A daily walk in faith, hope and love
Reference: 1 John 2:12-17 One of the core features of childhood is predictability because it is at that stage habits begin to form: routines, single facets and dimensions can become the norm. It may sound a harsh truth but we are not all at the same point on our journey through faith even though we... Continue Reading →
The homily today at Mass described a cascade of events that happens when a child is born. A man and woman become father and mother, boys and girls become brothers or sisters, parents become grandparents. Nephews, nieces, cousins and so forth. So a complex dynamic of relationships evolve. We realise therefore that one change, one... Continue Reading →
Luke 21:12-13 But before all this occurs, there will be a time of great persecution. You will be dragged into synagogues and prisons, and you will stand trial before kings and governors because you are my followers. But this will be your opportunity to tell them about me. No one who finds themselves hauled to... Continue Reading →
Reference text: 1 Kings 17:10-16 The Word of God is indeed creative, but when it meets a vessel ready to follow through actions in obedience, a true formidable force emerges. As I read through the account between Elijah and the widow at Zarephath, my mind was cast to the instructions Elijah gave 'prepare a morsel... Continue Reading →
Reference text: Luke 14:15-24 In our reference text, a window of entry was opened, an opportunity which the invited guests declined using very valid excuses: to take ownership of a new field, verifying the strength of oxen and spending time with a new wife. (vs 18-20). Once their seemingly valid excuses were relayed to the... Continue Reading →
Luke 11:31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. Our lens is zoomed into the middle section on... Continue Reading →
Luke 10:16 Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me One would have thought that the choice here was to refuse to listen to Jesus, a personal choice anyone seemed entitled to make. However, nested in that choice was also the rejections... Continue Reading →
When Jesus meets Matthew at the Tax booth, he offered him two words 'follow me'. Those words were beyond the instruction Matthew received, he had been nudged to take action. The discussion ensues where 'He arose and followed'. (Matthew 9:9-10). That text could be placed alongside the words of Saint Paul to the church in... Continue Reading →
When Jesus meets Matthew at the Tax booth, he offered him two words 'follow me'. Those words were beyond the instruction Matthew received, he had been nudged to take action. The discussion ensues where 'He arose and followed'. (Matthew 9:9-10). That text could be placed alongside the words of Saint Paul to the church in... Continue Reading →
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