Lord remembered her

Posted by Rosanne Thomas on 1/24/22

THE WORD BECAME FLESH

Tuesday in the first week in Ordinary Time, 2022

1Sam 1:9-20

(Ps)1Sam 2:1, 4-8

Mark 1:21-28

Lord remembered her

Dear friends in Christ, those who have faith, no matter how difficult the journey may be, find one more reason to live, and to hope.

Our first reading today (1Samuel 1:9-20) presents the story of faith seen in a barren woman—Hannah, who has been continuously taunted by her rival. She however went into the house of worship and addressed her prayers to God, with such intensity that her lips were moving, without a word heard from her. Eli the priest even mistakenly thought, she was drunk so early. Hannah is a great example of one bruised and broken, yet who refused to give ... Read More »

Repent, and believe in the Gospel

Posted by Rosanne Thomas on 1/10/22

THE WORD BECAME FLESH

Monday in the first week in the Ordinary time, 2022

1Sam 1:1-8

Ps 116

Mark 1:14-20

Repent, and believe in the Gospel

We have had four weeks of the season of Advent and two weeks of the season of Christmas. We are now in the ... Read More »

Emmanuel - God With Us

Posted by Rosanne Thomas on 1/07/22

THE WORD BECAME FLESH

Friday after Epiphany 2022

Jer. 23:5-8

Ps 147

Luke 5:12-16

Emmanuel - God With Us

Dear friends in Christ, God’s promise of salvation for humankind was to be realised in the birth of His Son into the world. As the Gospel of John ... Read More »

Fulfilled in your hearing

Posted by Rosanne Thomas on 1/07/22

THE WORD BECAME FLESH

Thursday after Epiphany, 2022

1John 4:19-5:4

Ps

Luke 4:14-22

Fulfilled in your hearing

Dear friends in Christ, to hear God talk to us is an experience many will cherish. The story of Abraham our father in faith is replete with interruptions in his life, ... Read More »

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 »