Second Sunday of Advent: Isaiah 40:1-5 & 9-11; 2 Peter 3:8-14; Mark 1:1-8
Spiritual Life
The Word This Week
Without God we are like dried leaves blowing aimlessly in the wind
Friday, 25 November 2011
The word this week
First Sunday of Advent: Is 63:16-17 & 64: 1 & 3-8; 1 Cor 1: 3-8; Mk 13: 33-37
Our lives are a pilgrimage to the Kingdom of God
Friday, 18 November 2011
The word this week
The Solemnity of Christ the King: Ez 34: 11-12 & 15-17; 1 Cor 15: 20-26 & 28; Mt 25: 31-46
Staying watchful for the Lord’s coming
Friday, 11 November 2011
The word this week
Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year: Prov 31:10-13, 19-20 & 30-31; 1 Thess 5:1-6; Mt 25: 14-30
‘Stay awake, because you do not know either the day or hour’
Thursday, 3 November 2011
The word this week
Thirty Second Sunday of the Year: Wisdom 6:12-16; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:1-13
Humility is the way to safeguard our integrity
Monday, 31 October 2011
The word this week
Thirty-First Sunday of the Year: Malachi 1: 14 – 2:2 & 8-10; 1 Thes 2: 7-9 & 13; Matthew 23: 1-12
Moses’s blueprint for a compassionate society
Friday, 21 October 2011
The word this week
Thirtieth Sunday of the Year: Exodus 22:20-26; 1 Thessalonians 5-10; Matthew 22:34-40
The well-being of society is best secured when government and faith are open to each other
Thursday, 13 October 2011
The word this week
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Is 45:1, 4-6; Ps 96; 1 Thess 1:1-5: Mt 22:15-21
We must accept the Lord’s invitation in the details of our daily lives
Friday, 7 October 2011
The word this week
Twenty-eighth Sunday of the Year: Isaiah 25:6-10; Philippians 4: 12-14 & 19-20; Matthew 22: 1-14
‘In your minds you must be the same as Christ Jesus’
Thursday, 22 September 2011
The word this week
Twenty-sixth Sunday of the Year: Ez 18:25-28; Ps 25; Phil 2:1-11; Mt 21:28-32
Our political masters need to get this: theological problems can only have theological solutions
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith