Thursday, 20th February 2025
Daily Reflections It’s about how we live our lives ~ Thursday, Week 6 in Ordinary Time ~ ‘But, who do you say that I am?’ (Mark 8:29) Jesus’ question to his disciples is just as relevant today as it was in Caesarea Philippi. It’s a question that goes beyond words; it’s about how we live […]
Wednesday, 19th February 2025
Daily Reflections Spiritual blindness and bird watching ~ Wednesday, Week 6 in Ordinary Time ~ ‘his sight was restored and he saw everything clearly.’ (Mark 8:25) Sometimes we contract spiritual blindness. Here we confuse our little ‘god’ image with the great God, the Holy Trinity and Wholly Other, who is beyond our knowing. Today’s […]
Tuesday, 18th February 2025
Daily Reflections The Two Types of Yeast ~ Tuesday, Week 6 in Ordinary Time ~ And he cautioned them, saying, ‘Watch out -beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.’ (Mark 8:15) Jesus lived in constant tension. In his incarnation, he fully embraced human life with all its challenges, even to […]
Monday, 17th February 2025
Daily Reflections When to Let Go: Learning from Jesus’ Sigh ~ Monday, Week 6 in Ordinary Time ~ The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, asking him for a sign from heaven, to test him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, ‘Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly […]
Sunday, 16th February 2025
Daily Reflections There is always hope ~ Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ ‘Blessed are you…’ (Luke 6:20) In today’s Gospel, four beatitudes are mentioned. A Beatitude can be understood as a foundation for authentic Christian discipleship and the state of ultimate happiness which comes when we are totally immersed in the love of God. […]
Saturday, 15th February 2025
Daily Reflections Hunger for the Things of God ~ Saturday, Week 5 in Ordinary Time ~ I have compassion for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. (Mark 8:2) There is a symmetry of sorts in today’s first reading (Genesis 3:9-24) and the Gospel. A […]
Friday, 14th February 2025
Daily Reflections Restoration ~ Memorial Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, bishop ~ And immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. (Mark 7:35) Speech pathologists do remarkable work. Their healing and communication capacities include clarity of speaking, also swallowing, vocabulary and sentence structure. They also attend to clients with neurological […]
Thursday, 13th February 2025
Daily Reflections The Syrophoenician Woman’s Faith ~ Thursday, Week 5 in Ordinary Time ~ But she answered him, ‘Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.’ (Mark 7:28) We read today about Jesus’s ministry in Tyre, where he is unexpectedly recognised and asked to cast out the unclean spirit from a woman’s daughter. […]
Wednesday, 12th February 2025
Daily Reflections Inside and out ~ Wednesday, Week 5 in Ordinary Time ~ Listen to me, all of you, and understand….. (Mark 7:14) To me it feels like the next words Jesus speaks are ‘Don’t listen to them, they don’t know the truth, this is the truth. Your goodness, or your badness isn’t reliant on […]
Tuesday, 11th February 2025
Daily Reflections Living God’s Commandments is Life-giving ~ Tuesday, Week 5 in Ordinary Time ~ ‘In vain, do they worship me, teaching human precepts as doctrines. You abandon the commandments of God and hold to human traditions.’ (Mark 7:7-8) Today’s Gospel concerns a dispute between Jesus and several Pharisees and scribes. The discussion is about […]