Reflection 16 – Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent, December 14th REFLECT Have you ever looked but not seen? Have you every listened but not really heard? These sound like strange questions but the point is that it is very easy to miss things in life. It is very easy to think that we [...]
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Reflection 15 – Third Sunday or Advent (Gaudete Sunday), December 12th REFLECT The third Sunday in Advent is always called Gaudete Sunday. You will probably notice that the Advent candle for today isn’t purple, but pink – or rather rose coloured. When you go to Mass you might also notice that the priests is wearing [...]
Reflection 14 – Saturday of the Second Week of Advent, December 11th REFLECT During Advent we are invited to recall one of the most important memories in the history of our faith – the preparation for Jesus’ arrival into the world. We think about Mary, we think about John the Baptist, we think about Wise [...]
Reflection 13 – Friday of the Second Week of Advent, December 10th REFLECT Today is Friday, which is always a nice day of the week. The great thing about Friday is that, once it’s done, we get two days off… two days to relax a little and unwind before we get back into the swing [...]
Reflection 12 – Thursday of the Second Week of Advent, December 9th REFLECT Today is December 9th which means that we’re not quite half way through Advent yet, but a good way into it. So, maybe today is a good chance to stop and think about how Advent is going for you. Are you doing [...]
Reflection 11 – Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent, December 8th REFLECT Judging by the control panel round the back of the site which tells us all the stats, about 200 people a day are visiting this site (well, 200 IP addresses at any rate), which is why we are even more gutted that [...]
Reflection 10 – Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent, December 7th REFLECT Do you ever feel really snowed under by work? Whether you have a job or go to school there will be times in your life when things really get on top of you and you feel a bit stressed by it all. [...]
Reflection 9 – Monday of the Second Week of Advent, December 6th REFLECT In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus heals a man who is paralysed. His friends bring him, lying on a stretcher, to see Jesus and Jesus heals him by saying the words, your sins are forgiven. A lot of the people watching question Jesus’ [...]
Daily Reflection – ‘Do this in Memory of Me!’
Posted: 4th December 2010 by admin in Daily reflectionsReflection 8 – Second Sunday of Advent, December 5th REFLECT Today is Sunday, which means that you might well be going to Mass, or you may have been already. If you weren’t planning to then you should strongly consider it, and here’s why… God has always looked after us, and he has always left us [...]
Reflection 7 – Saturday of the First week in Advent, December 4th REFLECT, PRAY, CHALLENGE We are going to do things a little bit differently today. Rather than giving you a long reflection, we are going to invite you to spend some time praying by yourself. Prayer is an important part of Christian life. As [...]