Friday of 5th Week of Eastertide Acts 15:22-31Jn 15:12-17 Jesus said to his disciples: "This is my commandment, love one another, as I have loved you. A man can have no greater love than to lay down his life for his friends." Is there anyone you would give your life for? I always thought it impossible to... Continue Reading →
7 May, Thursday – Abide, Remain, Stay, Beloved
Thursday of 5th Week of Eastertide Acts 15:7-21Jn 15:9-11 Jesus said to his disciples: "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love." I am going to... Continue Reading →
2 March, Monday – The Struggle is Necessary
Monday of the 2nd Week of Lent Dan 9:4-10Lk 6:36-38 To us, Lord, the look of shame belongs, to our kings, our princes, our ancestors, because we have sinned against you. To the Lord our God mercy and pardon belong, because we have betrayed him, and have not listened to the voice of the Lord our... Continue Reading →
1 March, Sunday – Called and Loved, Called to Love
2nd Sunday of Lent Gen 12:1-42 Tim 1:8-10Mt 17:1-9 ...who has saved us and called us to be holy -- not because of anything we ourselves have done but for his own purpose and by his own grace. This grace had already been granted to us, in Christ Jesus. The 3 passages for this second... Continue Reading →
25 January, Sunday – Apostolate
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Isa 8:23 - 9:31 Cor 1:10-13,17Mt 4:12-23 For Christ did not send me to baptise, but to preach the Good News, and not to preach that in the terms of philosophy in which the crucifixion of Christ cannot be expressed. The apostles were sent out to preach the Good News,... Continue Reading →
6 December, Saturday – Mission Possible
Saturday of the 1st Week of Advent Isa 30:19-21,23-26Mt 9:35-10:1,5,6-8 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to the harvest." The harvest is great, but the labourers are few. This line appears frequently whenever we have prayers for... Continue Reading →
5 December, Friday – Do You Believe?
Friday of the 1st Week of Advent Isa 29:17-24Mt 9:27-31 In a short time, a very short time, shall not Lebanon become fertile land and fertile land turn into forest? The deaf, that day, will hear the words of a book and, after shadow and darkness, the eyes of the blind will see. ‘Twas the night... Continue Reading →
6 November, Thursday – His Sheep Am I
Thursday of Week 31 in Ordinary Time Rm 14:7-12Lk 15:1-10 “What man among you with a hundred sheep, losing one, would not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the missing one till he found it? And when he found it, would he not joyfully take it on his shoulders and then…say, “Rejoice... Continue Reading →
5 November, Wednesday – What’s Eating At You?
Wednesday of Week 31 in Ordinary Time Rm 13:8-10Lk 14:25-33 Avoid getting into debt, except the debt of mutual love. If you love your fellow men, you have carried out your obligations... Love is the one thing that cannot hurt your neighbour; that is why it is the answer to every one of the commandments.... Continue Reading →
28 August, Thursday — People Get Ready
Aug 28 – Memorial for St. Augustine, bishop, doctor After investigating and experimenting with several philosophies, Augustine (354-430) became a Manichaean for several years; it taught of a great struggle between good and evil, and featured a lax moral code. A summation of his thinking at the time comes from his Confessions: “God, give me... Continue Reading →
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