What must I do…

Posted by Rosanne Thomas on 2/28/22

THE WORD BECAME FLESH

Monday of the eighth Week in Ordinary time, 2022

1Pet 1:3-9

Ps 111

Mark 10:17-27

What must I do…

Dear friends in Christ, every believer, Christian or not, wants to get to heaven. There is often that desire then to know what is required to ... Read More »

What God has joined

Posted by Rosanne Thomas on 2/25/22

THE WORD BECAME FLESH

Friday of the seventh week in the Ordinary time, 2022

Jam 5: 9-12

Ps 103

Mark 10:1-12

What God has joined

Dear friends in Christ, Marriage is a beautiful institution created by God through which married couples participate in a very special way in ... Read More »

A cup of water to drink

Posted by Rosanne Thomas on 2/25/22

THE WORD BECAME FLESH

Thursday of the seventh week in Ordinary time, 2022

Jams 4:13-17

Ps 49

Mark 9:41-50

A cup of water to drink

I have often been struck by those words of Jesus at the beginning of this morning’s gospel reading (Mk 9:41-50), ‘If anyone gives ... Read More »

If the Lord wills…

Posted by Rosanne Thomas on 2/23/22

THE WORD BECAME FLESH

Wednesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time, 2022

Jams 4:13-17

Ps 49

Mark 9:38-40

Memorial of St. Polycarp

If the Lord wills…

Dear friends in Christ, today we celebrate the memorial of St Polycarp. He was the bishop of Smyrna and a friend ... Read More »

You are Peter

Posted by Rosanne Thomas on 2/22/22

THE WORD BECAME FLESH

Tuesday of seventh week in Ordinary time, 2022

1Pet 5:1-4

Ps 23

Matt 16:13-19

Feast of the Chair of Peter, Apostle.

You are Peter

In the world of Jesus and the early church, teachers used to sit to teach and pupils gathered around them. 

The chair of Peter is a symbol of the teaching role of the Bishop of Rome, the Pope of the Universal church. It is this teaching role that Jesus gives to Peter in today’s gospel when he says to him, ‘I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: whatever you bind on earth will be considered bound in heaven; whatever you loose on earth shall be considered loosed in heaven’. Keys are a symbol of authority and the language of loosening and binding suggests that teaching authority is intended. Peter is being given the authority to declare which elements of the teaching of Jesus are binding and which elements can be interpreted more loosely. The early church understood that Peter had a special role in interpreting the teaching of Jesus for the emerging ... Read More »

It is well that we are here…

Posted by Rosanne Thomas on 2/22/22

THE WORD BECAME FLESH

Monday of the Seventh week in Ordinary Time, 2022

Jams 3:13-18

Ps 19

Mark 9:14-29

It is well that we are here…

Dear friends in Christ, today’s gospel reading comes from (Mark 9:2-13) The story of the transfiguration is recorded in the synoptic gospels. ... Read More »

Take up your cross

Posted by Rosanne Thomas on 2/18/22

THE WORD BECAME FLESH

Friday of the sixth week in Ordinary time, 2022

Jams 2:142-4

Ps 112

Mark 8:34-9:1

Take up your cross

Dear friends in Christ, it is obviously counter-cultural for most people to see suffering as a part of life. Many would rather believe in ... Read More »

Who do you say I am

Posted by Rosanne Thomas on 2/18/22

THE WORD BECAME FLESH

Thursday of the sixth week in Ordinary time, 2022

Jams 2:1-9

Ps 34

Mark 8:27-33

Who do you say I am

Dear friends in Christ, like the Apostles, we have a serious decision to make on who Jesus is for us. Our follower-ship of ... Read More »

He could see everything plainly

Posted by Rosanne Thomas on 2/18/22

THE WORD BECAME FLESH

Wednesday of the six week in Ordinary time, 2022

Jams 1:19-27

Ps 15

Mark 8:22-26

He could see everything plainly

Dear friends in Christ, one can only imagine what the miracle in today’s gospel meant to the man who had been led to encounter ... Read More »

Beware of the leaven

Posted by Rosanne Thomas on 2/15/22

THE WORD BECAME FLESH

Tuesday of the sixth week in Ordinary Time, 2022

Jams 1:12-18

Ps 94

Mark 8:13-21

Beware of the leaven

Dear friends in Christ, can anyone live in the world without facing some trials and tribulations? Though we pray and have faith in the power of ... Read More »