke 1:39-56 My soul magnifies the Lord Today we travel with Mary, the pregnant teenager, to visit her older cousin. We would expect Elizabeth to visit the Mother of the Son of God. However, it is Mary with Jesus who visits. As […]
Saturday 4 February
Hebrews 13:15-17, 20-21; Psalm 23; Mark 6:30-34 Solitude There is a yearning in each of us to grow in self-knowledge and to be at peace with what we find within ourselves. That yearning is nurtured when we experience solitude. In solitude we have the opportunity to nourish the soul. Solitude offers us a place for […]
Thursday 29 September
Sts Michael, Gabriel & Raphael, Archangels Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14, Ps 118, John 1:47-51 Tears In these readings the disciple sees what it is to cross over into the life of God. Words break, straining to capture the inner life of God. Images take precedence over words. Daniel calls these night visions. The light of God […]
Tuesday 27 September
St Vincent de Paul, priest Job 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23, Ps 88, Luke 9:51-56 Go, up to Jerusalem Some of the sisters and brothers, following the tradition of the Samaritans in this gospel, will shut the door on the disciple who expresses a desire to make their way to Jerusalem/Golgotha. Yet even in the anguish of […]
Monday 26 September
Job 1:6-12, Ps 17, Luke 9:46-50 Martyrdom Job shows faithfulness in abandonment. Job prefigures the aching call of Christ from the cross: My God, my God why have you abandoned me? (Mt 27:46). This abandonment is the absence of the Father in the midst of healthy and faithful discipleship. Like a thief in the night, […]
Saturday 24 September
Ecclesiasticus 11:9-12:8, Ps 90, Luke 9:43-45 Handed over to the world The soul flees the world; the soul returns to the world. The soul is directed to flee the world as it turns away from sin, unhelpful practices, and interests. The Christ of Holy Saturday in this first movement descends into the soul, remaking it. […]
Friday 23 September
St Padre Pio of Pietrelcina Ecclesiasticus 3:1-11, Ps 144, Luke 9:18-22 The stigmatists visible and invisible Christ imprints on the soul his cross, so that the disciple may make a priestly offering of herself in the world. Christ sometimes desires the stigmata to appear in the flesh of the disciple. Not to bring glory to […]
Friday 9 September
1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-27, Ps 84, Luke 6:39-42 Christ the physician Christ is the physician whose love enkindles in the disciple the priestly offering of himself. The disciple freely places on the refiner’s fire the log in his eye. The log’s absence is painful. The soul has become accustomed to a blurred vision. Christ begs […]
Thursday 30 June
Amos 7:10-17; Ps. 19B; Matthew 9:1-8 God’s judgement is just The people of Israel wanted the prophet Amos to preach elsewhere. This Amos was unable to do because he was sent to prophesy against Israel for straying from God’s ways. In the Gospel reading, Jesus shows he can heal both body and soul. For those […]
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