by Giltus Mathias | May 31, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Zephaniah 3:14-18 Luke 1:24 Reflection Some time ago, when I was staying with a friend above the spice market in old Jerusalem, we took a bus ride to the little Village of Ein Karim, on the outskirts of the city. Hearing it was a favorite place of the coffee...
by Giltus Mathias | May 30, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Readings Acts 18: 9-18 John 16:20-23 Reflection Franciscan, Richard Rohr suggests the most important question we can ask, is: ‘What do you do with your pain?’ We cannot live or love without pain and suffering, and in our present era in more wealthy countries, we have...
by Giltus Mathias | May 29, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Acts 18: 1-8John 16: 16-20 Reflection: In the Acts of the Apostles we are given some great insights into the life of St. Paul; not only was he a Pharisee and a Roman citizen but he was a talented craftsman as a tentmaker. As a craftsman this was not only a...
by Giltus Mathias | May 28, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Acts 17: 15,22-18.1John 16: 12-15 Reflection: Jesus says to his disciples, ‘I still have many things to say but they would be too much for you now. But when the Spirit of truth comes you will lead into the complete truth…and tell you of the things to come’...
by Giltus Mathias | May 27, 2025 | Daily Reflections
Saint Augustine of Canterbury Readings: Acts 16:22-34John 16:5-11 Reflection: This reflection focuses on the readings for today’s feast day of St Augustine of Canterbury, sent by Pope Gregory 1 to preach the Gospel to the Anglo-Saxons. Landing in England in 597,...
