Wednesday, 12th March 2025
Daily Reflections Repent and Believe the Good News! ~ Wednesday, Week One of Lent ~ Jonah 3:1-10; Ps 50:3-4, 12-13, 18-19; Lk 11:29-32 ‘For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be to this generation.’ (Luke 11:30) The chilling word of the prophet Simeon, spoken to […]
Tuesday, 11th March 2025
Daily Reflections Teach Us to Pray ~ Tuesday, Week One of Lent ~ Is 55:10-11; Ps 33:4-7, 16-19; Mt 6:7-15 ‘Pray then in this way: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.’ (Matthew 6:9) In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus doesn’t so much teach his disciples ‘a prayer’ — one among many others; rather, he is […]
Monday, 10th March 2025
Daily Reflections Even For The ‘Least’ ~ Monday, Week One of Lent ~ Lev 19:1-2, 11-18; Ps 18:8-10, 15; Mt 25:31-46 And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.’ (Matthew 25:40) […]
Sunday, 9th March 2025
Daily Reflections Temptation in the Desert ~ First Sunday of Lent ~ Deut 26:4-10; Ps 90:1-2, 10-15; Rom 10:8-13; Lk 4:1-13 ‘Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil.’ (Luke 4:1-2) The wilderness can be […]
Saturday, 8th March 2025
Daily Reflections Saint or Sinner? ~ Saturday after Ash Wednesday ~ Is 58:9-14; Ps 85:1-6; Lk 5:27-32 The Pharisees and their scribes were complaining to his disciples, saying, ‘Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?’ (Luke 5:30) The church is not the exclusive domain of the ‘saints’, on the contrary, Jesus […]
Friday, 7th March 2025
Daily Reflections Then They Will Fast ~ Friday after Ash Wednesday ~ Is 58:1-9; Ps 50:3-6, 18-19; Mt 9:14-15 ‘The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.’ (Matthew 9:15) Somewhere, languishing deep within, we find insatiable desire. This is a two-edged sword. On the one hand, we […]
Thursday, 6th March 2025
Daily Reflections Take Up Your Cross ~ Thursday after Ash Wednesday ~ Deut 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 9:22-25 ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.’ (Luke 9:23) We live in a world dominated by glossy posters and sleek advertising campaigns. Companies […]
Wednesday, 5th March 2025
Daily Reflections We Start Again ~ Ash Wednesday ~ Joel 2:12-18; Ps 50:3-6, 12-14, 17; 2 Cor 5:20-6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 ‘But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.’ (Matthew 6:6) We […]
Tuesday, 4th March 2025
Daily Reflections God’s measure of success ~ Tuesday, Week 8 in Ordinary Time ~ Sir 35:1-12; Ps 49:5-8, 14, 23; Mk 10:28-31 ‘But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.’ (Mark 10: 31) Today’s Gospel concludes with a thought-provoking sentence, ‘But many who are first will be last, and […]
Monday, 3rd March 2025
Daily Reflections What’s holding us back? ~ Monday, Week 8 in Ordinary Time ~ Sir 17:24-29; Ps 31:1-2, 5-7; Mk 10:17-27 ‘Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ (Mark 10:17) In today’s Gospel we encounter the story of the rich young man who approached Jesus seeking to inherit eternal life. The man […]