Daily Reflection, June 30, 2024

Daily Reflection, June 30, 2024

13th Sunday in Ordinary time Readings 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-272 Corinthians 8:7-15Mark 5:21-43 Reflection There is a story within the main story in today’s gospel and we can readily see the parallels that connect them. In  both stories there is: – a plea for help and...
Daily Reflection, June 29, 2024

Daily Reflection, June 29, 2024

Sts Peter and Paul Readings: Acts 12: 1-112 Timothy 4: 6-8, 17-18Matthew 16: 13-19 Reflection: Today is the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul – the two apostles that took the Good News to the Jewish and Gentile communities. Jesus chose them to be part of his closest...
Daily Reflection, June 28, 2024

Daily Reflection, June 28, 2024

Readings: 2 Kings 25:1-12Matthew 8:1-4 Reflection: The unnamed leper takes the world (us) along with him as he makes his request of Jesus, ‘If you want to, you can heal me’. ‘Of course, I want to’, says Jesus, and the leper is healed. As people experience the depth of...
Daily Reflection, June 27, 2024

Daily Reflection, June 27, 2024

Readings: 2 Kings 24:8-17Matthew 7:21-29 Reflection: Today’s reading from the Second Book of Kings recounts the tragic events of the siege and despoliation of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, during the reign of Jehoiachin, King of Judah.  The Babylonians...
Daily Reflection, June 26, 2024

Daily Reflection, June 26, 2024

Readings: 2 Kings 22:8-13,23:1-3Matthew 7:15-20 Reflection: We have just begun to enjoy the first fruits of a lemon tree I planted a couple of years ago in an effort to live more sustainably. When I bought it, it had the tag of ‘Lisbon Lemon’ a variety that grows well...