Thursday: 31st May, 2018 Reference text: Luke 1:39-56 Luke 1:56 And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house. This popular account of Mary's trip to her cousin Elizabeth, is one that I have read multiple times, but the last verse of today's text was the catch phrase for me... Continue Reading →

Wednesday: 30th May, 2018 Reference text: Mark 10:32-45 Mark 10:32a They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. If one pays attention to the news, there are cases where people held in high esteem end up losing endorsements and... Continue Reading →

Tuesday: 29th May, 2018 Reference text: Mark 10:28-31 Mark 10:30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life. Even though the Patriarchs of the old testament never had the opportunity to encounter... Continue Reading →

Monday: 28th May, 2018 1st reading: 1 Peter 1:3-9, Psalm 111 Gospel: Mark 10:17-27 Mark 10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? There has been such an influx of... Continue Reading →

Sunday: 27th May, 2018 Reference text: Matthew 28:16-20 Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. When we take a look at the concluding words of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew and take into... Continue Reading →

Saturday: 26th May, 2018 Reference text: James 5:13-20 James 5:13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. Even though the little pharmacology I have studied strongly disproves any statement to the effect that: 'there is one medication that can act as the go-to drug for all ailments',... Continue Reading →

Friday: 25th May, 2018 Reference text: Psalm 103 Psalms 103:14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembers that we are dust. Though I have been an attendee to just two funerals my entire life, I have come to realise that regardless of how a person lived, their tributes always seem to highlight only their good... Continue Reading →

Thursday: 24th May, 2018 Reference text: Mark 9:41-50 Mark 9:50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltiness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. Picture this scene: someone had an item caught in the wheel of their bike as they cycled, causing them... Continue Reading →

Wednesday, 23rd May, 2018 Reference text: James 4:13-17 James 4:15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. The construction of a person's statements, are often determined by the quantity of information available to them, sometimes, the position they occupy and the relationship they have... Continue Reading →