A clear sign
Friday of Week 11 – 2 Kings 11:1-4,9-11,20; Matthew 6:19-23 The new can’t be built without throwing out the old. You can’t serve the new law without turning away from…
Unlike Elijah
Thursday of Week 11 – Ecclesiasticus 48:1-15; Matthew 6:7-15 In Ecclesiasticus I read about the praise of Elijah. Among other things “. . . throughout his life no ruler could…
I, Elisha
Wednesday of Week 11 – 2 Kings 2:1,6-14; Ps 31; Mt 6:1-6,16-18 Sometimes we know little about each other. We don’t know about our fellows’ struggles, the bitterness of defeats,…
Will you have to pay?
Tuesday of Week 11 – 1 Kings 21:17-29; Mt 5:43-48 I read about Ahab and Elijah. And the announcement of God’s punishment: “in the place where the dogs licked the…
Malice squared
Monday of Week 11 – 1 Kings 21:1-26; Ps 50:3-6,11,16; Mt 5:38-42 In the first reading I read about Ahab, Jezebel and vineyard owner, Naboth . . . and I…
God speaks to us
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity – Proverbs 8:22-31; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15 Jesus speaks to us of promises. We only hear that “it’s not yet”. The Triune God reveals…
Without personal ambition
Memorial of Saint Barnabas – Acts 11:21-26,13:1-3; Matthew 10:7-13 Barnabas . . . I don’t know what sort of a man he was. But as Luke sketched him out in…
A gentle breeze
Friday of Week 10 – 1 Kings 19:9,11-16; Matthew 5:27-32 It is your face, O Lord, that I seek; hide not your face. (Ps 27) After Elijah had defeated the…
Did he fail?
Solemnity of Saint Columba – Mark 10:17-30 What gives hope and satisfaction to our desire for happiness and security? A young man who had the best the world could offer…
The solution
Seventh Thursday of Eastertide – Acts 22,30;23,6-11; Ps 16; John 17,20-26 It’s not a pretty sight to see the elite of society bickering and berating each other in order to…