The courtier’s fears
Monday of Week 34 – Dan 1:1-6,8-20; Luke 21:1-4 A good courtier anticipates the desires of the principal But… It happens today too. In various interpersonal relationships. The courtly mentality,…
Deliverance
34th Sunday: Solemnity of Christ the King – 2 Samuel 5:1-3; Ps 93; Col 1:12-20; Luke 23:35-43 Three times they shouted, “Save yourself!” But once, only once, there was the…
Better late than never
Saturday of Week 33 – 1 Macc 6:1-13; Luke 20:27-40 Useful in misfortune Only in misfortune do we notice it It took defeat to rouse Antiochus from his easy certainties:…
My house
Friday of Week 33 – 1 Macc 4:36-37,52-59; Luke 19:45-48 The story of Jesus driving the merchants from the temple carries a flavour of a western or of one of…
Call on me in the day of distress
Thursday of Week 33 – 1 Macc 2:15-29; Luke 19:41-44 In the places where I feel pain, emptiness, and lack – when helplessness settles in and I finally see how…
Hmm . . .
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Mal 3:19-20; 2 Thes 3:7-12; Luke 21:5-19 We wait with impatience. We wait with eagerness until God’s promise is fulfilled, and our King is…
Don’t give up.
Saturday of Week 32 – Wisdom 18:14-16,19:6-9; Luke 18:1-8 Sometimes your strength runs out. Sometimes it’s painful and awkward to carry the weight of life. And Jesus says: ‘Don’t give…
Will nothing happen?
Saturday of Week 31 – Romans 16:3-9,16,22-27; Ps 111:1-3,5-6,8.9; Luke 16:9-15 “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in…
Holy action
Friday of Week 31 – Rom 15:14-21; Luke 16:1-8 Let’s be honest: most of us aren’t Saint Paul, boldly announcing ourselves as “a minister of Christ Jesus.” Yet something truly…
A difficult decision or harm?
Wednesday of Week 31 – Rom 13:8-10; Ps 111:1-2,4-5,9; Luke 14:25-33 That’s a spinning top It only revolves around itself. What about you? We carry on with Saint Paul: “Love…