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REFLECTION ON THE DAILY GOSPEL AND READINGS 20 JUNE 2013

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Our_Father 

The Lord’s Prayer we receive today are the words Jesus gave us. Books have been written on this prayer, so I won’t even try and say anything to add to them. The readings today tell us to keep ourselves pure for our union with God and remain loyal to Him. St. Paul places himself in the role of a Jewish father wanting to keep his virgin daughter (that’s us, the Christians) pure until the night of the wedding, (our reunion with Christ). However, it’s more than that, he wants us to keep our eyes focused on the God who has sacrificed His son for us.

As we say the Lord’s Prayer today, let us meditate on each word and phrase slowly and ask God to help us know what it means to our relationship together. 

REFLECTION ON Mary Magdalene MEETING JESUS: 2 APRIL 2013

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MaryMagdalene-RisenJesus 

Mary witnessed the beginning of our understanding of the Holy Trinity as she spoke to Jesus after visiting the tomb. We have a tendency to see this as a single discovery that makes our faith real, (she sees Jesus and now believes the unbelievable  … that He is risen) but it’s more about the relationship between Jesus, the Son of God, returning to His father. John’s Gospel sees it as Jesus passing into a totally different reality as he begins His journey returning to the Father, as Father and Son are reunited. Through Mary’s exposure in seeing the risen Christ, our understanding of the Blessed Trinity begins to emerge, and the true Christology of Jesus’s mission begins to unfold. Let us meditate on this meeting and the words in this Gospel.

REFLECTION ON THE DAILY GOSPEL 4 DECEMBER 2012

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Gospel Lk 10:21-24

The purity of a child’s heart and the love of their parents are borne out this scripture reading. The revelation of God the Father and the relationship between Jesus and His Father is wondrous in this passage, and that the revelation continues through the Holy Spirit each day of our lives. Perhaps we should ponder for a moment on the beauty of The Trinity revealed through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.