Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. - John 15:13 There is something about driving in traffic that brings out my least merciful side. All of a sudden many of my fellow drivers become highly unlovable creatures and I find myself asking my steering wheel … Continue reading ADORATION LENTEN REFLECTION – WEEK 6
Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, “Behold the Man!" -John 19:15 Public humiliation is the hardest and most painful thing any human being can endure. But public humiliation by a lover – a break-up, a failed marriage proposal, the exposure of infidelity - has a … Continue reading Rosary Reflections – The 3rd Sorrowful Mystery
"When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them from all their troubles" - Psalm 34:17 Who are the righteous?Righteous is a word that gets a bad rap, self-righteous immediately springs to mind, as well as pharisaical and smug and sanctimonious. But righteous, like many words, has kind of lost it's real … Continue reading ADORATION LENTEN REFLECTION – WEEK 5
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. - Matthew 5:7 Mercy: compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm. Lent is a season in which it is easy to develop a punitive attitude to one’s self. “Dang! I failed at my fast - again…I am … Continue reading Adoration Lenten Reflection – Week 4
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. - Psalm 27:14 This line forms the last verse of a psalm composed by Judah’s King David – with its famous opening verse The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? Psalm 27 has an interesting “voice” and mood. It is … Continue reading Adoration Lenten Reflection – Week 3
“ He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and agitated.Then he said to them, “I am deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and stay awake with me.” And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, let … Continue reading Rosary Reflections – The First Sorrowful Mystery
"At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil"- Matthew 4:1 What has the Gospel of Matthew got to do with the German fairy story of Rumpelstiltskin? I didn’t know either, until I started writing, but it goes something like this. When we pray the ‘Our Father’, … Continue reading Adoration Lenten Reflection – Week 2
“Nothing in all of creation can ever separate us from the love of God.” - Romans 8:39 In 1930, after his conversion to Christianity, TS Elliot wrote several poems of Lent, I found that this one from Ash Wednesday - Part 6 really speak to me about this week. “This is the time of tension between … Continue reading Adoration Lenten Reflection – Week 1
For a good deal of my life, the only time I “adored” was in the Lolly Shop close to home, oh, and on Holy Thursday when I dutifully followed the priest to the altar of repose. This term, “altar of repose”, I only learned when I was 28 and having a conversion to the Catholic … Continue reading Adoration and the grit required to Adore
This Lent we are inviting you to pray in solidarity with others during the season. In every Church and Chapel, the Lord is waiting for us to come and spend time with Him, either in adoration before the Blessed Sacrament or simply before the Tabernacle. Our challenge is to take some time out of our … Continue reading A Lenten Invitation
