Thursday after Epiphany Sunday 1 Jn 4:19-5:4Lk 4:14-22 ...this is the victory over the world – our faith. There is a song we used to sing at retreats, which describes some articles that a typical knight would use – a sword, breastplate, etc; and each article is linked to a fruit of the spirit –... Continue Reading →
5 January, Wednesday – How is Love Perfected?
Wednesday after Epiphany Sunday 1 Jn 4:11-18Mk 6:45-52 …as long as we love one another God will live in us and his love will be complete in us. It is human and expected to have short-term memory. Many of us truly struggle to remember and believe that we are so fully, completely, and unconditionally loved... Continue Reading →
4 January, Tuesday — Active Anticipation
Tuesday after Epiphany Sunday 1 Jn 4:7-10Mk 6:34-44 “Give them something to eat yourselves.” I just love the story of the 'Feeding of the Five Thousand'! I know that the five thousand just refers to the men who were present, and did not include the women and children also present at the miracle. I love... Continue Reading →
3 January, Monday — Fully lit, fully alive!
Monday after Epiphany Sunday 1 Jn 3:22-4:6Mt 4:12-17,23-25 Whatever we ask God, we shall receive… When I was much younger, I believed, at one stage, that the deeper my belief and faith in God, the more likely I was to receive what I wanted. Where did I learn this from? Well.. firstly, from some other... Continue Reading →
31 December, Friday – New Year Resolutions
Dec 31 – Memorial for St. Sylvester I, pope St. Sylvester (d. 335) was pope in the reign of Emperor Constantine I, who built the Lateran and other churches. He sent legates to the First Council of Nicaea, and was involved in the controversy over Arianism. The spurious Donation of Constantine was supposedly given to St.... Continue Reading →
30 December, Thursday – Prayerful contemplation
6th day within the Octave of Christmas 1 Jn 2:12-17Lk 2:36-40 Meanwhile the child grew to maturity, and he was filled with wisdom; and God’s favour was with him. I often wondered how Jesus’s childhood went by. Was it one which was uneventful, like a typical ordinary child? Did he also struggle with the usual... Continue Reading →
29 December, Wednesday – The Spirit of Giving
Dec 29 – Memorial for St. Thomas Becket, bishop, martyr St. Thomas (1118-1170) was of Norman ancestry. He was educated at Merton Priory, Paris, Bologna, and Auxerre. He was a civil and canon lawyer, a soldier and officer. He was archdeacon of Canterbury, and was a Friend of King Henry II, as well as Chancellor of... Continue Reading →
28 December, Tuesday — ‘Christflyer’
Dec 28 – Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs The Holy Innocents are the children slaughtered by Herod the Great when he tried to kill the infant Christ. Patron Saint Index The children died for Christ, though they do not know it. The parents mourned for the death of martyrs. The Christ child makes of... Continue Reading →
27 December, Monday — Seeing is believing…
Dec 27 – Feast of St. John, apostle, evangelist St. John, also known as the ‘beloved disciple’ of Jesus, was the son of Zebedee and Salome, brother of St. James the Great, and was called one of the Sons of Thunder. Before becoming Jesus’ disciple, he was already a disciple of St. John the Baptist,... Continue Reading →
26 December, Sunday — We are family
Dec 26 – Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph We celebrate the Holy Family of Nazareth which is the model for all who fear the Lord and walk in his ways. - the Sunday Missal 1 Sam 1:20-22,24-28 1 Jn 3:1-2,21-24 Lk 2:41-52 Think of the love that the Father has... Continue Reading →
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