Easter Sunday Acts 10:34,37-43Col 3:1-4Jn 20:1-9 Since you have been brought back to true life with Christ, you must look for the things that are in heaven... HE IS RISEN. We have been born to RISE with Him -– it is a choice we all have to make for ourselves; no one can make it... Continue Reading →
17 May, Friday — God’s wisdom, not ours
Friday of the 7th Week of Eastertide Acts 25:13-21Jn 21:15-19 “Feed my sheep” Today’s Gospel intrigues me. In this passage from John, Jesus had met Simon Peter for the first time since His resurrection. In this first interaction, instead of calling him out for his betrayal (thrice), our Lord chose to ask him three times... Continue Reading →
16 May, Thursday — Becoming One
Thursday of the 7th Week of Easter Acts 22:30,23:6-11Jn 17:20-26 “May they all be one…may they be one in us, as you are in me and I am in you”. In today’s Gospel, Jesus’ prayer to his Father is that we may all be one. As Christians, we all aspire to align ourselves with His will,... Continue Reading →
15 May, Wednesday – Lord, lift us up where we belong
Wednesday of the 7th Week of Eastertide Acts 20:28-38Jn 17:11-19 "They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. Consecrate them in the truth; your word is truth." Belonging -- that is what we all desire, isn’t it? Belonging -- where we feel safe, protected, loved. From the time we are... Continue Reading →
12 May, Sunday — Joyful Pain
7th Sunday of Easter Acts 1:15-17,20-261 Jn 4:11-16Jn 17:11-19 “I have watched over them and not one is lost except the one who chose to be lost.” Experiencing the feeling of being lost in a foreign country is not a pleasant one. There is the fear of being robbed, of not reaching a particular objective... Continue Reading →
11 May, Saturday — Ask Your Father
Saturday of the 6th Week of Eastertide Acts 18:23-28Jn 16:23-28 “…anything you ask for from the Father he will grant in my name.” When I was a child, I was told that if I wanted something badly enough, I had to work for it myself. Trying to manoeuvre from a teenager to emerging adulthood was... Continue Reading →
8 May, Wednesday — Timing and Truth
Wednesday of the 6th Week of Eastertide Acts 17:15, 22-18:1Jn 16:12-15 ‘I still have many things to say to you but they would be too much for you now.’ Brothers and sisters, Think of a time when God used you to bring timely words of advice someone. Or maybe an occasion when you wanted to... Continue Reading →
7 May, Tuesday — Become a Believer
Tuesday of the 6th Week of Eastertide Acts 16:22-34John 16:5-11 ’Sirs, what I must I do to be saved?’ Brothers and sisters, In today’s first reading, we are told of how Paul and Silas have been unjustly arrested, stripped and flogged. They are then locked up in the inner prison with their feet fastened in... Continue Reading →
6 May, Monday — Doers
Monday of the 6th Week of Eastertide Acts 16: 11-15John 15:26-16:4 “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home” Home. Such a private and personal space. This is where we are unguarded, where we let our defences down, unflex ourselves and move in the comfort of familiar routines... Continue Reading →
5 May, Sunday — Endurance
6th Sunday of Easter Acts 10:25-26,34-35,44-481 Jn 4:7-10Jn 15:9-17 Love one another, as I love you “I was angry with my foe; I told it not, my wrath did grow.” – William Blake Possibly the most difficult commandment in the Bible, is Christ’s call for us to “love one another, as I have loved you”... Continue Reading →
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