Tuesday, 1st April 2025
Daily Reflections Streams of Living Water ~ Tuesday, Week 4 of Lent ~ Ezek 47:1-9, 12; Ps 45:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; Jn 5:1-3, 5-16 ‘Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple; there, water was flowing from below the threshold of the temple.’ (Ezekiel 47:1) During the season of Lent, many catechumens are […]
Monday, 31st March 2025
Daily Reflections Believe and Live ~ Monday, Week 4 of Lent ~ Is 65:17-21; Ps 29:2, 4-6, 11-13; Jn 4:43-54 ‘The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and started on his way.’ (John 4:50) We live in a sceptical age, where faith is often portrayed as the antithesis of reason. This attitude […]
Sunday, 30th March 2025
Daily Reflections Ending Our Self-Imposed Exile ~ Fourth Sunday of Lent ~ Joshua 5:9-12; Ps 33:2-7; 2 Cor 5:17-21; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.’ (Luke 15:31) Famously, the people of Israel spent 40 years wandering in the desert before crossing into the Promised Land. […]
Saturday, 29th March 2025
Daily Reflections The Humility of the Tax Collector ~ Saturday, Week 3 of Lent ~ Hosea 5:15-6:6; Ps 50:3-4, 18-21; Lk 18:9-14 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ (Luke 18:13) Every sin damages […]
Friday, 28th March 2025
Daily Reflections The Call to Worship God and Love Others ~ Friday, Week 3 of Lent ~ Hosea 14:2-10; Ps 80:6, 8-11, 14, 17; Mk 12:28-34 One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, he asked him, ‘Which commandment is the first of […]
Thursday, 27th March 2025
Daily Reflections Conquer Evil’s Stronghold ~ Thursday, Week 3 of Lent ~ Jer 7:23-28; Ps 94:1-2, 6-9; Lk 11:14-23 ‘When a strong man, fully armed, guards his castle, his property is safe. But when one stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away his armour in which he trusted and divides his plunder.’ […]
Wednesday, 26th March 2025
Daily Reflections Jesus is Superior to the Law ~ Wednesday, Week 3 of Lent ~ Deut 4:1, 5-9; Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20; Mt 5:17-19 ‘Do not think I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfil.’ (Matthew 5:17) A striking action of many who travel […]
Tuesday, 25th March 2025
Daily Reflections Reverence the Mystery of Faith ~ Solemnity The Annunciation of the Lord ~ Is 7:10-14, 8:10; Ps 39:7-11; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38 ‘And now, you will conceive and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus.’ (Luke 1:31) For Christians, the principal mystery of our faith is not Christ’s death, nor even […]
Monday, 24th March 2025
Daily Reflections Unexpected Grace ~ Monday, Week 3 of Lent ~ 2 Kg 5:1-15; Ps 41:2-3, 42:3-4; Lk 4:24-30 ‘There were also many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.’ (Luke 4:27) We can be tempted to erect artificial boundaries around the workings of […]
Sunday, 23rd March 2025
Daily Reflections God Inserts Himself into Our Story ~ Third Sunday of Lent ~ Ex 3:1-8, 13-15; Ps 102:1-4, 6-8, 11; 1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12; Lk 13:1-9 ‘I must turn aside and look at this great sight.’ (Exodus 3:3) It always begins with God’s initiative. God inserts himself into our story, inviting us to start […]