Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Amos 7:12-15; Ps 85; Eph 1:3-1, or 1:3-10; Mk 6:7-13
Topic: The word this week
We cannot take Christ to the world unless we have entered his presence in prayer
Posted on Friday, 13 July 2012
We must try to heed the unwelcome voices that confront us with the truth
Posted on Friday, 6 July 2012
Fourteenth Sunday of the Year: Ez 2:2-5; Ps 123; 2 Cor 12:7-10; Mk 6:1-6
The relentless march of our own mortality is the greatest threat to faith
Posted on Friday, 29 June 2012
Thirteenth Sunday of the Year: 2 Kgs 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18; Ps 60; 2 Cor 8:7, 9, 13-15; Mk 5:21-43
What matters is not what we want out of life
Posted on Friday, 22 June 2012
The Birth of John the Baptist: Is 49:1-6; Ps 139; Acts 13:22-26; Lk 1:57-66 & 80
Our pride demands instant perfection. But holiness is grown from a patient trust in God’s presence
Posted on Friday, 15 June 2012
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: Ez 17:22-24; Ps 92; 2 Cor 5:6-10; Mk 4:26-34
We long to be embraced by God and yet our instincts seem to mock this possibility
Posted on Friday, 1 June 2012
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity: Deut 4:32-34 & 39-40; Ps 33; Rm 8:14-17; Mt 28:16-20
Suddenly, timid men moved the hearts of all who heard them speak
Posted on Friday, 25 May 2012
Solemnity of Pentecost: Acts 2:1-11; 1 Cor 12:3-7 & 12-13; Jn 20:19-23
The Ascension makes us part of Christ’s living body
Posted on Saturday, 19 May 2012
The Ascension of the Lord: Acts 1:1-11; Eph 1:17-23; Mk 16:15-20
Ultimately, there is only one thing we need to know for salvation
Posted on Friday, 11 May 2012
Sixth Sunday of Easter: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48; Ps 98; 1 Jn 4:7-10; Jn 15:9-17
Christ had himself become the True Vine: no longer would God’s kingdom depend on the fruitless frailty of its members
Posted on Friday, 4 May 2012
Fifth Sunday of Easter: Acts 9: 26-31; 1 John 3: 18-24; John 15: 1-8y
This Pentecost remember the Pope in your prayers and Malta’s entry in the Eurovision Song Contest
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith