Saturday of Week 10 in Ordinary Time 2 Cor 5:14-21Mt 5:33-37 ...and the appeal that we make in Christ's name is: be reconciled to God. Since Lent began, I made an effort to look closely at the Sunday readings. Starting from Easter, I noticed that the readings focussed heavily on evangelisation. St Paul wrote many letters to... Continue Reading →
10 April, Thursday – Promises, Covenants, and Metanoia
Thursday of the 5th Week of Lent Gen 17:3-9Jn 8:51-59 You shall no longer be called Abram: your name shall be Abraham, for I make you father of a multitude of nations… 'You on your part shall maintain my Covenant, yourself and your descendants after you, generation after generation.' Today’s first reading reminded me of... Continue Reading →
9 April, Wednesday – Faith In A Furnace
Wednesday of the 5th Week of Lent Dan 3:14-20,24-25,28Jn 8:31-42 King Nebuchednezzar said: Shadrach, Misach, and Abednago, is it true that that you do not serve my gods, and that you refuse the golden statue I have erected? ...Shadrach, Misach, and Abednago replied to King Nebuchednezzar, "Your question hardly requires an answer: if our God, the... Continue Reading →
2 March, Sunday – We The Beloved
8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Sir 27:4-71 Cor 15:54-58Luk 6:39-45 For every tree can be told by its own fruit... I had recently started to re-read the Chronicles of Narnia. I am now halfway through the series and today’s readings seem to be paralleling the Narnian stories. What really stood out to me, among all the imagery,... Continue Reading →
8 January, Wednesday – Death Comes a Knockin’
Wednesday after Epiphany 1 Jn 4:11-18Mk 6:45-52 No one has ever seen God; but as long as we love one another God will live in us and his love will be complete in us. Epiphany has just passed. Another meaning for epiphany is a sudden enlightenment or understanding of something. This past Advent season has been different... Continue Reading →
7 January, Tuesday – Another Day In Paradise
Tuesday after Epiphany Sunday 1 Jn 4:7-10Mk 6:34-44 Anyone who fails to love can never have known God, because God is love. As I read through today’s mass readings, the first reading caught my attention because it was about Love. Yet again, Love is featuring in one of my allocated reflections. I think maybe it might just... Continue Reading →
5 December, Thursday – Upon This Rock
Thursday of the 1st Week of Advent Isa 26:1-6Mt 7:21,24-27 "But everyone who listens to these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a stupid man who built his house on sand. Rain came down, floods rose, gales blew and struck that house, and it fell; and what a fall it... Continue Reading →
4 December, Wednesday – The Promise
Dec 4 – Memorial for St. John Damascene, priest, doctor of the Church St. John Damascene was born in Damascus about 675. After holding public office for a time, he withdrew to the monastery of Sabas near Jerusalem. He wrote ‘The Fount of Wisdom’, in which he presented a comprehensive teaching on Christian doctrine, which... Continue Reading →
31 October, Thursday — Get Thee Behind Me, Satan
Thursday of Week 30 in Ordinary Time Eph 6:10-20Luke 13:31-35 Put God's armour on so as to be able to resist the devil's tactics. When I was a child, I liked a hymn called "Put on the armour of Jesus Christ". Now, reading this passage from St Paul's letter to the Ephesians, I realise how closely... Continue Reading →
30 October, Wednesday — Fear and Trembling
Wednesday of Week 30 in Ordinary Time Eph 6:1-9 Lk 13:22-30 "Try your best to enter by the narrow door..." In Luke's gospel today, Jesus had some acerbic words to the question of who will be saved. What Jesus said implies that the path to salvation is not going to be an easy one. We know this, and... Continue Reading →
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