January 2022 archive of The Word Became Flesh - Fr. Aidoo's Blog
He walked on the Sea
Posted by Rosanne Thomas on 1/05/22
THE WORD BECAME FLESH
Wednesday after Epiphany, 2022
1John 4:1-11-18
Ps
Mark 6:45-52
He walked on the Sea
Dear friends in Christ, as human beings we face quite a lot of challenges and some of them are indeed scary. But when we look to Jesus, our problems become like ... Read More »
Mary Sings Praise
Posted by Rosanne Thomas on 1/05/22
THE WORD BECAME FLESH
Wednesday in the fourth week of Advent, 2021
1Sam 1: 24-28
(Ps) 1Sam 2:
Luke 1: 46-56
Mary Sings Praise
Elizabeth declared Mary blessed because of her faith, ‘Blessed is she who believed that the promise made her by the Lord would be fulfilled’.
In response to Elizabeth’s beatitude, Mary gives expression to her faith in prayer, the prayer that has come to be known as the Magnificat, from the Latin, ‘magnifies’, ‘My soul magnifies the Lord’ or ‘proclaims the greatness of the Lord’. The prayer begins in a very personal way. Mary praises God for choosing someone as lowly as her to be mother of God’s Son. ‘He has looked upon his lowly servant…The Almighty has done great things for me’. Yet, the prayer then broadens out beyond Mary’s personal experience to the way God has been working among the people of Israel all along. He has been constantly choosing the lowly, exalting them, filling the hungry with good things, while, at the same time, routing the proud in heart, pulling down princes from their ... Read More »
The Miracle of Love
Posted by Rosanne Thomas on 1/04/22
THE WORD BECAME FLESH
Tuesday after Epiphany, 2022
1John 4:7-10
Ps 72
Mark 6:34-44
The Miracle of Love
Dear friends in Christ, if there’s anything one must not take for granted, it is the fact that God is love and very loving towards us that he treats us ... Read More »
Repent for the kingdom
Posted by Rosanne Thomas on 1/03/22
THE WORD BECAME FLESH
Monday of Christmas Week, 2022
1John 3;22-4:6
Ps 2
Matt 4:12-17; 23-25
The Most Holy Name of Jesus
Repent for the kingdom
Dear friends in Christ, on this Monday following the celebration of the Epiphany, we hear Jesus for the first time in the ... Read More »