Sunday Readings: Ezekiel 17.22-24; 2 Corinthians 5.6-10; Mark 4.26-34 Jesus spoke to the crowd in parables. With what can we compare the reign of God, or what image will help to present it? It is like a mustard seed, which, when planted in the soil, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet […]
Gospel Reflection for June 16, 2024 – 11th Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
O God, whatever road I take, joins the highway that leads to you. Sufi from the Abulfazi scriptures
The Father laughs with the Son; the Son laughs with the Father. The Father likes the Son; the Son likes the Father. The Father delights in the Son; the Son delights in the Father. The Father loves the Son; the Son loves the Father. The laughter, liking, delighting, loving is the Holy Spirit. Meister Eckhart
You show me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy, in your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:8-11
As the rain hides the stars, as the autumn mist hides the hills, as the clouds veil the blue of the sky, so the dark happenings of my lot hide the shining of thy face from me. Yet, if I may hold thy hand in the darkness, it is enough, since I know, that though
Sunday Readings: Genesis 3.9-15; 2 Corinthians 4.13-5.1; Mark 3.20-35 Jesus went home with his disciples and again a crowd gathered, so they could not even eat. When his family heard this, they went to restrain him, for people were saying, “He is out of his mind.” . . . To scribes who came from Jerusalem, Jesus said, “Amen,
Gospel Reflection for Sunday, June 9, 2024 – 10th Sunday Ordinary Time Read More »
Be, Lord Jesus, a bright flame before me, a guiding star above me, a smooth path below me, a kindly shepherd behind me: today, tonight, and forever.
If I say ‘Surely the darkness shall cover me and the light around me become night’ even the darkness is not dark to you. The night is as bright as the day, for darkness is as light to you. Psalm 139.11-12
Thanks be to you O God that I have risen this day To the rising of this life itself. May it be a day of blessing, O God of every gift, A day of new beginnings given. Help me to avoid every sin And the source of every sin to forsake And as the mist
Life-giving God, you live within us and we live within you. In faith and love we live in communion with those we love, both living and dead. Bless us for the work of loving one another and leaving no one out. Amen.